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Berkshire Hathaway is the company run by Warren Buffett. Known as the Oracle of Omaha, Buffett holds more than a quarter of Berkshire Hathaway stock. Berkshire owns more than 70 firms and has stakes in more than a dozen others. Berkshire Hathaway is composed of a variety of businesses in industries that include: insurance, utilities, apparel, food, publishing, building materials, jewelry and furniture retailers. Its core insurance subsidiaries include National Indemnity, Berkshire Reinsurance, GEICO Corporation, and reinsurance giant General Re.

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Websitewww.berkshirehathaway.com
TypeInsurance Company
Founded
Ownership
CountryUSA
Contact Information
Address
Omaha, NE 68131
Phone402-346-1400
Fax402-346-3375

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Does Buy and Hold Now Require a Floor?

The Wall Street Journal recently published an interview (see the video below) with entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

The interview is interesting for a number of reasons.  Cuban talks about investing his own money and he offers some suggestions for regular, non high net worth investors. 

In a nutshell, Cuban strongly believes that the “buy and hold” approach to investing is a worthless strategy.

Buffett Positioning Berkshire Bond Portfolio in Light of Inflation Concerns

Bloomberg reports that Warrenn Buffett is shortening the duration on Berkshire Hathaway's fixed income holdings.

Twenty one percent of Berkshire's bond holdings are short duration and due in less than one year.  This represents a 3 percent increase from eighteen percent on March 31 of this year, and a 5 percent increase relative to the second quarter of 2009.

Gold on a Tear While Buffett Takes a Break

If gold prices and Warren Buffett’s investing activities are any indication, the near-term could prove difficult for investors.

Warren Buffett was selling more stocks than he was buying earlier this summer, and Berkshire Hathaway’s stock purchases fell to the lowest level in five years. 

Buffett biographer Alice Schroeder thinks that Buffett is actually starting to worry.

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