Finance Roundtable
Finance Roundtable
The market forecasters and personal finance blogs complement the Economics Roundtable.
Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up
March 12, 2010, 9:13 am, 665386
Editor’s Note: We will, as promised, soon conclude “What We Learned Writing A Book About Warren Buffett” in these virtual pages. This morning’s headline in our online Wall Street Journal, however, is too timely and important to go without a comment right here, right now.
March 11, 2010, 9:13 am, 664695
We here at NotMakingThisUp will soon conclude our latest journey to Omaha (i.e. the no-longer-quite-so-recent Berkshire special stock-split meeting).
With this concluding chapter we will also initiate the shift of our Buffett and Berkshire-watching to a new blog, "Pilgrimage to ...
With this concluding chapter we will also initiate the shift of our Buffett and Berkshire-watching to a new blog, "Pilgrimage to ...
March 1, 2010, 9:13 am, 658496
The second-to-last question of the day is asked, and it’s about Burlington Northern.
“Are you also purchasing rights of ways and do they have ...
February 22, 2010, 11:13 am, 654377
“What is the expected return on capital from Burlington?” asks the shareholder from Hamburg, Germany. “And if you can’t buy more railroads would you expand into shipping?”
As Warren Buffett launches into his answer, I muse that this is not the first time a ...
February 12, 2010, 1:14 pm, 649482
The question Buffett’s been asked is simple: ‘What’s the difference between Berkshire using undervalued stock to buy Burlington Northern, and Kraft using undervalued stock to ...
February 8, 2010, 9:14 am, 646295
Buffett runs the meeting briskly and efficiently—and within minutes of his first appearing on stage we reach the guts of the thing, when he offers a ...
February 2, 2010, 9:14 am, 642664
There is some gamesmanship going on as we enter the cozy, wood-floored Peter Kiewit concert hall here in downtown Omaha.
Of course, it’s nothing like what goes on at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. At that “Woodstock for Capitalists,” as Buffett likes to call ...
January 25, 2010, 1:13 pm, 637564
The Mini-Meeting: January 20, 2010, 8:30 a.m.
The most surprising thing about this “mini” Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting is the intimacy.
Leaving a raw winter’s morning outside and entering the warm confines of downtown Omaha’s Holland Performing Arts Center, named after Dick Holland, ...
January 22, 2010, 1:13 pm, 636429
Well, Starbucks finally has its act together, if Wednesday’s earnings release is any indication.
At least, its financial act.
Starbucks’ environmental act still leaves a lot to be desired—particularly here in the U.S., where getting a Starbucks coffee in a ceramic mug is harder ...
January 15, 2010, 3:13 pm, 632712
We’ve been radio silent here at NotMakingThisUp, and for what we hope will prove good reasons.
The first is that for the past week your editor has been in conference meetings at Ground Zero of Healthcare Reform.