Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's holding company, released an SEC filing yesterday that revealed new holdings in General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB) as of March 31st. The conglomerate also reported selling its entire stake in Comdisco Holdings. Investments by Warren Buffett's...

An SEC filing says that Berkshire Hathaway added stakes in General Motors (NYSE: GM), Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB) and IBM (NYSE: IBM). This can be seen as a bullish sign for these stocks, as investments by Warren Buffett's company are often viewed as a key vote of confidence. Shares of General Motors, a...

At Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting on Saturday, Warren Buffett said he recently walked away from a $22 billion dollar acquisition . So, what company was it? Taking into consideration Berkshire Hathaway's previous acquisitions, he would likely have paid a 10%-30% premium to the...

Warren Buffett doesn't like gold, but he's apparently taken a shine to tungsten. Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) outfit International Metalworking Companies announced an $80 million investment in Woulfe Mining's (CVE: WOF) Sangdong South Korean tungsten project this week. Woulfe...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Yesterday, the day that the 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) agree to be taken private, competitor discount variety stores Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) reached new 52-week highs of $39.40 and $80.99 per share, respectively. Dollar General boosted its sales forecast and...

At the end of last week, discount retailers Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) reached new multiyear highs of $38.59 and $76.32 per share, respectively. Dollar General launched an e-commerce site recently and opened some 260 new stores in the first half of 2011. Also,...

So maybe you got out of the market when things got crazy, and you are looking to put a toe back in the water now that stocks have largely rebounded. Or perhaps you have been riding out the volatility but thinking you ought to diversify a little more. Well, here is a quick look at some options. They...

Charles Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A), is known for telling it like he sees it. At a Pasadena conference on Friday, he had a few words to say about financial sector collapse of 2008. "The bubble in America was caused by some combination of megalomania, insanity and evil...

UK's The Telegraph posted a video of current on-going riots in Spain. Spanish citizens are protesting “austerity measures” the Spanish government has undertaken to help get its fiscal house in order. The riots in Spain are similar to the events experienced by fellow struggling Eurozone-member...