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Warren Buffett invest $300 million in USG. 11/21/08   —  Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to make a new $300 million investment in USG Corporation. Berkshire will get "contingent convertible senior notes" with an initial interest rate of 10... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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Warren Buffett on the market downturn. 11/21/08   —  Warren Buffet on the market downturn. Warren Buffett on unemployment [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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China stocks have a safety blanket. Interest rates! 11/21/08   —  Jim Cramer's thesis is interest rates in China are 6.6% and any cut in interest rates will cause the stocks to go higher. Can't do that in the U.S...rates are just too low to cut anymore. My... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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Bargains continue to come! 11/19/08   —  246000 workers at Ford, 252000 at GM and not to mention Chrysler workers, and car part suppliers...all hinge on $25 billion bailout money from the Federal Reserve. Bad news should be good news for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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Eddie Lampert's lastest investing portfolio 11/16/08   —  Billionaire investor and Sears Holdings Corp. Chairman Edward LampertAs of Sept 30 issued Nov 14, 2008, comprehensive quarterly comparisons under RBS Partners LP and .Acxiom (ACXM, no change)June 30: 3,293,989 shares (value: $37 million)Sept 30: 3,293,989 shares (value: $41 million)AutoNation (AN, in...
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Warren Buffett's Current Stock Portfolio 11/15/08   —  Here is the latest quarterly filing of billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ended Sept 30, submitted Nov 14, 2008Here's a comparison of stock shares quarter to quarter:American Express Co. (AXP, no change)June 30: 151,610,700 (value: $5.7 billion)Sept 30: 151,610,700(value: ...
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WCG   Wellcare (WCG) takes a nose dive and drops 50% 11/14/08   —  Wellcare Health (WCG) drops to $9.10. Shares plunged to all-time lows Thursday after the health insurer, already the target of multiple state and federal investigations, said it is in default on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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WCG   Wellcare (WCG) takes a nose dive and drops 50% 11/14/08   —  Wellcare Health (WCG) drops to $9.10. Shares plunged to all-time lows Thursday after the health insurer, already the target of multiple state and federal investigations, said it is in default on some debt covenants and is being hurt by higher Medicare costs.That is not good news to value investor...
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Actual shorting of Berkshire Hathaway. 11/14/08   —  Shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway have closed at a two-year low.The Class A stock fell 3.2 percent to finish the day (Wednesday) at $103,333 each. Some traders are shorting the stock... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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Actual shorting of Berkshire Hathaway. 11/14/08   —  Shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway have closed at a two-year low.The Class A stock fell 3.2 percent to finish the day (Wednesday) at $103,333 each.Some traders are shorting the stock because of Buffett is betting that the stock market will go up.'Based on (equity and) equity index prices a...
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C   Insider buying at Citigroup (C) 11/14/08   —  Chief Executive Vikram Pandit acquired roughly 750,000 shares of the firm's common stock Citigroup(C) at prices between $8.92 and $9.45 (about $6.7 million), according to a filing with the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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C   Insider buying at Citigroup (C) 11/14/08   —  Chief Executive Vikram Pandit acquired roughly 750,000 shares of the firm's common stock Citigroup(C) at prices between $8.92 and $9.45 (about $6.7 million), according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. -Stock Article Link...
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Learn to think like Warren Buffett. 11/13/08   —  In just a two-week span, Buffett picked up Constellation Energy for the relative bargain price of $4.7 billion. He bought $5 billion in preferred stock from Goldman Sachs, receiving a fat 10% yield.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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Learn to think like Warren Buffett. 11/13/08   —  In just a two-week span, Buffett picked up Constellation Energy for the relative bargain price of $4.7 billion. He bought $5 billion in preferred stock from Goldman Sachs, receiving a fat 10% yield. And he purchased $3 billion in preferred shares of GE, also yielding 10%.This doesn't mean Buffett is ...
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CHEUY   Li Ka-Shing's Cheung Kong stock (CHEUY) is a buy. 11/13/08   —  Li Ka-Shing is considered the Warren Buffett of Asia and with his stock conglomerate down to it's lows (trading at $8.50 on the OTC), it's time to pick up some shares. Based in Hong Kong, the Cheung... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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CHEUY   Li Ka-Shing's Cheung Kong stock (CHEUY) is a buy. 11/13/08   —  Li Ka-Shing is considered the Warren Buffett of Asia and with his stock conglomerate down to it's lows (trading at $8.50 on the OTC), it's time to pick up some shares. Based in Hong Kong, the Cheung Kong Group's businesses encompass such diverse areas as property development and ...
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Lenny Dykstra 80-0 and making $200,000 since March. 11/11/08   —  It really sounds to good to be true when Lenny Dykstra claims to be 80-0 record with his deep in the money option calls strategy. He bails out for a profit when he makes $1000 on each trade. His... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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Lenny Dykstra 80-0 and making $200,000 since March. 11/11/08   —  It really sounds to good to be true when Lenny Dykstra claims to be 80-0 record with his deep in the money option calls strategy. He bails out for a profit when he makes $1000 on each trade. His record is amazing considering the market has turned south. I got to pay more attention to his picks. ...
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MT   Bullish comments for Arcelor Mittal (MT) 11/10/08   —  "Lakshmi Mittal has engineered the greatest transformation of the global steel industry since the era of Bessemer, Carnegie and Thyssen.... MT plunged from 104 to 20 in only six months as recession... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
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MT   Bullish comments for Arcelor Mittal (MT) 11/10/08   —  "Lakshmi Mittal has engineered the greatest transformation of the global steel industry since the era of Bessemer, Carnegie and Thyssen....MT plunged from 104 to 20 in only six months as recession led to a softening of steel demand for construction, industrial uses and automobile manufacturing.....Ar...
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