Today is Warren Buffett’s 82nd birthday. Happy Birthday, Mr. Buffett! Since this “Warren Buffett” blog was launched on the occasion of Warren Buffett’s 80th birthday on August 30, 2010, today is its second anniversary. ...
At the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) annual meeting on May 5, 2012, Warren Buffett stated (in response to a shareholder question): “We should stay away from things we do not understand”. He (Buffett) “needs to...
A decision made by Warren Buffett during the third quarter of 2012 to terminate credit default swaps insuring $8.25 billion of municipal bonds has raised questions as to why he has done this. This...
In its SEC 13F filing on August 14, 2012, Berkshire Hathaway revealed several significant changes to its equity portfolio that were made during the second quarter. The largest addition was the purchase of 16.7 million shares...
In Berkshire Hathaway’s 2012 second quarter earnings report, Warren Buffett revealed that Berkshire’s holdings in consumer stocks were reduced during the quarter ending June 30. By comparing Berkshire’s SEC 10Q filings for the first and...
