Article of Warren Buffett Value Investing

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Seekingalpha's Article The "Four Filters" of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. Warren Buffett and his business partner Charlie Munger are two great example of value investing.

In the article Warren Buffett has talked about the Four Filters in several ways. This behavioral sequence is always similar [1]: Charlie and I look for companies that have a) a business we understand; b) favorable long-term economics; c) able and trustworthy management; and d) a sensible price tag.

These ideas sound so simple. Many people hear them at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha each year. The article gives more detail about the four filters in five Chapters.

More About Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett the billionaires investor once declared that he wouldn't lose sleep if the stock market shut down for several years the day after he made a major investment. In my pervious posted "Our favourite holding period is forever."

warren Buffett timeframe on equity holdings is forever. He only invests in businesses that he understands and only buys when the price is right. In Circle of Competency he also insist that in sticking to businesses that he or she understands. in staying in your competence, If the circle is small you just need to stay inside you will be fine.

There are many website about Warren Buffett you can read more information about Warren Buffett: The insider`s story.

Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp

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Bloomberg reported Dexia Picks Up Bond Insurance Market Share; Buffett Enters Fray. Dexia SA, the world's largest lender to local governments, is beating Warren Buffett and Wilbur Ross to grab most of what's left of the bond-insurance business.

Dexia, based in Paris and Brussels, bought Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd. for $2.6 billion in 2000 and put $500 million of fresh capital into the New York-based company last month. The cash infusion helped FSA lock in the top credit rating, while Ambac Financial Group Inc. and MBIA Inc. struggle to keep their AAA grades and write new bond insurance.

Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp., Was setup in Last year Dec 2007. Berkshire Hathaway had expanded into a troubled field as the company backed 112 issues in just the past two days, according to Moody's Investors Service. My pervious posted Berkshire Hathaway Grow In New Bond Insurance.

For more information about Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. :
Update on Bond Insurance
Interview with Warren Buffett on Bond Insurance
Warren Buffett Not Interested In Other Bond Insurers
Berkshire Hathaway Grow In New Bond Insurance
Update on Berkshire Hathaway Bond Insurance
Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation Update

Warren Buffett Donation To Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Update

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The Associated Press Reported Gates trust to sell Berkshire shares , the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's trust will sell more than half of its nearly 1 million shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to comply with federal tax rules, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday.

The Foundation said it will sell 550,000 Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway, which is run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, over the next three years beginning April 1. Those shares are now worth $2.39 billion.

In 2006 Warren Buffett pledged to give his wealth to the Gates Foundation in annual gifts until his death. Warren Buffett networth now is about $62 billion.

The Gates Foundation, based in Seattle, is the world's largest philanthropic organization.

Warren Buffett Acting

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CNBC's Buffett watch posted Warren Buffett Returns to Daytime TV With 'All My Children' Cameo. Warren Buffett the billionaire’s investor will be returning to daytime television with a cameo appearance on another venerable soap opera, ABC's All My Children.

He will be playing himself, making a jailhouse visit to that show's 'vixen', Erica Kane (played by Susan Lucci), who has been accused of insider trading.
Despite many years of run-ins with the authorities, CNBC were told Erica's innocent this time around. That's a relief, as we wouldn't want to see Buffett squander his hard-fought reputation for honesty by coming to the aid of a common crook.
For More information:
Buffett to make cameo appearance on "All My Children"
Warren Buffett to Appear on `All My Children' in May

Warren Buffett picks Better than S&P 500

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GuruFocus.com, posted What If You Bought Buffett’s Top Picks: Kraft Foods Inc., Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Wells Fargo and Company, Carmax Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline?. In year 2008, stock market seem to fallen its value.

But GuruFocus.com posted if you have bought Warren Buffett picks for 2007 at the start of the year you would have a 1.67% year to date gain, which is 10% better than the 9.3% decline of S&P500.

It seem like when everybody is losing money in the stock market only Warren Buffett is the only one who is gaining his value. Warren Buffett is a value investor and he has a record of annual return of 30.4% for 30 years from 1977 to 2007.

Warren Buffett Recieve $100,000 Salaries

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Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger have both kept their salaries at $100,000 again in 2007, Reported by Bloomberg's Warren Buffett's Berkshire Salary Remains $100,000.

Warren Buffett, took a $100,000 salary for the 27th consecutive year in 2007. Mr Buffett had did not received any bonus as he arranged Berkshire into bond insurance and its largest cash purchase, a $4.5 billion deal to buy Marmon Holdings Inc., the Pritzker family's collection of 125 companies. Warren Buffett gets no stock options or grants for serving as chief executive officer and chairman, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said in a regulatory filing today.

Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway, the once-failing textile manufacturer into a $200 billion investment and holding company with a $75 billion stock portfolio and businesses from candy making to insurance.