Students from Emory’s Goizueta Business School and McCombs School of Business at UT Austin were invited to come visit Mr. Buffett for a Q&A session.

Whitney says the “break up ” value is $250 a share

Simply awesome. This article details the interesting story of Gillette (one of Buffett’s more famous investments).

Mr. Walter J. Schloss, CFA, Walter & Edwin Schloss Associates, New York, NY (February 12, 2008) – Videoconference

Leucadia ownership now over 30%

With announced buyout of CHC Helicopter it presents an opportunity for workout return.

A QUESTION Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger are often asked is: how do you learn to be a great investor? “First of all,” says Charlie Munger, “you have to understand your own nature.

A bear market can be hard on your psyche. It’s depressing watching the value of your portfolio fall day after day.

When Google completed its initial public offering in August 2004, the stock seemed overpriced. Even after reducing its IPO price from $108 to $85, the company’s trailing price/earnings ratio was well over 200. Journalists, analysts and market pundits exclaimed that Google was the most overpriced IPO in years, and warned investors to avoid it.

If you’ve ever been lucky enough to hear Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) Co-chairman Charlie Munger speak, you’ve undoubtedly walked away feeling wiser and slightly humbled. And wondering, “Did he really just say that?”

The item was a 50th birthday gift for the chairman of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., but also serves as a source of inspiration. The Templeton principles, after all, underpin much of Fairfax’s investment philosophy: Be flexible; search around the world for the best bargains; and above all else, go against the crowd – buy when others are pessimistic, and sell when optimism rules.

Just like personal credit scores, the bond markets have their own credit system that decides a corporations credit rating or score.

Reading Leucadia’s 10-k uncovered this

Warren Buffett is placing his bets on the Brazilian real, with Joyce Chang, JP Morgan; Geoffrey Dennis, Citi; and CNBC’s Dylan Ratigan.

For investors looking for stability in this current economic climate and a ‘nice’ 4,1% dividend yield, Altria (MO) seems to be an excellent opportunity. We believe that it would be quite reasonable for investors to target a share price appreciation of between 15 and 20% in the next 24 months whilst enjoying the dividend yield.

A quick look at a chart of AMD and you might just think its a print of someone’s heart monitor.

How to use variable annuities correctly to invest for retirement and avoid outrageous fees and expenses. Shows which asset classes to hold inside a variable annuity and where to get them.

IBMs announcement of a stock buyback plan really lifted wall street today.

The credit card company Visa will IPO sometime around March 20th to raise around $19 Billion.

That’s the new buzzword on the street. Bank of America which is hurting greatly from the subprime credit crunch, has proposed an offer to Congress, asking for the creation of the Federal Homeowner Preservation Corporation.