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The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Are we there yet? Have we reached the "others are fearful" point, where good ol' Warren Buffett advises us to buy? It's very much looking that way for Australia. The scaremongers are coming out one-by-one scaremongering the bejeesus out of every bloke ...

The coming 2013 crash according to Paul B. Farrell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... on why markets will kick the bucket by year end. (you can read his full tale of horror here. The bucket list: 1. Warren Buffett 'guaranteed' new bubble, new recession four years ago 2. Federal Reserve's Council: 'Unsustainable bubble in stocks, bonds' ...

Buffett helps SMSF investors to big returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
The strong performance of legendary investor Warren Buffett has helped some Australian self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors post big returns over the last three years. The first of a number of JBG Structured Investments products linked ...

Warren Buffett praises Fed stimulus measures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Legendary investor Warren Buffett praised the US Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus measures at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Nebraska. Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of the global conglomerate, said that the decision ...

Business leaders donate big to Salvos

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... to go to work". The Forrests are replicating US billionaires such as Microsoft founder Bill gates and investor Warren Buffett, who have signed a pledge to give away much of their wealth. Business Roger Massey-Green and his wife QBE chair Belinda Hutchison ...

Smart investors buy productive assets: Buffett

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
Celebrity investor Warren Buffett has reminded investors that they and their clients only make money if they buy assets that go up in value and avoid assets that don't. Writing an opinion piece for CNN Money magazine, Buffett, regarded as a leader among ...

Bold predictions of US recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... will keep housing prices down, the prices of new homes are indicative of a rise, maintained Baur, who quipped that Warren Buffett's prediction that housing prices would not turn in his lifetime was indicative of the fact that "he's an old guy," rather ...

Buy the headline, sell the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... stock buying spree" and Bloomberg's "Buffett Broadens Portfolio by Investing $23.9B". According to Bloomberg, "Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) invested $23.9 billion in the third quarter, the most in at least 15 years, as he accelerated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... options to help the economy. Bank of America shares continued to swing wildly on rumours, a day after billionaire Warren Buffett announced he would invest $5 billion in the beleaguered banking giant. More rumours surfaced that the bank would sell part ...

Market plunge exposes system weakness: Cooper

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... committed and believing in the system?" said Cooper. "Or do people start saying, 'I'm over this stuff, I'm not Warren Buffett, the government's asking me to put my money in this thing called superannuation and it's just too volatile for me.'" The old ...