Buffett Offers Aid on Bonds, but at a Price
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The billionaire investor made clear that his offer of a lifeline to three insurance companies battered by the subprime crisis would not come cheap.
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Investors welcomed the Oracle of Omaha's plan to help bond insurers.  The Dow closed up over 130 points.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 28 -- Warren E. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is entering the bond insurance business in a move that could lower borrowing costs for local governments having a hard time raising money during the credit crunch.
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Warren Buffett may have fallen into one of the biggest mutual fund traps of all â forgetting how incentives affect fund managersâ behavior.
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Warren Buffett's car is attracting some early buying interest, but so far isn't exactly flying out of its virtual showroom.
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What's one thing most of Buffett's investments have in common?
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Warren Buffettâs new firm, Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation, takes its first steps into the bond insurance market.
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Bargain-minded investors might want to start paying attention.
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Even bonds can lose money -- sometimes lots of it.
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NEW YORK, June 26 -- Warren E. Buffett was his usual folksy self Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as he slammed a system that  allows the very rich to pay taxes at a lower rate than the middle class.
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While TIPS do offer some protection from the long-term vagaries of inflation, their day-to-day price fluctuations can be as volatile as those of other bonds.
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The discount broker spreads the wealth around.
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Turnaround specialist Wilbur Ross said in a television interview on Wednesday that he did not expect billionaire investor Warren Buffett's proposal to reinsure top bond insurer's portfolios to go forward.
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Anchoring to a stock's price can keep you from making serious money.
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The woes in the U.S. financial sector  are "poetic justice" for bankers who designed and sold complex  investments that have since gone sour, billionaire investor  Warren Buffett said on Wednesday.
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Bear Stearns is in serious talks with several outside investors, including Warren E. Buffett, about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, people briefed on the discussions said.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway  Inc is starting a bond insurer to help state and local  governments lower their borrowing costs, directly challenging  established rivals that are struggling with deteriorating  credit markets, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday.