Why Kroger Looks So Valuable to Warren Buffett, Even in the Age of Amazon and...
When it comes to ranking the greatest investors, Warren Buffett has ranked among the best investors of the modern era and he has previously held the title of being the world’s wealthiest man on paper....
View ArticleWhy Biogen Fits Well With Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, Even With...
When it comes to ranking the greatest investors, Warren Buffett is among the best of the modern era. He has built the largest conglomerate of them all in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) to more...
View ArticleCoronavirus Impact on Airlines Has Warren Buffett Down $2.7 Billion Year to Date
Warren Buffett used to be known for saying he would never own an airline stock. That changed after airlines became wildly profitable with very wide moats. Those moats may still be in place, but...
View Article10 Very Strong Stocks Thriving in a Very Crummy Stock Market
The stock market in 2020 has gone from a raging bull market to panic mode in very short order. The impact of the coronavirus dealt a knockout blow to China. It has spread around Asia and into Europe...
View ArticlePutting the Massive Losses in America’s 10 Largest Companies in Context
The bloodbath that created the major panic selling on Monday, March 9, 2020, was caused by a double-whammy of the continued spreading of the coronavirus outbreak coinciding with a fresh, all-out oil...
View ArticleAll Stakeholders Get to Share in Occidental Petroleum’s Pain
One thing you can say about Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) is that the company never said that spending $57 billion to acquire Anadarko would be painless. Oxy splashed out $38 billion in cash...
View ArticleIs Boeing Too Big to Fail?
In a press release Tuesday afternoon, Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) made the case for a $60 billion (minimum) aid package to support the aircraft manufacturing industry. The company said the industry supports...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Baker Hughes, Berkshire...
Stocks saw continued selling pressure in Monday’s post-coronavirus spreading trading, and some of this selling has coincided with very overbought conditions ahead of the rapid spreading of the number...
View ArticleWhy 2020 Could Be a Comeback Year for CSX Stock
Railroads get little attention from investors. They’re not growth stocks in the sense that Apple and Tesla are, and one of them closed 2019 trading well below the S&P 500’s growth rate of around...
View ArticleWhy Kroger Looks So Valuable to Warren Buffett, Even in the Age of Amazon and...
When it comes to ranking the greatest investors, Warren Buffett has ranked among the best investors of the modern era and he has previously held the title of being the world’s wealthiest man on paper....
View ArticleWhy Biogen Fits Well With Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, Even With...
When it comes to ranking the greatest investors, Warren Buffett is among the best of the modern era. He has built the largest conglomerate of them all in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) to more...
View ArticleEven Warren Buffett Felt Like a Horrible Investor This Week
Warren Buffett has sometimes been touted as the world’s greatest investor of the modern era. He built up Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) into arguably the greatest conglomerate in the world....
View ArticleThe 10 Most Valuable Companies in America
Even with the sharp sell-off in the S&P 500, the market capitalization of two American companies is above $1 trillion. The top five have values of over $500 billion, and the 10 most valuable...
View ArticleOccidental’s Debt Payment in Stock to Warren Buffett Is Quite Costly (and...
Some mergers end up being great. Some mergers end up being atrocious. If there has been one awful acquisition that hindsight will likely prove should be the poster child of atrocious mergers it would...
View ArticleHas Age (or Reality) Made Warren Buffett Too Conservative and Too Cautious?
As investors get older, and as retirement approaches or has arrived, there is a generally accepted rule used by most fiduciaries that most client investments should be conservative and less risky than...
View ArticleHow Warren Buffett Dealt Boeing Stock a Blow
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was in trouble long before the COVID-19 pandemic forever changed air travel. The Chicago-based aerospace giant was badly hobbled by two deadly crashes of its new 737 Max model in...
View ArticleHow Uncertain Occidental’s Future Looks Now
Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) has become the poster child for pursuing a bad and expensive merger in oil and gas. In its defense, Occidental had no way to know that a new coronavirus would...
View ArticleWill Defense Business Shore Up Boeing Stock?
Boeing (NYSE: BA) rolled out on Tuesday a jet-powered drone that will employ artificial intelligence in Australia’s air defense. The Loyal Wingman aircraft is the first of three prototypes for the...
View ArticleDo Warren Buffett Portfolio Changes at Berkshire Hathaway Show Any Panic?
This has been a brutal year for investors of all sizes. Individual investors often feel behind the curve, and even large hedge funds and institutional investors like Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:...
View ArticleSurging Facebook Stock Pushes Zuckerberg Past Buffett
Mark Zuckerberg, founder, chairman and chief executive of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), has seen his wealth soar since mid-March, skyrocketing him past Warren Buffett on the list of wealthiest people in the...
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