Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway

Last Update: 2013-05-15

Number of Stocks: 41
Number of New Stocks: 2

Total Value: $85,001 Mil
Q/Q Turnover: 2%

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A 32-Year-Old Warren Buffett Discusses a Brief Drop in the Stock Market (1962)
by Canadian Value - May 22, 2013
Do you think if you had met Warren Buffett when he was 32 that you would have recognized that he would one day become the richest man in the world through his stock picking ability?

Would you have mortgaged your house to give him every penny you could scrap together so that he could compound it at an incredible rate? Continue Reading »
Warren Buffett's Latest Dividend Stock Buys and His Most Important Portfolio Changes
by Dividend - May 21, 2013
Recently, Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, published his quarter results and released his recent buys and sells.

Below is a current portfolio update of Warren Buffett’s - Berkshire Hathaway - portfolio movements as of Q1/2013 (March 31, 2013). In total, he has 41 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD85,001,344,000. Buffett bought two new companies and added nine additional stocks to his fund. The most important buys were Wells Fargo and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company. Continue Reading »
Warren Buffett Discusses Teaching University Classes in the 1950s and 1960s
by Canadian Value - May 20, 2013
Warren Buffett was interviewed back in 2009 for a documentary called "Mr. Buffett the Teacher."

The documentary was a project of the University of Nebraska. Continue Reading »
Transcript of Office Hours Interview with Warren Buffett
by Canadian Value - May 20, 2013
Levo League is an organization that helps young women in the first phase of their careers. Every week Levo has "office hours" with a noted individual who provides advice and answers questions.

This week the ladies are in for a treat as the individual is Warren Buffett! Continue Reading »
Warren Buffett Buys Wells Fargo, Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., VeriSign, Sells General Dynamics, Archer-Daniels Midland, Mondelez
by GuruFocus - May 15, 2013
Warren Buffett’s investment company Berkshire Hathaway just reported its first quarter portfolio. Berkshire bought more Wells Fargo, VeriSign, DirecTV, DaVita HealthCare Partners, National Oilwell Varco, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc, sells General Dynamics, Archer-Daniels Midland Company, Mondelez International etc according to the most recent filings of his investment company, Berkshire Hathaway.

A new position Berkshire bought is Chicago Bridge & Iron Company. The company provides conceptual design, technology, engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction, commissioning and associated maintenance services to customers in the energy and natural resource industries. Continue Reading »
Warren Buffett’s Company Announces 2 New Stock Holdings
by Holly LaFon - May 15, 2013
The moment investors have been waiting for – the updated first quarter portfolio of Warren Buffett (and his two portfolio managers, Ted Weschler and Todd Combs) came out today. GuruFocus data shows that Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B), gained two new stocks: Starz Inc. (STRZA) and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CBI).

Starz Inc. (STRZA) Continue Reading »
Andrew Sorkin on a Largely Forgotten Buffett Doppelganger in 'For Buffett, the Past Isn’t Always Prologue'
by Holly LaFon - May 10, 2013
Published May 6 in Dealbook, the article offers more insight into the name Buffett brought up at his annual shareholder meeting this year: Henry E. Singleton:

OMAHA – A little under an hour into the question-and-answer session at Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B)’s annual meeting here on Saturday, a name searing with history but now largely forgotten was mentioned: Henry E. Singleton. Continue Reading »
Full Transcript of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates on CNBC May 6, 2013
by Canadian Value - May 10, 2013
CNBC Transcript: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, Live on 'Squawk Box' - May 6, 2013 by CNBC

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Warren Buffett - 1976 Letter About Walter Schloss
by Canadian Value - May 09, 2013

Buffett 1976 Letter About Walter Schloss
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Warren's Son Howard Discusses His Future Job as Chairman of Berkshire
by Canadian Value - May 09, 2013
Howard Buffett talks about eventually succeeding his father, Warren, as non-executive chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A)(BRK.B)

Howard, who is a Berkshire director, farmer and philanthropist, also discusses compensation for the next Berkshire CEO and his new book, "40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World." Continue Reading »
Feminist Warren Buffett’s Best Advice Ever – Tweeting for Massive Evolution
by Sally Jones - May 09, 2013
Just when we thought the ultimate investor had reached his own 82-year high, Warren Buffett, spikes it even higher, offering momentous advice on Twitter and revealing that he is a feminist. Buffett highly values and acknowledges women in the overall scheme of things, and he highly values women in business. Buffett wants women to value themselves more highly than our social conditioning and to shatter the fun-house mirror that deforms our self-worth. In his essay, Buffett shares a lucid example and commentary about his friend, the late Katharine Graham, publisher and longtime CEO of the Washington Post Company (WPO).

