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Forget about what he says. If you want to learn what Warren Buffett really thinks are money-making bets, look at what the old guru is actually doing.The greatest value investor of our time likes to p

Slim gains on vacation volume still sufficed to send the Dow Jones Index up for a sixth successive session as it and the Standard & Poor’s 500 closed at fresh highs for the year. While 1,10

The market is currently caught in a battle for direction after continuous rejection of positive earnings and economic news for the past two and a half weeks. Rally volume continues to be dwarfed by s

First of all, this was not a hoax. Falcon was missing when the balloon lifted off. Why would we make a hoax with our kid?-- Richard HeeneWe all know about that balloon and we all have our own theorie

1. Banks Go for Broke......and They're Almost ThereA game of chicken. That's really what it's come down to for banks. Listening in on the Pulte Homes (PHM) conference call this morning, Richard J. Du

Yesterday, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) CEO Warren Buffett stunned Wall Street when he announced he was plunking down $34 billion to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI). This isn’t the firs

There’s little debate that Warren Buffett is the greatest investor of our generation. He’s a class act; someone very good at what he does and seemingly better at who he is.Heck, he even s

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Equities ended mixed in unusually tight trading. Buffett was a buffer against broader declines with his big railroad bet, but a downgrade of the semiconductor sector left Intel (INTC) (-2.68%) e