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Options Intelligence Report: Bear Play On Focus Media ADRs

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:44:03 GMT

Today's tickers: FMCN, VIX, SEED, GLD, CMCSA, SEED, LDK & USG[More...]

Daily Highlights: 10/9/09

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:18:02 GMT

Asian stock markets rose Friday on US gains, with resource and energy stocks leading.Bernanke says Fed ready to tighten monetary policy when economy improves.Dollar rises for first time in 5 days after Bernanke says Fed ready to 'tighten' policy.Initial Jobless claims in US decrease 33,000 to 10-month low of 521,000.Japan Machine Orders increased 0.5% in August, rebounding from record low.[More...]

Best Performing Stocks - Third Quarter 2009

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:27:51 GMT

Here is a look at the top scorchers of the third quarter; a period where the S&P 500 gained 15% - it's best return since we were building the last stock market bubble in 2008. Who says history does not repeat itself?[More...]

Curb Your Enthusiasm: USG Earnings and Conference Call Notes

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:06:19 GMT

If you needed something to temper the bullishness that’s gripped the markets, here it is… wallboard maker USG reported second quarter earnings yesterday. From the conference call: Looking ahead at the remainder of 2009 and into next year, we are not expecting much improvement in our markets. More specifically, we are planning for low levels of residential construction, though some stabilization seems on the horizon, a continuing slowdown in repair and remodel and a fairly significant drop in new non-residential construction. The new residential construction market has fallen so far that there’s really not much more room for further declines. The market appears to be stabilizing and[More...]

Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings And Investment Ideas

Tue, 26 May 2009 18:52:28 GMT

Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway filed its first quarter 13-F with the SEC last week. From the filing, you may find a few investment ideas from where Buffet is putting his money, as noted by Morningstar. At the end of the first quarter, Berkshire holds a total of 41 stocks in its equity portfolio, with American Express (AXP), Coca Cola (KO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Kraft Food (KFT), Procter & Gamble (PG), US Bancorp (USB) and Wells Fargo (WFC) being the largest holdings. Company [More...]

USG: Supply High, Demand Low, Pricing Still Improving

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:37:00 GMT

One aspect of my investing experience I feel I don’t talk about enough is the Boston College Investment Club (BCIC), where I am the Portfolio Manager. With 35 positions totaling about $200,000 and a very democratic process, being nimble is difficult and while that’s frustrating at times, overall we do well. There is always the possibility that a stock lingers in the portfolio too long, and if a position is down substantially there is a bias toward eliminating it, which is especially challenging in a year like this. Starting in October 2008, I tried to address this by creating a re-evaluation pitch format, where specific existing holdings that were down were either sold completely, or brought up to equal weight. The early results have been good, and the process has been adopted by others – something I hope continues, as it reinforces forward-looking thinking and creates a[More...]

Bloomberg: Warren Buffet's Berkshire Drops to Lowest in 5 Years

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:50:00 GMT

I wonder if Warren thought the tide would take his boat out as well? I thought it was bad in November when Mr. Buffet quickly lost a few Billion in Goldman (Nov 11: Goldman Sachs (GS) - Beaten, Bloody - Warren Buffet Down $2 Billion) but with what his holdings are doing lately - it's starting to get mighty serious. What's amazing is Buffet railed against the use of derivatives and now has one huge bet out there using them (granted it's quite an low probability event he is betting against but still...) As an aside, I've proposed to some people how much of a profit opportunity it has been to SHORT the equity of any stock Warren buys the bonds of - he takes very onerous terms (Sep 23: Warren Buffet Finally Decides to Start Buying[More...]

Warren Buffett Eyes High-Yielding Investments, Avoids Financial Firms

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:04:00 GMT

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc (NYSE: BRK.A), the holding company of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, may have seen better days with enlarged portfolio, but the firm’s balance sheet is reinforced with stable returns.[More...]

Should You Follow Warren Buffett’s Latest Moves?

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:06:00 GMT

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) published a glimpse of its stock portfolio holdings as of December 31,2008, on the SEC website. I have highlighted the largest changes in shares owned. [More...]

Closures Sting, but Region Hasn't Lost Manufacturing Base

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:50:00 GMT

Nov. 1--The International Paper mill outside Franklin -- gone by next spring, shredding 1,100 jobs.
Also closing next year: the Smithfield Foods Packing Co. South Plant in Smithfield and the CooperVision contact-lens plant in Norfolk.
Combined, the three shutdowns will cost the region at least 2,300 jobs.

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Options Intelligence Report: Bear Play On Focus Media ADRs

Daily Highlights: 10/9/09

Best Performing Stocks - Third Quarter 2009

Curb Your Enthusiasm: USG Earnings and Conference Call Notes

Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings And Investment Ideas

USG: Supply High, Demand Low, Pricing Still Improving

Bloomberg: Warren Buffet's Berkshire Drops to Lowest in 5 Years

Warren Buffett Eyes High-Yielding Investments, Avoids Financial Firms

Should You Follow Warren Buffett’s Latest Moves?

Closures Sting, but Region Hasn't Lost Manufacturing Base

Closures Sting, but Region Hasn't Lost Manufacturing Base

Suit: Employer liable for drunk employee

Building Materials: How Big a Stimulus Boost?

Steady Results Act As Tonic for USG Stock

USG Loss Gets Deeper in 4Q

Md. Jobless Rate Reaches 12-Year High: Number of State Job-Seekers is Up 43% Since January

USG to Layoff 25 in Cloquet

Celebrating a Dam Birthday

Caterpillar Transforms Overseas: CME Group Profit Surges From Merger

USG Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Net Sales of $822 Million and a Net Loss of $94 Million

Thomas Walper Rejoins Munger, Tolles & Olson Bankruptcy Group

StreetInvesting.Com Free Research on RIG, SPW, USG, EL, SFD and WBS

USG Corporation Announces Pricing of Offering of 9.75 % Senior Notes Due 2014

Correction: Fitch Expects to Rate USG's $250MM Senior Unsecured Notes Offering 'BB/RR1'

Fitch Expects to Rate USG's $250MM Senior Unsecured Notes Offering 'B+/RR3'

USG Corporation Announces Launch of Senior Note Offering

USG Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2009 Net Sales of $829 Million and a Net Loss of $53 Million

BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for PVX, SNH, USG, MWA, DIS and STM

USG Corporation Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

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