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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
The business community raised in excess of $2 million at the launch of the Salvation Army's Red Shield Appeal at a lunch held at the Westin Hotel in Sydney yesterday. Guest speakers Fortescue Metal Group chairman Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and his wife ...

Conscious Capital launches Aussie equities fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... The idea was borne out of the Conscious Investor software Price developed based on the stock valuations methods of Warren Buffet.

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... who owns the company behind fashion retailer Zara, lies in third place with a fortune of $57 billion. Meanwhile Warren Buffet has slipped from third to fourth following what he called a 'sub-par' year for Berkshire Hathaway. Despite the tough global ...

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
The US economy is bound for recovery this year on the back of stronger fundamentals, the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum heard this week. Dr Bob Baur, chief global economist for Principal Global Investors pointed to positive indicators in ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... investment grading. And lest it escapes you, S&P's warning come just days away from the 8-9 December European summit. Warren Buffet was on to them though, accusing S&P of injecting itself in the political process just as it did back in August after it ...

Buy the headline, sell the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
We've had the "risk on risk off" trade, we've had the "hope" trade and now we have the "headline" trade. And this you and I can plainly see on the intra-day ticks of last night's trading activity. Major equity markets in Asia and most of Europe -- Italy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher if it follows Friday's international lead, despite closing lower on Friday. At 0736 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 4,200. In economic news on Monday ...

Market plunge exposes system weakness: Cooper

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Friday's 4% stock market fall, which caused more than $20 billion to be wiped from superannuation account balances, further exposed Australia's over reliance on equities in retirement, said Jeremy Cooper, Challenger's chairman, retirement incomes. Superannuation ...