Value Investing News

Warren Buffett is making his case.  Stocks, or investments in any "productive" asset, will "prove to be the runaway winner" over bonds or gold .. and "more important, it will be by far the safest," he writes in Fortune magazine.

After a year in which Bruce Berkowitz’s Fairolme Fund (FAIRX) was down 32%, Berkowitz decided to take shareholder questions. At the heart of the interview are some of the more controversial positions that have not exactly worked out such as Sears Holdings (SHLD), which he stated they are a lot of similarities between Sears today and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.

As markets such as Singapore, Eastern Europe, and possibly China open up, it will provide new hunting grounds for finding undervalued securities with a strong moat. We are already seeing value investors looking abroad for opportunities.

Warren Buffett is matching a 16-year-old girl's $300 deficit-reducing donation, reports WLS in Chicago.

A version of President Obama's "Buffett Rule" has been introduced in the U.S. Senate but it faces an enormous obstacle: strong Republican opposition. Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat representing Rhode Island, formally introduced what he's calling the "Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012."

Awesome video detailing the story of Chuck Feeney — the billionaire you've never heard of.

Warren Buffett says criticism of his secretary, Debbie Bosanek, over her supposed high salary and purchase of a second home, is 'ridiculous' and misses the point he's trying to make on tax rates for the very rich.

As President Obama again made the argument that it's not fair Warren Buffett's secretary pays a higher tax rate than her billionaire employer does, a Forbes contributor gets some attention with a post headlined "Warren Buffett's Secretary Likely Makes Between $200,000 and $500,000/Year."  But is there really a strong argument to support that conclusion?

The woman who has gained some fame as Warren Buffett's "secretary" .. she actually refers to herself as Buffett's assistant .. is "excited" about sitting with Michelle Obama during tonight's State of the Union address by President Obama.

Warren Buffett ups the ante with an offer during a Bloomberg interview to donate millions of dollars to help reduce the nation's deficit .. 15 percent of his annual income .. if at least 50 Capitol Hill lawmakers do the same.

A short video clip of Warren Buffett playing the ukulele and singing "I've Been Working on the Railroad" is part of Chinese television's New Year celebration.   It appears on the 2012 Spring Gala website of state broadcaster CCTV. The Gala is a massive television program marking the start of the lunar new year that's watched by millions of Chinese.

Warren Buffett has always invested by the phrase be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy.

He's not known for the night life but last night Warren Buffett was hanging with Jay-Z.

David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital announced yesterday that the Greenlight Capital L.P. fund returned 9.7% for the fourth quarter of 2011, bringing his full-year returns to 2.9%. Since Greenlight’s inception in May 1996, it has returned 10% annualized, net of fees and expenses At the same time, he initiated new positions in Dell (DELL) and Xerox (XRX).

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Sequoia’s Robert Goldfarb and David Poppe recently took questions from Morningstar which has a 5 star rating on the fund. Apparently, Sequoia (SEQUX) is seeking a firm with as much earnings potential at a low price as Buffett’s company 20 years ago, but they note finding another Berkshire Hathaway is high unlikely.