Warren Buffet

After months of fighting on the Gaza strip, a breakthrough between Israel and Hamas has allowed for an open-ended cease-fire agreement. This will be the ninth truce agreement since the fighting began, but the first without a set deadline. It was greeted by uncertainty in Israel and...

U.S. stocks rose, lifting the Dow to new historical all-time highs of 17,153.80 following a better than expected rise in orders of durable goods. Consumer confidence improved in August, helping market sentiments while investors and traders placed less emphasis on a report that home prices are...

Coca-Cola's (NYSE: KO) announcement last week that it had acquired a $2.15 billion, 16.7 percent stake in Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) pairs the biggest soda company in the world with the biggest energy drink brand in the United States. Investor Reaction Positive The deal, two years...

Big investment firms are taking large positions in the telecommunications space as several deals take shape throughout the sector. Warren Buffett, Daniel Loeb and John Paulson all bought a sizable number of Verizon Communications shares and several dumped all or part of their stake in General...

It was a huge success, but will they repeat it? Warren Buffett, billionaire investor and Berkshire-Hathaway president, recently called into The Dan Patrick Show to discuss his partnership with Quicken Loans for the "Billion Dollar Bracket" contest and whether or not March Madness college...

U.S. stocks declined for the second straight session on little market-moving news. The Nasdaq index was hit harder than other major indices with investors and traders selling off otherwise solid performers like Facebook, Google, Tesla, Keurig Green Mountain and others. "These are all stocks...

Warren Buffett inspired people to take a chance on a dream with the Quicken Loans Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge. Registration for QuickenLoans Billion Dollar Bracket closed on March 20 at 1:00 a.m. EDT, and the fun was over for many shortly after the games started. "If it gets down to the...

U.S. stocks recovered and posted strong gains as concerns over a military conflict involving Russia and Ukraine dissipated overnight. The Dow posted a triple digit point gain, recording its best day of the year. The S&P 500 surged to new all time highs of 1,876.23 while the Nasdaq hit new...

U.S. stocks traded lower as investors worry Russia's next step in its use of military force in Ukraine. The Dow saw its worst day in a month while other major indices finished noticeably lower. Investors moved away from equities and found what is believed to be a safe haven in gold and other...

In general, airline stocks did well in 2013, leading some analysts such as Jack Hough of Barron’s to promote at least some airlines for 2014.  Hough likes  Delta (NYSE: DAL) in particular. Hough included that airline in a list of what he called turnaround stocks. Hough wrote, “The company has...

Major indices saw plenty of red during the first trading session of 2014. There were no fundamental reasons for the Dow to suffer a triple digit point loss, along with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices ending the day lower. "People are taking profits and seeking bargains," according to Jim...

Here's an example of what a Christmas present from Warren Buffett can look like. On Wednesday, the billionaire investor donated what, for him, amounted to part of a day's salary to an Israeli hospital. The “Oracle from Omaha” presented Haifa's Rambam Hospital with $10 million dollars, in...

Ask any small investor who his idol is, and the odds are they'll say Warren Buffett. But can he invest like Warren Buffett?  Sure; or least he can try to invest like Buffett. But to be successful, you have to learn to think like Buffett, and that may take a little time. To think and invest...

Family offices are entities established to invest in assets for wealthy families. The investing goals for family offices are much the same as those for individual: protect the wealth, increase the asset base, and provide growing, steady income, among others. For that reason, there are three reasons...

Many investment media outlets have been buzzing in recent years, about which stock would be the next to cross the coveted $1,000 per share barrier. Would be Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), or Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)? The fact is while the $1,000 per share may be a psychological milestone, it also offers...