Seeking Alpha

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI)

()

Instablog posts on BNI

  • Alice Schroeder on Buffett and BNI; Was There An Alternative? by Jacob Wolinsky
      I know many articles have been written about Buffett's recent bid for BNI, but I thought I had something to add to the controversy.I was excited to hear that Buffett was going to be on Charlie Rose and talk about the BNI acquisition. However, I was disappointed by the interview with... More »
    November 23, 2009 • BNI, KO, WFC
  • Stock Market Optimists Revisited by Joe Eqcome
    Having the privilege to have met Sir John Templeton, the founder of The Templeton Funds, I was stuck not only by his crushing intellect but also by his sense of optimism regarding investing. Warren Buffett, a fellow optimist, who upon acquiring Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI) for $26.3... More »
    November 20, 2009 • BNI
  • Savvy Trucker JB Hunt Transport Heads East, By Train! by AmherstAlpha
    Summary: Truckers traveling via train? Yep, the smart do so with increasing frequency. Earlier this month, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) announced that its already successful “Secret Formula” for Intermodal success will henceforth include much more... More »
    November 18, 2009 • JBHT, BNI, CSX
  • Stocks react positively to retail data, but big investors seem mixed by Band of Analysts
    This is a heavy week of macro news: retail sales and manufacturing survey are out before the Monday market open, the PPI and industrial production are out Tuesday, the CPI and housing starts are out Wednesday, and jobless claims and leading indicators are out on Thursday.Retail sales were... More »
    November 16, 2009 • C, BAC, JPM
  • Straws in the Wind by Roger S. Conrad
     You don’t have to be a longtime reader to know my primary focus is on underlying businesses. I’m a lot less interested in whether a company met a particular earnings projection than I am in how it’s meeting the challenges of competing in its industry or dealing with... More »
    November 13, 2009 • DUK, SO, BRK.A
  • Professor Buffett’s Energy Lesson by Don Dion
    Warren Buffett's cardinal rule of investing is "Don't Lose Money." To achieve this goal, the Oracle has traditionally invested in boring firms with easy-to-understand business plans. For Buffett these are the qualities of an investment that are certain to return a comfortable profit.... More »
    November 13, 2009 • UNG, BNI, BRK.A
  • Is Buffett in bed with Obama? by Mark Bern
    I worry when someone I admire for their investing acumen seems to have become a shill for our President.  Maybe I'm just too pessimistic about our economy.  But, it the US dollar continues its fall, investing overseas where growth is stronger, government deficits are smaller, and... More »
    November 12, 2009 • BRK.A, BRK.B, BNI
  • Did people trade on prior knowledge of BNI being purchased by Buffet? by talld
    Here is a graph that depicts the typical correlation of a few tickers, mostly ETFs, each compared against VXX.   Notice how they all move together in a sort of braided rope, including BNI.  (UUP is directly correlated instead of inversely correlated, so it is not in the... More »
    November 10, 2009 • BNI, GS
  • Buffett's Message by Charles Lieberman
    Buffett’s decision to buy the rest of Burlington Northern at a significant premium to the stock’s price is representative of purchases by astute investors to take advantage of the decline in equity prices in the wake of the credit crisis. Investment titans become rich by... More »
    November 9, 2009 • BNI
  • Burfett's Burlington Northern Takeover is Really a Huge commodities Play by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    You’ve got to hand it to Warren Buffett, who never does anything half heartedly. The stunning news that his Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A) is paying $44 billion for the 73.4% of Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNI) he doesn’t already own, a 30% premium, had punch drunk traders picking... More »
    November 8, 2009 • BNI

Instablogs are blogs which are instantly set up and networked within the Seeking Alpha community. Instablog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors, in contrast to contributors' articles.