Posted Jun 29th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg
Filed under: Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI), SLM Corp (SLM)

Despite us being on the heels of the big Russell indexes changing and despite the quarter-end being a day away, this was a boring day. A study showed a small
decrease in online job advertisements, but that was the only item on the economic front. Oil traded higher and bond yields came down as traders are voting for more stability the rest of the year there.
Here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 8,531.19 +92.80 (1.10%)
S&P 500 927.18 +8.28 (0.90%)
Nasdaq 1,843.34 +5.12 (0.28%)
Top Analyst CallsContinue reading Closing Bell: A quiet day that didn't look quiet (BRK.A, BBI, SLM, SIRI, SWI, STT)
Posted Jun 19th 2009 7:05AM by Paul Foster
Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Options
Berkshire Hathaway B-shares (NYSE: BRK.B - option symbol BVQ) closed at $2,829. The Chicago Board Option Exchange listed options on BRK/B with initial strike prices of 2,800, 2,900, 3,000 and 3,100. BRK/B historic volatility is at 21 according to Bloomberg.
CBOE Volatility Index S&P 500 Options-(VIX) at 30.03; 10-day moving average is 29.74.
June front-month equity options expire, today, June 19.
Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.
Posted Jun 18th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg
Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Bank of America (BAC), Carnival Corp (CCL), SLM Corp (SLM), SanDisk Corp (SNDK)

Today was one of those low news flow days where you never had any real solid feel for where the market would close until the very end of the session. We have seen too many rallies dashed by closing imbalances at the end of the day when there was thin volume.
Some Philly Fed data helped hold the market, and that was on the heels of the
largest drop in continuing jobless claims since 2001. Some of the agriculture stocks
staged a small comeback after yesterday's huge losses.
Here were the unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 8,554.77 +57.59 (0.68%)
S&P 500 918.34 +7.63 (0.84%)
Nasdaq 1,807.72 -0.34 (-0.02%)
Top Analyst UpgradesTop Analyst DowngradesContinue reading Closing Bell: A win that felt too quiet (BRK-A, BAC, CCL, SNDK, SLM, WLP)
Posted May 15th 2009 3:00PM by Steven Halpern
Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Newsletters, Stocks to Buy
Long-term growth stock expert Alexander Green sees long-term upside potential for conservative investors willing to invest along side of Warren Buffett.
Here, the investment director of The Oxford Club reviews Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B), a holding in his model portfolio.
"The market surprised investors with the magnitude of its drop over the last year and a half. Then it surprised them again with a furious rally that began in early March.
"What lies just ahead? No one knows for sure, of course. But we do know several investments that are attractively priced at current levels, such as Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), a conservative choice, run by investment great Warren Buffett.
Continue reading Oxford Club bets on Buffett
Posted May 14th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)

After three days of selling and profit taking, it seems that low wholesale inflation and slightly higher weekly jobless claims were enough of a recipe for a rally.
Dow 8,331.32 +46.43 (0.56%)
S&P 500 892.95 +9.03 (1.02%)
Nasdaq 1,689.21 +25.02 (1.50%)
Top Analyst Upgrades & DowngradesContinue reading Closing Bell: Bulls remind bears of their presence (WMT, CEG, BRK.A, MEDX, RMBS, NKTR, DGI)
Posted May 4th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg
Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Adobe Systems (ADBE), Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Crocs Inc (CROX)

If you have been waiting and hoping for a pullback of any size, the moves here are probably starting to make as much sense as using the notion that you should buy just because a company is keeping the same dividend it has always had. The markets screamed higher again today on the heels of some
very solid housing data and that has the bulls firmly in charge again. In turn, market bears are becoming about as popular today as management of troubled banks. Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 8,410.81 +198.40 (2.42%)
S&P 500 907.24 +29.72 (3.39%)
Nasdaq 1,763.56 +44.36 (2.58%)
Top Analyst
Upgrades and DowngradesContinue reading Closing Bell: If the pullback never comes... (BAC, WFC, XHB, CROX, DNDN, BRK.A, ADBE)
Posted Apr 30th 2009 11:30AM by Sheldon Liber
Filed under: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Bargain stocks, Serious Money, Williams Companies (WMB)
This week I have been evaluating the Williams Companies Inc. (NYSE: WMB), a stock that I think would make a good core holding for anyone seeking a dependable dividend, growth potential, and relatively low risk given its current price.
The price was $13.77 when I started the series and $13.00 when I myself bought in.
After the first three posts, I hope the case has been made, but we will continue nevertheless looking at Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) , Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B) for more supporting evidence.
Continue reading Serious Money: Better than Apple, Google, Microsoft & Berkshire Hathaway, Part 4
Posted Apr 28th 2009 3:40PM by Sheldon Liber
Filed under: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Bargain stocks, Serious Money, Williams Companies (WMB)
In my first post on the subject yesterday, I discussed some of the advantages that Williams Companies Inc. (NYSE: WMB) might have over more popular stock "brands" like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B) -- all great companies.
I highlighted the yield, book value, and spread between natural gas and oil, concluding that even "my pal Warren" would prefer Williams. Today I continue to look at the various valuation metrics one might contemplate in examining a stock's potential.
Continue reading Serious Money: Better than Apple, Google, Microsoft & Berkshire Hathaway, Part 2
Posted Apr 8th 2009 8:40PM by Peter Cohan
Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
In what surely must be the PR move of the decade, Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO) has downgraded Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) from AAA to AA2.
Why is this a great PR move? Well, Berkshire owns 20% of Moody's. And what could be a better demonstration of Moody's independence and objectivity than its decision to downgrade the financial strength of its biggest shareholder?
Pretty clever, no? Sure -- unless you start to consider that Moody's and the other ratings agencies gorged on fees from investment banks to rate toxic waste for years -- using their AAA credit ratings to convince investors to buy the securities. Now that the ratings agencies have no fees to earn from rating toxic waste, they are studiously trying to rebuild their reputation for objectivity.
Continue reading Berkshire's Moody's downgrades Buffett
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