In about two weeks Warren Buffett will report his 2008 year end portfolio. We are hosting our quarterly contest here, asking users to guess which stocks Warren Buffett bought in the fourth quarter of 2008 besides the reported Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI, Financial). Additionally, we shall be announcing the winners of the 4Q contest.
1Q 2009 Contest
Once a quarter GuruFocus hosts a contest asking users to guess which stocks that Warren Buffett bought. Here in this contest again this year, we are asking for users to guess the stocks besides Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI), which has already been reported extensively.
But what else did Warren Buffett buy in the 1st quarter? This is the contest. We would like to invite everyone to participate this contest. The winners will each win a copy of great investment book selecting from this list:
• Joel Greenblatt: The little Book that Beat the Market
• Joel Greenblatt: You Can be a Stock Market Genius
• Benjamin Graham: The Intelligent Investor
• Martin Whitman: The Aggressive Conservative Investor
• Peter Lynch: Beating the Street
• Peter Lynch: One Up on Wall Street
• David Dreman: Contrarian Investment Strategies in the Next Generation
• The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
• Mohnish Pabrai: Dhandho Investor
Registered users may participate this contest by entering up to 3 stock symbols into the comment area of this post. Also state briefly the reasons for your guesses. If more than 3 symbols are entered, only the first three will be counted. The deadline for this contest will be when Warren Buffett releases information of Berkshire 's holdings, whih will be in two weeks. Write your answer to the comment area. If you are not registered, you need to register to participate.
4Q Contest Results
And now to announce the winners of last time's contest! Warren Buffett’s top four purchases last quarter were ConocoPhillips (COP, Financial), Eaton Corp (ETN, Financial), U.S. Bancorp (USB, Financial), and NRG Energy Inc (NRG).
In this contest, 2 contestants guessed 2 of the 4 companies mentioned above. They were Kwksilver and Rkurra. Kwksilver guessed BNI, COP, and NRG. Rkurra guessed USB, NRG, and WFC. Congratulations to the winners! Each winner will receive a book from the list above.
Winners, please contact us with the book you choose, your name and mailing address. The book will be sent to you in 2-3 weeks directly from Amazon. We will host the contest again next quarter, so everyone still has another chance of winning, whether you won this time or not. Make sure you do your homework! Good luck!
1Q 2009 Contest
Once a quarter GuruFocus hosts a contest asking users to guess which stocks that Warren Buffett bought. Here in this contest again this year, we are asking for users to guess the stocks besides Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI), which has already been reported extensively.
But what else did Warren Buffett buy in the 1st quarter? This is the contest. We would like to invite everyone to participate this contest. The winners will each win a copy of great investment book selecting from this list:
• Joel Greenblatt: The little Book that Beat the Market
• Joel Greenblatt: You Can be a Stock Market Genius
• Benjamin Graham: The Intelligent Investor
• Martin Whitman: The Aggressive Conservative Investor
• Peter Lynch: Beating the Street
• Peter Lynch: One Up on Wall Street
• David Dreman: Contrarian Investment Strategies in the Next Generation
• The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
• Mohnish Pabrai: Dhandho Investor
Registered users may participate this contest by entering up to 3 stock symbols into the comment area of this post. Also state briefly the reasons for your guesses. If more than 3 symbols are entered, only the first three will be counted. The deadline for this contest will be when Warren Buffett releases information of Berkshire 's holdings, whih will be in two weeks. Write your answer to the comment area. If you are not registered, you need to register to participate.
4Q Contest Results
And now to announce the winners of last time's contest! Warren Buffett’s top four purchases last quarter were ConocoPhillips (COP, Financial), Eaton Corp (ETN, Financial), U.S. Bancorp (USB, Financial), and NRG Energy Inc (NRG).
In this contest, 2 contestants guessed 2 of the 4 companies mentioned above. They were Kwksilver and Rkurra. Kwksilver guessed BNI, COP, and NRG. Rkurra guessed USB, NRG, and WFC. Congratulations to the winners! Each winner will receive a book from the list above.
Winners, please contact us with the book you choose, your name and mailing address. The book will be sent to you in 2-3 weeks directly from Amazon. We will host the contest again next quarter, so everyone still has another chance of winning, whether you won this time or not. Make sure you do your homework! Good luck!
