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Weekly Wrap: Commodity Stocks Lead, Apple a Beacon of Hope? (HK, BHP, CHK, PAL, GSS, CHA, IPSU, BRK.A, CLNE, AAPL, BRK.B)

Posted by Eric Monte at 2:23PM on July 15th

The markets traded lower for the week, falling over 1%. The Shale Gas Stocks Index had the best performance after the takeover of Petrohawk was announced. That news helped to lift the oil sector as a whole. Also performing well…

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This Week in Billionaires: Pickens Keeps Fighting, Sprott Loves Silver (CLNE, CHK, BP, DVN, OXY, BRK.A, GE, PG, WMT, ANV, NWSA, CSE, CME, SLV, AG, AUY, SLW, BRK.B)

Posted by Eric Monte at 3:05PM on July 14th

Legendary energy investor T. Boone Pickens ran into some trouble this week with the passage of legislation he endorsed that would see increased consumption of natural gas in the U.S., a move that would benefit Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), the operator…

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Weekly Wrap: Social Networking Stocks Follow Twitter, Rare Earths Big Find (JVA, SVM, AG, RENN, MOBI, JASO, BRK.A, GIS, BRK.B)

Posted by Jason Smith at 5:29PM on July 8th

The markets had a very solid week, gaining over 5%. The Coffee Index had the best performance of the week.

This Week’s Top tickerspy Indexes:

Coffee Stocks (up 12.2%, see graph): Shares of Coffee Holding Company (JVA) led the Index higher this week,…

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Ahead of Anemic Jobs Report, Buffett Bullish On Employment (BRK.A, COST, GE, KO, PG, UPS, WMT, MSFT, AN, BP, CAT, FDX, BRK.B)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 12:52PM on July 8th

Prior to a June jobs report that showed unemployment rose to 9.2% and that employers added just 18,000 jobs, Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B), said in an interview with Bloomberg Television that U.S. employment will “bounce back big time…

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This Week in Billionaires: Hedge Funds Struggle, Sprott Loves Gold (AAPL, BP, MSFT, SNOFF, BAC, C, STI, HIG, COF, BYDDF, BRK.A, C, JOE, AIG, GS, MBI, ABX, EGO, SLW, IAG, XG, BRK.B)

Posted by Eric Monte at 3:03PM on July 7th

The first half of 2011 has been no cakewalk for some of the biggest names in the hedge fund business as funds led by noted managers such as David Einhorn and John Paulson are among those that are down through…

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Buffett Tells Congress To Act On Debt Ceiling…Now (GE, JNJ, KO, UPS, WFC, COST, MA, KFT, WMT, BRK.A, BRK.B)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 11:43AM on July 7th

Legendary investor Warren Buffett said on CNBC earlier today that Congress is messing with fire when it doesn’t need to on the issue of raising the U.S. debt limit. Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B), made the comments as congressional leaders…

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Berkshire May Make A Run At Citi Unit (C, BRK.A, AXP, BK, MTB, USB, WFC, LUK, GE, KFT, PG, XOM, BRK.B)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 11:38AM on July 6th

Shares of Citigroup (C), the third-largest U.S. bank by assets, are down 2% despite news that financial services conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) is among the parties that is interested in bidding for the bank’s consumer lending business, a unit that could…

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Weekly Wrap: China Was On Fire, Amazon Going After Google? (RENN, YOKU, EFUT, LONG, V, AMZN, VOD, VZ, BCS, AAPL, INTC, BAC, BRK.A, BRK.B, GOOG)

Posted by Jason Smith at 5:57PM on July 1st

The markets had a very solid week, gaining over 5%. Chinese Indexes had the best performances of the week.

This Week’s Top tickerspy Indexes:

Social Networking Stocks (up 21.4%, see graph): Shares of Renren (RENN) led the Index higher for the week…

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BYD Shares Surge On News Buffett Won’t Bail (BYDDF, BRK.A, AXP, GE, KFT, KO, WFC, BK, PG, XOM, BRK.B)

Posted by Jason Smith at 11:59AM on July 1st

Shares of BYD Co. (BYDDF) soared in China trading after the company’s chairman, Wang Chuanfu, said Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) has no plans to cut its stake in the Chinese automaker. Wang dismissed speculation that Berkshire was looking to reduce its investment…

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This Week in Billionaires: Buffett Explains, Paulson’s Luck Turning? (BAC, C, STI, HIG, COF, BRK.A, XOM, COP, APA, DVN, NOV, OXY, SU, BRK.B, SNOFF)

Posted by Eric Monte at 2:46PM on June 30th

John Paulson spoke out this week about his firm’s now disastrous investment in Chinese-Canadian timber Sino-Forest Corporation (SNOFF). Paulson told investors in his advantage funds that the Sino-Forest bet had gone the wrong way to the tune of $574 million, according…

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