Category: Current Events

U.S. Budget Deficit & Federal Debt

The issues and news surrounding the U.S. Deficit has been sort of like low-level background noise as ever since I was a child. However its size as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product and the size of the interest payments on the debt as a percentage of the Federal Budget has been growing ever louder like the sounds of thunder on an ever approaching thunder-storm.

I thought I would to highlight a recent article on the topic by

A Few Thoughts on Greece

Later tonight the Greek parliament will vote on a five-year plan of budget cuts, tax raises and privatization in order to win a bailout package consisting of EU/IMF funds. While the prospects of the parliamentary vote, its expected passage, and the subsequent saving of the French banks, have somewhat calmed the markets; I am somewhat surprised how easily the market seems to

Wrapping Up on David Sokol (for now)

It has been widely reported, and as Reuters is reporting, that Warren Buffett now feels David Sokol deceived him and broke the law. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that this apparently serious enough for the Board of Directors of Bershkshire Hathaway is considering filing a lawsuit against David Sokol. For David Sokol what appears to the be the most problematic is the revelation that he

Berkshire Hathaway’s Board of Directors Report on David Sokol

Thanks to our friends at the Wall Street Journal I found a copy of Berkshire Hathaway’s Board of Directors Audit Committee Report on David Sokol’s trading in the shares o Lubrizol. A copy of the report can be found here: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Berk_Board.pdf

I am going to read through the report, the Berkshire Memo on Insider Trading and be back with my comments in the next day or so. I’ll let you know what I think happened and what I think lies in store for Mr. Sokol.

A Little Bit More on Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, and David Sokol

This weekend saw the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. Obviously the hot topic of conversation; David Sokol. So, I thought I would take a few quick minutes to comment on some of the recent items in the press and items posted to our main site.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Warren Buffett claims David Sokol misled him: http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/05/01/warren-buffett-on-david-sokol-no-question-he-misled-me/

It appears that following those remarks by Buffett, David Sokol’s attorney decided to issue a statement defending Sokol, and criticizing Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/04/30/david-sokol-defends-himself-against-warren-buffett/

A Look at David Sokol’s Trades and The Fallout

It has been a couple of weeks since Warren Buffett’s startling announcement that David Sokol bought shares of Lubrizol for his personal account ahead of Berkshire’s acquisition of the company. For a time it looked like Warren’s efforts to get out in front of the issue with the press had been successful. However, last week Reuters reported on April 19th, that “Berkhire, Buffet Sued Over Sokol’s Trades.” I thought that now might be a good time to take a look at Mr. Sokol’s activity, what he has done wrong, and

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