Warren Buffett
News and interviews on Warren Buffett including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Warren Buffett’s low-tech tech playTuesday, 15 November 2011
It was early 2001 when Warren Buffett wrote to his shareholders with a message on the dotcom boom – his investment company Berkshire Hathaway wouldn't be getting involved. ...
Warren Buffett’s succession plan
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
When the Reserve Bank of Australia or the Federal Reserve in the United States releases a statement, you can guarantee that economists will pick over every word, looking for that extra bit of meaning or insight. The slightest change in terminology can send ...
Warren Buffett takes $US5 billion punt on Bank of America
Friday, 26 August 2011
Warren Buffett admirers have always thought that the Oracle of Omaha was some sort of genius and now they have proof. ...
Warren Buffett wants tax hikes for the rich – but Australian expert says “not here”
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
The world's most famous investor Warren Buffett has called on Congress to target the favourable tax treatment of the "molly-coddled" wealthy as it looks for trillions in savings to help curb the country's enormous debt load. ...
Plenty for Warren Buffett to digest
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Another year, another record price paid to have lunch with Warren Buffett. ...
10 lessons from Warren Buffett’s latest shareholder meeting
Monday, 02 May 2011
More than 20,000 people flocked to the small American town of Omaha this weekend to hear investment legend Warren Buffett address the annual shareholders meeting of his company Berkshire Hathaway. ...
How rich is really rich?
Monday, 04 April 2011
It's one of the great Australian dreams. Every Saturday night, thousands of Australians try their luck on lotto, hoping their numbers will come up and they will become an instant millionaire. ...
Warren Buffett’s heir apparent quits, admits buying shares in Berkshire takeover target
Thursday, 31 March 2011
The lily-white reputation of investment guru Warren Buffett may have taken a hit after key lieutenant David Sokol resigned and admitted that he had bought shares in lubricants group Lubrizol Corp before successfully pushing Buffett to buy the business. ...
Why Warren Buffett is still big on Japan: Maley
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
"If I owned Japanese stocks, I would certainly not be selling them because of the events of the past 10 days or so," says Warren Buffett, arguably the world's most highly-esteemed value investor. ...
Building a portfolio philosophy
Monday, 21 March 2011
Warren Buffett's elephant gun finally went off last week. While the news that Berkshire Hathaway had completed one of the biggest deals in its illustrious history was probably lost for many among the terrible scenes coming out of Japan, Buffett watchers shouldn't ...
Warren Buffett unveils $9.7 billion takeover for US lubricants maker Lubrizol
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
He warned us. Just two weeks ago in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway investors, veteran investor Warren Buffett said he was on the hunt for a really big acquisition and was desperate to do a deal. ...
10 pearls of wisdom from Warren Buffett’s latest letter to shareholders
Monday, 28 February 2011
It's that time of year again, when shareholders of Warren Buffett's investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway receive their annual missive from the investor dubbed the Oracle of Omaha. ...
Mark Zuckerberg joins Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in pledging to give away big chuck of wealth
Friday, 10 December 2010
Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz have become the latest – and the youngest – billionaires to sign up to Warren Buffett and Bill Gates' Giving Pledge initiative by committing to give away at least half of their fortunes. ...
Five property lessons for 2011
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
To ensure you make the most out of our changing property markets as our booming markets are replaced by a period of slower price growth, I would like to share some important lessons I've learned from previous cycles. ...
Warren Buffett writes US Government thank you note for saving global financial system
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Veteran US investor Warren Buffett has written a slightly bizarre and potentially controversial “thank you” note to the US Government, claiming the actions of the much maligned figures including Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, former Treasury Secretary ...
Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway posts a loss, but improving operating earnings give hope for US economy
Monday, 08 November 2010
Warren Buffett's investment giant Berkshire Hathaway has posted its second straight quarterly loss, with the company's derivatives trading arm again dragging the rest of the giant conglomerate down. ...
Meet the man most likely to become Warren Buffett’s successor
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Two days ago, Todd Combs was a little-known fund manager running a little-known investment fund in Greenwich, Connecticut. ...
Lift taxes for the rich: Warren Buffett
Thursday, 07 October 2010
Veteran investor Warren Buffett has come up with the solution to America's trillion-dollar budget woes – increase his taxes. ...
The new breed of tech billionaires
Monday, 27 September 2010
The crown jewel in this year's edition of the Forbes 400 list of America's richest people is a charming interview with Warren Buffett and hip hop start Jay Z. ...
Gates named richest man in America for the 17th straight year as Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune soars
Thursday, 23 September 2010
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has retained his title of the richest person in the United States for a 17th consecutive year, with Forbes magazine's Forbes 400 list putting his fortune at $US54 billion, well in front of his long-time friend and philanthropic ...
