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Buffett’s Hidden Reasons for Buying BNI

Taipan Publishing Group — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Did Buffett overpay for Burlington Northern Santa Fe? The Oracle of Omaha surprised many of his followers by doing such an expensive deal. On looking behind the scenes, though, the reasoning makes...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.taipanpublishinggroup.com/~ff/taipan?a=ZCCL7BVxmaY:58I9exYpTkg:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/taipan?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.taipanpublishinggroup.com/~ff/taipan?a=ZCCL7BVxmaY:58I9exYpTkg:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/taipan?i=ZCCL7BVxmaY:58I9exYpTkg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.taipanpublishinggroup.com/~ff/taipan?a=ZCCL7BVxmaY:58I9exYpTkg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/taipan?i=ZCCL7BVxmaY:58I9exYpTkg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.taipanpublishinggroup.com/~ff/taipan?a=ZCCL7BVxmaY:58I9exYpTkg:wd9GD17jvC4"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/taipan?d=wd9GD17jvC4" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.taipanpublishinggroup.com/~ff/taipan?a=ZCCL7BVxmaY:58I9exYpTkg:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/taipan?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/taipan/~4/ZCCL7BVxmaY" height="1" width="1"/

Is Warren Buffett Signaling a Housing Recovery?

Investment U — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:49:37 +0000

Is Warren Buffett Signaling a Housing Recovery? by Robert Williams, Publisher Thursday, November 5, 2009 Warren Buffett is teaming-up with Goldman Sachs as the investment bank attempts to buy $3 billion of tax credits from taxpayer-owned mortgage firm Fannie Mae. According to The Wall Street Journal, investments in low-income housing tax credits has waned dramatically in the face of [...]

Invest Like Buffett: Dump Moody’s and Snatch Up These 11 Stocks

Contrarian Profits — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:48:25 +0000

p class="MsoNormal"Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK.A) is finally starting to offload its 20% stake in ratings agency Moody’s Corporation (NYSE.MCO). /p p class="MsoNormal"Here are listed sales in the filing, courtesy of 24/7WallStreet.com:/p p class="MsoNormal" /pp class="MsoNormal"· 7/20/09… 1,817,000 at $28.7269 average in open market sale./p p class="MsoNormal"· 7/21/09… 3,915,100 at $26.9188 average in open market sale./p p class="MsoNormal"· 7/22/09… 2,254,200 at $26.6425 average in open market sale./p p class="MsoNormal" /pp class="MsoNormal"What took Buffett so long to start selling Moody’s? We have no idea. Moody’s runs one of the biggest scams on Wall Street. It charges the companies whose securities it rates (just like Standard #38; Poor’s and Fitch also do)./p p class="MsoNormal"So what do you think these ratings agencies did when presented with a whole load of junk mortgage-backed securities to rate? They assigned them investment#8230;/p

How Not to Invest

Bullish Bankers — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:00:22 +0000

I always get excited when changes to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) occur. I don’t really know why. But you can bet I was glued to my TV when Chevron, Bank of America, and Kraft replaced Honeywell [HON: 35.72, 0.00 (0.00%)], Altria [MO: 17.35, 0.00 (0.00%)], and AIG [AIG: 1.65, 0.00 (0.00%)] last year. [...]

Update on Railroads

Michael E. Brisky — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:50:00 +0000

A couple of days ago, I said I was looking at purchasing some railroad shares. They are a longer term play on the broader economy, and there are a couple of big factors I like in the industry. Those are efficiency, lower fuel costs than trucking, access to moving commodities, which I think will be coming back strong. You can see more of a href="http://briskycapital.blogspot.com/2009/05/prospects-strong-for-norfolk-southern.html"that analysis here/a.br /br /My update is that I did some more research, and I'd like to adjust what I'm looking to buy a bit. Norfolk Southern, which I mentioned before, is a good company with strong margins. But they have too much exposure to automobiles for me. I'm looking at some of the west coast names a little harder, and those are Burlington Northern Santa Fe (a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=bniamp;.yficrumb=DHHJXdr.Qk4"BNI/a) and Union Pacific (a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=unp"UNP/a). They both have exposure to the agriculture and coal industries, and are better positioned to ship goods en route to Asia, where a lot of demand comes from. br /br /I'll have more info on this forthcoming, but for now take a look at a href="http://www.bnsf.com/investors/presentations/pdf/2009longbow.pdf"a great presentation on data on BNI./a (pdf file).br /br /Disclosure: No Positions.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/819581243324579563-1446637790703998111?l=briskycapital.blogspot.com'//div

