Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Warren Buffett on State of the Union Speech, Romney

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., talks about President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech tonight and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's reported 2010 income and tax rate. Recently Warren Buffett pledged to match one-for-one, all voluntary contributions made by Republican members of Congress to pay down the national debt; Pepsi will pay more than $3 million to settle federal race discrimination charges; and the CDC says for the first time since 1965, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Warren Buffett sings for Chinese New Year

US billionaire Warren Buffett has appeared singing and playing the ukulele on Chinese state television. The billionaire popped up on CCTV and wished the people of China "a happy new year." The Lunar New Year of the Dragon begins at midnight on Sunday. "Your country has accomplished amazing things, and the best is yet to come," Buffett told the broadcaster. The investor is well respected in China for his financial success.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Warren Buffett approach to Picking a Stock

Warren Buffett : "We will not go into businesses where technology, which is way over my head, is crucial to the investment decision."

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Warren Buffett : increase taxes for the Rich in America

Billionaire businessman , philanthropist Warren Buffet told TIME Magazine that he would match the total amount of voluntary tax contributions made by Republican members of Congress. Warren Buffett has been leading the charge to pressure Congress to increase tax rates on richest people in America

Monday, January 9, 2012

Warren Buffett underperformed the S&P for the second time since 1990

Warren Buffett underperformed the S&P for the second time since 1990 , this past year Berkshire Hathaway went down -4.7% this was mainly due to the Berkshire insurance firm hurt by the Japanese earthquake and the lost on the derivatives , Buffett himself lost 2 billion dollars of his own personal holdings last year . Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. slipped 4.7 percent in 2011. It was the second time since 1990 that the Omaha, Nebraska-based firm underperformed an S&P 500 that had either declined for the year or rose less than 5 percent . "legendary investor, Warren Buffett", he is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. He was ranked as the world's wealthiest person in 2008 and is the third wealthiest person in the world as of 2011.

Warren Buffett picks His Son as a Successor

Billionaire Warren Buffett chooses his son Howard, who's also a farmer, as his successor and non-executive chairman, Warren Buffett says his son Howard, a farm were no college degree would make a good successor as a nonexecutive chairman. howard for his part says he is okay with that, attorneys general as long as he can keep growing corn and soy beans.

Warren Buffett : I am a huge bull on this country

Warren Buffett : I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board.

Warren Buffett Quotes

Warren Buffett : "Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time."