Leave it to Warren Buffett to pack a global evolutionary punch in the 140-character message allowed by Twitter. Guru Buffett tells the man’s world of investing and business to wake up to the real value of women. He wrote: Continue Reading »
Meet the Women CEOs of Berkshire Hathaway's Subsidiaries
by Canadian Value - May 08, 2013
Mary Rhinehart, Susan Jacques and Cathy Baron Tamraz, are chief executive officers of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A)(BRK.B) subsidiaries Johns Manville, Borsheims and Business Wire, respectively.

Despite Warren's long-running support for women in the workplace, only five of Berkshire's 70 subsidiary CEOs are women. Continue Reading »
Warren Buffett’s First Tweet – “Warren is in the House”
by Sally Jones - May 08, 2013
We all remember a first – the first kiss, the first car, the first job. Here's an Information Age first: This week the legendary Guru Warren Buffett, despite an aversion to technology, lost his Twitter-innocence at age 82 and tweeted his first digital proclamation of Being to a welcoming cyber-existence with: “Warren is in the House.” The Wall Street Journal responded with a Twitter welcome that read, “Pigs aren’t flying, lambs aren’t lying down with lions, and hell isn’t getting any cooler. But Warren Buffett is joining Twitter.”

Buffett has tweeted only twice so far and already has 405,635 followers. He is currently following no one, in true billionaire Guru fashion. His second tweet is especially meaningful to investors: Continue Reading »
Buffett and Munger Annual Meeting 2013 Q&A (Complete)
by Holly LaFon - May 08, 2013
These notes were taken live as GuruFocus covered the annual shareholder meeting of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B) in Omaha on Saturday.

Warren Buffett: Earnings chart – we were benign in insurance, but other businesses did well. We’ve never had higher operating earnings. Continue Reading »
Classic Buffett - Warren Lectures for an Hour on the Media Business in 1992 to the Omaha Press Club
by Canadian Value - May 07, 2013
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Video of Warren Buffett's First Television Appearance (1962)
by Canadian Value - May 07, 2013
Can I go back in time and give him all my money to invest for me?

Warren Buffett was interviewed by KMTV, Omaha in early June of 1962. Continue Reading »
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett Tells Fox Business “Today Is the Day to Get a Mortgage”
by Fox Business - May 06, 2013
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett spoke with FOX Business Network’s (FBN) Liz Claman about the state of the economy. Buffett discussed interest rates and the housing market, saying, “Anybody who's borrowing money should borrow out for a long period of time. And if you ever want to get a mortgage, today is the day to get a mortgage.” Buffett also spoke about the newspaper business, saying “the trends are more adverse with the really big metropolitan papers,” and that his investment in papers is “not going to move the needle at Berkshire.”

Excerpts from the interview are below. Continue Reading »
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Q&A Part 3
by Holly LaFon - May 06, 2013
These notes were taken live as GuruFocus covered the annual shareholder meeting of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B) in Omaha on Saturday. The notes are continued from Part 2 here.

Question: Will the health care act affect Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B)? Continue Reading »
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Q&A Part 2
by Holly LaFon - May 06, 2013
These notes were taken live as GuruFocus covered the annual shareholder meeting of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B) in Omaha on Saturday.

Question: Ackman questions the legitimacy of Herbalife (HLF). Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B) owns Pampered Chef. Has there been any impact on Pampered Chef? It’s a multi-level marketing company. Continue Reading »
Fortune Magazine's Full Pre-Meeting Q&A wth Warren Buffett
by Canadian Value - May 06, 2013
How does an 83-year-old-man keep up the pace that Warren Buffett sets during the annual Berkshire (BRK.A)(BRK.B) meeting. Continue Reading »