Stocks for 2009

Declan Fallon — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:47:00 +0000

Like the Christmas sales the stocks for 2009 are making an early appearance. So let's see who has gone for what:br /br /a href="http://moneycentral.msn.com/articles/invest/jubak/stocks.asp"Jubak at MSN/a:br /br /liExxon Mobil (strongXOM/strong); target of $91br /liJP Morgan (strongJPM/strong); Preferred share target of $42br /liEnergy Transder Partners (strongETP/strong); target of $42br /liONEOK Partners (strongOKS/strong); target of $52 by December 2009 and $58 by June 2009.br /liPetroleo Brasileriro (strongPBR/strong); target of $41br /liTransocean ltd (strongRIG/strong); target of $117.60br /liGorman-Rupp (strongGRC/strong); target of $35br /liMiddleby Corp (strongMIDD/strong); target of $75br /liChesapeake Energy (strongCHK/strong); target of $39br /liUS Bancorp (strongUSB/strong); target of $44br /liKinross Gold Corp (strongKGC/strong); target of $19.75 by June 2009br /liEnbridge Inc (strongENB/strong); target of $48 by February 2009br /liFortescue Metals Group (strongFSUMF/strong); target of $5br /liPlum Creek Timber Co. (strongPCL/strong); target of $53br /liRayonier Inc (strongRYN/strong); target of $55br /liUltra Pertoleum (strongUPL/strong); target of $107br /liThompson Creek Metals (strongTC/strong); target of $9.90br /liYara International (strongYARIY/strong); target of $38br /liMaxwell Technologies (strongMXWL/strong); target of $14br /liDeere and Co. (strongDE/strong); target of $62br /liDevon Energy Corp (strongDVN/strong); target of $85br /liGoldcorp (strongGG/strong); target of $46br /br /span class="fullpost"a href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/CompanyFocus/9-experts-stock-picks-for-2009.aspx"MSN Experts/a:br /br /The Prudent Speculator:br /br /liVF (strongVFC/strong)br /liManitowoc (strongMTW/strong)br /liGamestop (strongGME/strong)br /br /The Oberweis Rerport:br /br /liGreen Mountain Coffee Roasters (strongGMCR/strong)br /liVisionChina (strongVISN/strong)br /liIllumina (strongILMN/strong)br /br /Turnaround Letter:br /br /liTeradyne (strongTER/strong)br /liQwest Communications International (strongQ/strong)br /br /The Value Line Investment Survey:br /br /liJohnson and Johnson (strongJNJ/strong)br /liMcDonald's (strongMCD/strong)br /liW.W. Grainger (strongGWW/strong)br /br /Investment Quality Trends:br /br /liBarrick Gold (strongABX/strong)br /liArcher-Daniels-Midland (strongADM/strong)br /liSigma-Aldrich (strongSIAL/strong)br /br /Zacks Elite:br /br /liBrisotl-Myers Squibb (strongBMY/strong)br /liApollo Group (strongAPOL/strong)br /br /Almanac Investor:br /br /liUnited States Oil (strongUSO/strong)br /liDirexion Energy Bull 3X Shares (strongERX/strong)br /liUltra Technology ProShares (strongROM/strong)br /liUltra Semiconductor ProShares (strongUSD/strong)br /liUltra Financials ProShares (strongUYG/strong)br /liUltra Real Estate (strongURE/strong)br /br /Global Investing:br /br /liBanco Santander (strongSTD/strong)br /liComputershare (strongCMSQF/strong)br /liSPDR Gold Shares (strongGLD/strong)br /liiShares COMEX Gold Trust (strongIAU/strong)br /br /a href="http://www.thestreet.com/video/10451714/cramer-picks-for-2009-housing-rally.html?cm_ven=AOLcm_cat=FREEcm_ite=NAs=1"Jim Cramer/a:br /br /Housing for 2009...br /br /liSears Holdings (strongSHLD/strong)br /liHome Depot (strongHD/strong)br /liTol Brothers (strongTOL/strong)br /liBeazer Homes (strongBZH/strong)br /liBlack and Decker (strongBDK/strong)br /liFederal Home Loan Mortgage (strongFRE/strong)br /liFederal National Mortgage (strongFNM/strong)br /liLoews Corp (strongL/strong)br /br /a href="http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/steve-mcdonalds-8-big-money-picks-for-2009/9875"Contrarian