Berkshire Hathaway

• Don't Discount Muni Risks

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  September 25, 2012

  Municipal bonds have lower default rates and carry lower risk because credit raters say so—how many times have we heard that?

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  4 Strikes Against Municipal Bonds

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  August 31, 2012

  It’s easy to contrast the muni-bond market of 2008 with today’s landscape – but there are significant differences.

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  Buffett’s $8 Billion Trade Isn’t a Bet Against Munis: LPL’s Valeri

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 29, 2012

  Warren Buffett’s sale of $8 billion in muni derivatives was a profitable trade, not a comment on the value of the muni market, says the LPL market strategist.

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  400 Economists Endorse Romney

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  August 15, 2012

  A former conservative official has rallied 400 economists, including five Nobel Prize winners, to sign a statement supporting Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s economic policies.

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  Warren Buffett Drops Consumer Stocks, Buys Into Banks

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 6, 2012

  Billionaire investor Warren Buffett backed away from stocks in the second quarter, reducing the company’s holdings in consumer-products equities but investing more heavily in the finance sector.

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  Buffett’s 9 Nuggets of Wisdom on Banks, Investments, More

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 16, 2012

  The Oracle of Omaha had some contrarian things to say about the U.S. economy, the big banks, and what he calls “the tapeworm of the American economy,” on Bloomberg TV.

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  Buffett’s 7 Nuggets of Wisdom at Berkshire Hathaway Meeting

  By Geoff Kirbyson  |  May 7, 2012

  On gold, U.S. banks and the ‘psychotic drunk’ that is the stock market, the Oracle of Omaha has spoken.

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  Berkshire Hathaway Gathering, Pt. 2: How’s Warren Buffett Feeling?

  By Geoff Kirbyson  |  May 6, 2012

  The world’s most-famous octogenarian investor says he’s feeling ‘terrific,’ and discloses the gender, at least, of his likely successor.

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  Berkshire Hathaway Gathering, Pt. 1: Advisors Make the Pilgrimage

  By Geoff Kirbyson  |  May 5, 2012

  One attendee says that getting to listen to Warren Buffett answer questions for 8 hours is the "best one-day economic seminar in the world."

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  Buffett Cancer Diagnosis Has Analysts, Investors Scrambling

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 18, 2012

  The topic most raised was that of Buffett’s successor.