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Check out the top stock related blog posts from around the web this past week.

The latest report on the performance of the Fat Pitch Financials Value Portfolio hosted at Marketocracy.

Some highlights on the Premier Exhibitions (PRXI) presentation given to investors and shareholders in Las Vegas, Nevada on the company’s efforts to restructure.

Ackman's presentation from the Boys and Girls Club today on Kraft.

Warren Buffett has called himself "85% Graham and 15% Fisher". While the works of Graham are often cited, Fisher's book "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits" is not. Here follows a summary of the expanded version of this book, which includes 2 other works by Fisher including "Conservative Investors Sleep Well" and "Developing an Investment Philosophy".

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway says tonight (Thursday) that Burlington Northern Santa Fe shareholders need to decide how they want to be paid for their shares by next Wednesday, less than two days before the acquisition is expected to close on Friday, February 12.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has lost its last remaining triple-A credit rating. Standard & Poor's dropped its ratings on Berkshire and its core subsidiaries from the top-level AAA to AA+.

This is an interesting alternative take on why Warren Buffett acquired Burlington Northern. Could it be for its energy potential?

Considering that information regarding GSL's customer is limited, and that GSL has significant obligations to meet, an investment in this company appears to be rather speculative, with considerable downside risk.

Jeff Matthews shares his observations on the atmosphere at the recent Berkshire Hathaway special meeting.

Shares of Berkshire Hathaway soared a blazing 17.5 percent over the last two weeks of January, putting Warren Buffett well ahead of the benchmark S&P 500 that he'll be joining soon.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway says today it will not issue more shares in response to the company's just-announced addition to the benchmark S&P 500.  The company's newly-split B shares built on their 5% gain yesterday, to finish 3.6% higher today.  That's a fresh 14-month high.

Shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ended almost 5 percent higher after their first full trading day on news the stock is going into the S&P 500 index.

Anyone betting that last week's 50-for-1 stock split of Berkshire Hathaway's Class B shares would lead to Warren Buffett going into the benchmark S&P 500 stock index .. is absolutely right. Moments ago, we got word from S&P that Berkshire will replace Burlington Northern Santa Fe in both the S&P 500 and the smaller S&P 100.

Anyone betting that last week's 50-for-1 stock split of Berkshire Hathaway's Class B shares would lead to Warren Buffett going into the benchmark S&P 500 stock index .. is absolutely right. Moments ago, we got word from S&P that Berkshire will replace Burlington Northern Santa Fe in both the S&P 500 and the smaller S&P 100.