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  • Warren Buffett's Investment in Goldman Sachs - Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, continues to use his firm's enormous cash reserves to make purchases into some of the most valued, but down trodden, American companies. Buffett declared another deal this week, the first week of October, 2008: He's purchasing $5 billion worth of perpetual preferred stock in Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), plus an option to buy at a greatly discounted rate for the next 5 years.(. Buffett will get a 10% dividend and the stock is callable after three years at a 10% premium. As arguably the world's greatest living investor, Buffett's investment moves are always watched by the public and news media.
  • Hedge Fund Operators: Don't Bet With Warren Buffett - In June, Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, made a big bet - a million dollars to be precise. He bet Protégé Partners LLC, a New York City money management firm that runs funds of hedge funds that they could not beat the S&P 500 over the next ten years.
  • Today, Would Warren Buffet Buy Coca Cola or Pepsi? Part 2 - So Coke and Pepsi are both Berkshire Hathaway type companies. Now lets review some numbers. Are Earnings Predictable? Buffett likes companies to have solid, stable earnings that are continually expanding. This allows him to accurately predict future earnings. Annual earnings per share for Coca Cola, KO NYSE, for the last ten years from earliest to most recent were 1.42 in 1997 and have steadily increased to 2.57 in 2007. Buffett would consider KO's earnings predictable, although earnings have declined 2 times in the past seven years, with the most recent decline 8 years ago. The dips have totaled 41.2%. Coke's long term historical EPS growth rate is 4.6%, based on the 10 year average EPS growth rate. For Pepsi, PEP NYSE - Annual earnings per share from earliest to most recent were 1.31 in 1997,increasing to 3.41 in 1997.
  • Warren Buffett's Wisdom In The Market Crash of 2008 - The third week of September, 2008 saw one of the biggest crises ever to exist on Wall Street. It's not every week that starts with a major investment bank, Lehman Brothers, filing for bankruptcy and ends with a massive rally prompted by the U.S. government's willingness to bail out struggling banks. Some analysts, however, suggested the jubilance would be short-lived. Seattle hedge-fund manager Bill Fleckenstein predicted the U.S.
  • Today, Would Warren Buffett Buy Coca Cola or Pepsi? Part 3 - Let's look at some intriguing numbers. HAS THE COMPANY BEEN BUYING BACK SHARES: Buffett likes to see falling shares outstanding, which indicates that the company has been repurchasing shares. This indicates that management has been using excess capital to increase shareholder value. Coca Cola's, KO's, shares outstanding have fallen over the past five years from 2,441,530,029 to 2,343,000,000, thus passing this criterion.
  • Today, Would Warren Buffett Buy Coca Cola or Pepsi? part 1 - In 1988, Warren Buffett stunned the financial world when he purchased 94 million shares of Coca Cola. No other financial guru saw this as a good investment. Buffett acquired 93.4 million share, for a total investment of $1.023 billion. By the end of 1989, Coca Cola represented 35 percent of Berkshire common stock portfolio. It was a bold move. What caused Buffett to purchase?

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