Profits/a:br /br /liFord (strongF/strong)??br /liGeneral Electric (strongGE/strong)br /liBrisotl Myers Squibb (strongBMY/strong)br /liVerizon (strongVZ/strong)br /liATT (strongT/strong)br /liLorillard (strongLO/strong)br /liAltria (strongMO/strong)br /liGoldman bond 7.35% yieldbr /liAlcoa bond 6.00% yieldbr /br /a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/28234358"European Stocks from CNBC/abr /br /liBSkyB (strongBSY/strong)br /liNestle (strongNESN/strong)br /liZurich Life (strongZURN/strong)br /liMisys (strongMIS/strong)br /liDialog (???)br /liAccor (strongAC/strong)br /br /a href="http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:gzFet4k7w8MJ:www.australianstockwatch.com/2008/12/stock-picks-yr-2008-2009.html+stock+picks+for+2009hl=enct=clnkcd=7"Australian Stocks/abr /br /liBHP Billiton (strongBHP/strong)br /liMacArthur Coal (???)br /br /a href="http://v2.monolog.it/post/61335515/top-stock-picks-for-2009"Monolog top 10 US and European/a:br /br /US:br /br /liSierra Wireless (strongSWIR/strong)br /liVaalco Energy (strongEGY/strong)br /liTerra Industries (strongTRA/strong)br /liVerigy (strongVRGY/strong)br /liCF Industries Holdings (strongCF/strong)br /liCTC Media (strongCTCM/strong)br /liMEMC Electronic Materials (strongMEMC/strong)br /liSucampo Pharmaceuticals (strongSCMP/strong)br /liEMCOR Group (strongEME/strong)br /liKBR (strongKBR/strong)br /br /EU:br /br /liAndritz (strongANDR/strong)br /liGestevision Telecinco (strongTL5/strong)br /liAntena 3 de Television (strongA3TV/strong)br /liEVS Broadcast Equipment (strongEVS/strong)br /liTomTom (strongTOM2/strong)br /liGEA Group (strongG1A/strong)br /liVallourec (strongVK/strong) br /liMAN (strongMAN/strong)br /liSalzgitter (strongSZG/strong)br /liRexel (strongRXL/strong)br /br /a href="http://money.aol.com/investing/cheap-stocks"AOL Financial Cheap stocks for 2009/a:br /br /liPepsiCo (strongPEP/strong)br /liCosto (strongCOST/strong)br /liAmazon (strongAMZN/strong)br /liJ.M. Smuckers (strongSJM/strong)br /liEstee Lauder (strongEL/strong)br /liIBM (strongIBM/strong)br /liClorox (strongCLX/strong)br /liGoldman Sachs (strongGS/strong)br /liSt. Jude (strongSTJ/strong)br /liBMC Software (strongBMC/strong)br /liHudson City Bancorp (strongHCBK/strong)br /liIntuitive Surgical (strongISRG/strong)br /liBurlington Northern Santa Fe (strongBNI/strong)br /liMonsanto (strongMON/strong)br /liDominion (strongD/strong)br /br /All of these stocks will be added to Zignals a href="http://www.zignals.com/main/charts/trystockcharts.aspx"YourCall/a (part of Zignals a href="http://www.zignals.com/main/charts/trystockcharts.aspx"Stock Charts/a) and act as a barometer for 2009. Challenge yourself against the Pros and make a href="http://www.zignals.com/main/charts/trystockcharts.aspx"YourCall/a for 2009. br /br /span style="font-size:80%; color:#cccccc;"Dr. Declan Fallon, Senior Market Technician, a href="http://www.zignals.com"Zignals.com/a the free stock alerts, market alerts, and stock charts website /span/span

James Cullen: Is Buffett Buying American Express (AXP)?

Stockmasters Staff — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:03:15 +0000

Via the CollegeAnalysts.com, James Cullen ponders is Warren Buffett Buying more American Express (NYSE:AXP) shares?

A Global Transport Exchange-Traded Fund Strategy

Mike Havrilla — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:49:38 +0000

Investors are currently limited to the iShares Dow Jones Transports (IYT) as a transport ETF option with net assets of $698 million and 20 component stocks (stats as of 8/8/08 from the iShares website). The top five holdings account for 43.2% of invested assets and include the following: Burlington Northern Santa Fe [...]