Buffett

Here’s more from Warren Buffett on CNBC this morning. This time he talks to Becky Quick about ‘Too Big To Fail’. CNBC host Joe Kernen takes sides with the Occupy Wall Street protesters and asks Buffett whether we can regulate them to “keep…

Warren Buffett was on CNBC this morning for three hours talking about a whole range of issues from the European sovereign debt crisis to too big to fail to housing in the US to penalties for corporate crime. The video of Europe is below,…

Jon Stewart has noticed that Fox News is selling viewers on the view that ‘socialists’ like Warren Buffet and Barack Obama are engaged in class warfare. He presents an amusing view; take a look.

On Monday, Warren Buffett wrote a widely-discussed New York Times opinion piece, “Stop Coddling the Super-Rich” about taxes in America. I think his subsequent appearance on the Charlie Rose show was really good at explaining his views and…

David Sokol, widely considered the heir apparent to Warren Buffett,  has abruptly resigned from Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiaries after it was revealed that he profited from the purchase of a publicly-traded company made by Berkshire.…

Here's another classic video, this time on Gold!  Who comes up with this stuff? Classic. Hat tip Scott.  

Warren Buffett wants his street cred back! He's coming down on the side of most people on main street who believe the recession is still ongoing despite what the NBER stat gurus say. Reuters quotes: "We're still in a…

Charlie Gasparino rips Warren Buffett for his stance on the ratings agencies and their role in creating the financial crisis. Here's the money quote: He believes that a sleazy business and it makes a lot of money so he's gonna own…

Last year I told you that Berkshire had 62 derivative contracts that I manage. (We also have a few left in the General Re runoff book.) Today, we have 94 of these, and they fall into two categories. First, we have written 54 contracts…

While Warren Buffett is out tarnishing his reputation with quotes about how "phenomenal" the ratings agencies' business model is, Bill Gross is accusing them of aiding and abetting the financial crisis. Here's a quote from Bill…