BUFFETT: No. If I had a chance to vote on it, I’d vote no, but I don’t have a chance. One of the things particularly interesting for the people that pay attention to corporate governance, Kraft issued a 78-page proxy statement close to a month ago. And the sole issue was the ...
In a live interview Monday on CNBC's "Squawk Box," Buffett said, "When I got up this morning, I actually looked at a stock on the computer (for) the trades in London (of a stock) that we're buying, and it's down and I felt good." He would only acknowledge it is an "English...
Greif is still around today. Shares trade under ticker GEF and the market cap is currently $3.2 billion. We don’t know how much Buffett made on the stock. But we do know what Phil Carret made. At Howard Buffett’s recommendation in the 1940’s, Carret bought Greif shares at a split-...
New management created a ton of value in its first two years on the job. Buffett and Gottesman began buying the stock in 1965. According to Gottesman they paid $18-20/share. For our purposes, let’s assume that the pair paid $19/share. ...
After 17 years of steady payments, Warren Buffett has to date given annual donations totaling $50.7 billion toward his historic multibillion-dollar pledges to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and to four foundations connected to his family, accord
So how would you translate Buffett’s advice into a passive portfolio that UK investors could buy? Like this: The US Government Bond fund is hedged to Sterling. 66% of its securities count as short-term. Of course that’s all well and good for someone who lives in America, or plans to...
Warren Buffett is just like the rest of us. He got crushed by the plunge in the stock market during the first half of the year. But the Oracle of Omaha is undeterred by the wildness on Wall Street. Berkshire Hathaway is still buying and many of the company’s diverse business lines ar...
In a live appearance on CNBC'sSquawk BoxMonday morning, Buffett toldBecky Quick, "You'll see (stock) numbers a lot higher than this in your lifetime." (Read More:CNBC Transcript: Buffett and Gates on 'Squawk Box') Acknowledging that milestones like Dow 15,000 can draw Main Street's a...
Warren Buffett has never allowed a stock split of Berkshire Hathaway's A shares (BRK.A). Although the high share prices may be a limitation for many investors, Buffett argues that splitting the stock would go against the tenets of his investment philosophy. Eschewing a stock split makes Be...
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