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Strong Balance Sheets Mean More M&A (LYB, TEN, MNST, KO, SUN, ETP, ZAGG, PAY)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:56PM on April 30th

Stocks traded modestly lower on the day, breaking a four-session winning streak. The economic news was modestly weak, while Spain not surprisingly fell back into recession. On the positive front, it was a day filled with M&A activity, which helps…

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Quiet Market Remains in Bull Mode (KO, YUM, PRGO, CHD, HEAT, PRGN)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 6:59PM on February 7th

After a lackluster start to the day, stocks finished the day strong to end in positive territory. Earnings were generally solid, and there was little in the way of economic news. News out of Europe was also relatively quiet. The…

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Europe Trumps Earnings (IBM, JNJ, KO, GS, MTH, XRS)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:43PM on October 18th

It was a relatively solid day of earnings, but stocks got the biggest lift on news that Germany and France had reached an agreement to significantly increase the size of the Eurozone’s rescue fund, taking it to 2 trillion euros…

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Will Solid Earnings Stabalize the Market? (IBM, UNH, BAC, KO, FCEL, GBG)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:56PM on July 19th

As we noted yesterday, we thought strong earnings could help lift the market out of its recent malaise, and did they ever. On the back of solid corporate profits and some progress on the debt-ceiling front, stocks had their best…

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Buffett Ready To Bid Debt Ceiling Adieu (AXP, GE, KFT, KO, JNJ, COP, COST, UPS, USB)

Posted by Jason Smith at 12:16PM on July 19th

Legendary investor Warren Buffett said the U.S. should do away with the debt ceiling, the issue that has recently roiled global equity markets as speculation has intensified that if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling, the “AAA” credit rating…

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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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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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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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Berkshire Explains Fixed-Income Impairment Charge (BRK.A, XOM, COP, AXP, JNJ, MA, KO, WFC, BRK.B)

Posted by Jason Smith at 11:48AM on June 27th

On top of recent struggles that have seen shares of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) slide nearly 3% in the past month, the financial services conglomerate was hit with a $1.02 billion fourth-quarter impairment charge, nearly all of which was tied to…

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Back To Book? Berkshire Shares Flirting With Book Value (BRK.A, BK, MTB, USB, WFC, KO, JNJ, MA, BRK.B, PG)

Posted by Jason Smith at 11:54AM on June 16th

Earlier this year, Warren Buffett said his trigger finger was itchy to use some of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) massive cash hoard to make a big acquisition or two. Oddly enough, one company that would fit all the parameters Buffett typically…

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