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ProActive HavRx Stock Indexes: Highlights And Opportunities

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:13:14 GMT

Below is a summary and some charts for popular and top performers among the 22 ProActive HavRx global stock indexes. Despite the FDA filing by Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) during the past week, the underlying ImmunoTherapy / Vaccines Index is off to a slow start and down by about 10% since mid-October.[More...]

4 Earnings Season Option Strategies For Monday November 9

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:31:43 GMT

In my latest three blog posts, I listed some stocks which I would be willing to go long by selling the puts right before the stock reported earnings. Keep in mind these are companies which I believed would have a positive reaction to the earnings, however if the stock moved sideways on the number this strategy would still likely return a gain the following day.[More...]

Warren Buffet Bets On China With Burlington Northern

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:32:18 GMT

Just when it looked like the prophecies of Nostradamus may be coming true, a white knight, in the form of Warren Buffet, strode in and saved the day. Buffet’s buy of Burlington Northern turned the US equities markets from ugly duckling to suave Prince.[More...]

Complex Motives In Buffett’s Burlington Northern Purchase

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:56:20 GMT

Some analysts have been puzzling over the high price Buffett agreed to pay for Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI). With 340+ million shares and $9 billion in net debt, Buffett essentially valued all of Burlington at $43 billion. That for a company that made $2.2 billion in the last 12 months, excluding interest expense, for a trailing multiple of 19.5. On a book value basis, the deal isn’t cheap either. Book value is $12.25 billion and Buffett is paying $34 billion.[More...]

Buffett vs Value Investing

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:11:08 GMT

Though he studied under Ben Graham and has adopted many of Graham's investing principles, the world's greatest investor is not your typical value investor. He speaks of margins of safety and of buying companies at discounts, but over the years Buffett has shown a willingness to buy businesses for what appears to be full price, at least on a P/E basis.[More...]

Warren Buffett Goes 'All in' On America… How To Play The Oracle's Big Bet

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:04:14 GMT

Last Sunday morning, I embarked on a spirited 60-mile bike ride with a few like-minded 50-somethings. Our route took us along the beautiful Delaware River. The Delaware – named after the Indian tribe that crossed its waters – defines the north-south border between New Jersey and my home state of Pennsylvania.[More...]

What Does It Mean When Buffet Buys Railways And India Buys Gold?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:24:28 GMT

This week’s economic news was dominated by two large transactions. Warren Buffet announced that Berkshire Hathaway will be purchasing Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) for $34 billion dollars. Within the same 24 hour span, the Reserve Bank of India bought $6.7 billion worth of gold from the IMF, pushing up the price of gold even further. The scale of the numbers are mind-boggling for most of us to comprehend but what does it mean to the average investor and consumer?[More...]

US Market Key Risers and Fallers

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:13:33 GMT

US Market Key Risers and Fallers for Tuesday 3rd November S&P 500 - Risers Black Decker Corp. (BDK) $62.00 +30.97% Burlingtn N Sante Fe (BNI) $97.00 +27.51% American International Group Inc. (AIG) $39.22 +14.31% Stanley Works The (SWK) $49.69 +10.06% GANNETT CO INC (GCI) $10.54 +7.99% Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) $59.41 +7.90% S&P 500 - Fallers Novellus Systems Inc. (NVLS) $19.65 -5.42% Vulcan Materials Co (VMC) $45.06 -4.37% Kla-Tencor Corp. ! (KLAC) $31.51 -4.10% Sandisk Corp. (SNDK) $20.04 -3.95% Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) $11.89 -3.31% Rockwell Collins Inc. (COL) $49.24 -3.03% Dow Jones I.A - Risers Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) $56.46 +1.75% Alcoa Inc.[More...]

Buffett: Is Berkshire's Burlington Move All About Coal?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:12:15 GMT

I had a feeling there was an energy component to the Berkshire Hathaway decision to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe. And now comes the evidence via coal, a major freight on BNSF’s tracks.[More...]

Berkshire Buys American

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:35:19 GMT

Buffett is putting action behind his words with the Burlington Northern buy.[More...]

BNSF executives stand to reap big payoff from company's sale

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:48:00 GMT

Nov. 7--Matt Rose has been well-compensated since taking over as chief executive of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. nine years ago, but he's got a really big payday coming when the company is sold to Warren Buffett early next year.
The deal will increase the value of Rose's BNSF stock holdings in the neighborhood of $40 million, according to a review of the company's proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
As of Dec. 31, 2008, Rose owned, controlled or was eligible to exercise options on 1.75 million shares of BNSF. On Monday, the day before the sale was announced, the closing price of BNSF shares was $76.07, meaning that Rose's holdings were worth about $133 million.

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