This is getting tedious! We were bearish going into the week but not this bearish. It is unusual though that we have a weekly wrap-up with nothing but negative plays as we did last week but there was nothing very positive in the outlook after the action of the week of the 16th through the 20th, pict...

Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), China, Reliance Steel and Aluminum (RS), Valero Energy (VLO), Huaneng Power Intl ADS (HNP), Chasing Value, Commodities, Oil, Anglo Amer ADR (AAUK), DJIA, Stocks to Buy, Newcastle Investment (NCT), Raytheon Company (RTN), Best Stocks for 2008, Bunge Ltd. (BG),...

Filed under: S and P 500, Stocks to Buy, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) This post is part of a series featuring bargain stocks that are worth a look now. See more Cheap Stocks . Maybe a railroad stock doesn't exactly seem like the cutting edge in investments. In fact, it might even strike you as...

Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Tiffany and Co (TIF), Wells Fargo (WFC), Bargain stocks, Chasing Value, Stocks to Buy The stock market was down today and the financial sector was hit as hard as anything else. These are the days you want to have your watch-list ready or perhaps your stock al...

Filed under: Management, Rants and raves, Competitive strategy, Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), General Electric (GE), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Merrill Lynch (MER), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Entrepreneurs, Serious Money Since I have been a shareholder...

Filed under: Rumors, Management, Rants and raves, Washington Mutual (WM), Wells Fargo (WFC), Bargain stocks Many readers have been intrigued by my recent posts (Will Chase (JPM) or Wells Fargo (WFC) buy WaMu (WM)? and Wells chasing Chase for WaMu -- Act II) regarding various strategic scenarios that...

Filed under: Chasing Value Leucadia National (NYSE: LUK) is a holding company that has been compared favorably to a young Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A), and BloggingStocks' Aaron Katsman has suggested that company as a good alternative to Berkshire for investors. Apparently Leucadia has also take...