The Warren Buffett Report

Warren Buffett’s 4 Step Stock Formula

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:20:27 +0000

Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks on behalf the companies stock investing formula. Munger mentions that Buffett follows a 4 step formula which has been the way he has managed through business in the past.

Those four steps include:
1. Understand the business
2. Sustainable competitive advantages
3. Able and trustworthy managers
4. Bargain Price (Margin of safety)

Watch the video below to listen to Charlie Munger explain these key points:

Warren Buffett on Bill Gates

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:27:24 +0000

Warren Buffett gives advice on how to invest and what to invest in. With economic times like the ones we are going through, we need the best advice we can get! Warren and Bill Gates are encouraging the wealthy of the world to give back to society.

Watch video below:

Warren Buffett’s Broker John Freund on Fox Business

Thu, 06 May 2010 20:34:47 +0000

Warren Buffett’s broker was interviewed on behalf of Buffett’s investments. What is it like to be called 24/7 by Mr.Buffett?
Find out in the interview below:

Warren Buffett defends Goldman Sachs

Tue, 04 May 2010 20:36:16 +0000

Warren Buffett defended Goldman Sachs as it faces SEC fraud accusations and talked about the signs of “real strength” he’s seeing in the U.S. economy during a live interview in Omaha today, May 3, 2010 with Becky Quick on CNBC’s Squawk Box.

Watch the interview below:

Warren Buffett-Should Berkshire Hathaway Pay Dividends?

Sat, 01 May 2010 21:35:33 +0000

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway was the center of discussion for Morningstar. The question is “Should Berkshire Hathaway pay dividends to its investors”?

Berkshire Hathaway has been sitting on large sums of cash, which Buffett loves to use for investments in other companies for the expansion of the company overall. However, these investors believe that the issue is in question.

Watch the discussion below:

Warren Buffett On Kraft & Cadbury

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:36:13 +0000

Warren Buffett’s “no” vote against a Kraft (KFT) bid for Cadbury (CBY) raised some eyebrows as to why he had made such decision.

Some people believe that he is protecting his stake in Mars Candy bars. Kraft would have to lower its prices if they acquire Cadbury therefore making it a difficult competition for Mars. It has been said that if Kraft pays too much for Cadbury, then there will be that pressure of them to have higher sales or they can lower prices to have higher sales. This in turn will hurt Mars in the long run and hence create an issue for Mr.Buffett.

British folks as can be seen in the video below largely oppose the idea of such merging. There are many points of views including support and oppositions. However, the fact that the British oppose this merging can have a negative impact on the buying behavior of the candy. Whether Americans and British people would buy the candy if it merges is in question.

Warren Buffett and Obama are Cousins?

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:38:00 +0000

According to genealogists at Ancestry.com, Warren Buffett and President Obama are distant cousins related by a grandfather who lived in the 1600’s. Mareen Duvall is Obama’s 9th great grandfather and Buffett’s 6th grandfather. Mareen Duvall was a French immigrant who settled in Maryland in the 1650’s. Duvall was not one of a wealthy background as Buffett and Obama are; Duvall was an indentured servant considered a “country gentleman”.

Warren Buffett- Cash For Clunkers

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:04:26 +0000

Warren Buffett says there has been a few signs of “green shoots” in the economy. This was evident in Berkshire’s second-quarter operating earnings.

Berkshire is so diverse that it can serve as an indicator of how the economy is doing. The “Cash for Clunkers” program may benefit Berkshire-owned Geico Corp. Cash for Clunkers may drive an extra $375 million in insurance premiums.

Buffett wrote in Berkshire’s second-quarter earnings report that “the weakening economy is also believed to be causing customers to raise policy deductibles and reduce coverage in order to save money.”

read related articles here:
Cash for Clunkers article

Warren Buffett 2nd Quarter Earnings

Warren Buffett On Bonds

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:15:23 +0000

Warren Buffett said “the U.S. Treasury bond bubble of late 2008 may be regarded as almost equally extraordinary” as the Internet bubble of the late 1990s.

Why would he make such a bold statement? A quick look at bonds over the past 40 or so years shows that the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries peaked in the mid-teens back in the early 1980s and has steadily fallen since then, to get us to the 3.9% yield they are currently experiencing. For comparison, 10-year UK gilts currently yield a very similar 3.8%.

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Why Warren Buffett Bought My Business

Fri, 15 May 2009 23:15:16 +0000

Retired R.C. Wiley CEO Bill Child discusses Berkshire’s purchase of his family’s home furnishings store in 1995.

Mr.Child discusses the reasons why Mr.Buffett bought his Home Furnishings business in an interview this month. Mr.Child wrote a book where he advises other entrepreneurs how to make a business that would appeal to Mr.Buffett.

Watch the interview below: