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Buffett's S&P 500 Puts: Big Blunder?

Is Buffett considered an "inside trader" under SEC laws, or is he excluded for being a poster boy to psyc the economy up?

Buffett's S&P 500 Puts: Big Blunder?

When the phrase "long term" is used, it is realitve based on the current economic facts. Long term, in this case, may be a decade or two... The questions are, when does long term become too long term and when is your investment best placed in something else?

In the "real economic world" I can't see how many of his placements will do very well for the next few years when you look at other investments. Then, dure to the losses of BH, it will take time to dig out from the hole.

I think his formula worked great for a time, but so did the Atkin's Diet. Time for something new, based on a new reality.

Buffett's Latest Headache: U.S. Bancorp

Emmmmm...

Buffet Burger and Omaha Sacred Cow Steaks...

Somethings burning in the kitchen...

Will Berkshire Lose Its Triple-A?

ambushed:

Even better idea.

We package all of the money we owe to everyone and market it as an "investment" to be sold to suckers in Asia.

Oh! We already did that... And what happened? Oh!

Will Berkshire Lose Its Triple-A?

Warren! Warren!

NO CUTS IN THE SOUP LINE!!!

Don't lie on that Food Stamp application either.

And when you're finished, go fix me an Omaha Burger. Sacred cows, always make the best burgers.

Memo to Warren: AmEx Preferred at 15%, Warrants at $12

First of all, Does anybody know why Seeking Alpha now requires two Google Corporation scripts to be run in your browser in order to post on Seeking Alpha?

Both of the scripts being run by the Google Corporation on Seeking Alpha have been flags as unsafe by my computer security software.

There is another script that is also being run by Seeking Alpha from nuconomy.com that is flagged by security protection software as a privacy concern. Now I have to use a computer at an Internet cafe to post on their computers. Crazy!

Is Seeking Alpha now violating privacy of posters, or reporting back to Paulson, Pelosi and Frank who is posting what against them? LOL!

Anyhow...


MESSAGE TO WARREN:

No cuts in the soup line!

Don't lie on your Food Stamp application!

Another Buffett Prediction, Japan Edition

Warren..

I hear American Omaha burgers are popular in Japan...

What are you waiting for? Your firm must have enough for you to set up a stand in downtown Tokyo somewhere...

An Opportunity for Patient Investors - Barron's

I just LOVE IT!

An opportunity...

Maybe they should say, An opportunity to separate a fool from his/her money.

Here is the slug header from Reuters a while ago...

* Stocks slump to new four-year low, Russian market shut

* Hong Kong sees worst fall since 1997

* IMF deal helps Hungarian forint

* Ukrainian assets still sold off despite IMF agreement


So Barron's


Prosperity is just around the corner...

Maybe for the Robber Barrons

LOL!

Does It Pay To Follow Buffet Blindly?

"...mimicking Berkshire Hathaway’s stock portfolio would have yielded tremendous gains over the past 30 years."

Ya! Let's see what you have to say in 30 days from now!

Does It Pay To Follow Buffet Blindly?

Don't get me started about the Buffett Burger...

As Warm_Paw said, he is nothing more or less than a "poster boy" in an effort for Bush-Paulson to gain support for this scheme that they are calling an economy. You know things are really pathetic when Warren is out there telling people to buy stocks... After you Oracle of Omaha!

Warren Buffett is out there working with Bush and Paulson in an effort to talk the stocks up, just these talking head-types talked the housing market into a balloon.

The stock market, in my opinion, knowing what I know about the actual value (push comes to shove - margin call) the Dow should be at about 4,000 to 5,000 as fair value. The 9,000 that will be peeled away, is nothing more than hype from Madison Avenue meets Wall Street marketing. Hype and more hype... One giant confidence game that is on the fall and it may take Buffett with it...

Here is some good advice for Mr. Warren Buffett:

1.) Invest and develop a chain called the Spam Stores -- they will sell tinned meat at a reasonable price to the hundreds of millions of people in poverty.

2.) Create a family food chain called the Mac-N-Cheese Market -- then name speaks for itself.

3.) Perhaps a Soup and Cracker Cafe -- I hear you could get a great deal on all of the Starbucks that close.

As I've said before Warrenn, don't lie on the Food Stamp application and don't cut in the coup kitchen line!

Where's the Smartest Money Investing?

Anything not associated with the stock markets... For the foreseeable future...

The Bottom's Within Sight - Barron's

Dear Barron's,

It would appear that the "bottom" you saw was a large sheet of glass that you'll soon fall through, giving you plenty of wounds and cuts to bleed to death as you wait for your end at the bottom of the market's floor.

The sight at the true bottom will be ugly, bloody and unlike anything witnessed before.

The Bottom's Within Sight - Barron's

MurryR:

Ya! I think 4,000 - 5,000 will be bottom. Right now the world governments are trying to purchase a bottom.

Won't work...

The Bottom's Within Sight - Barron's

Oh! I'd also be curios to know your opinion Eli of the Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. Eli, what they do doesn't make much sense too me. In my opinion something doesn't pass the smell test.

We can't forget Enron... We had a real bunch of pro accountants providing investors with the bare of facts of what was going on inside that company, didn't we. LOL!

In this environment I don't believe you can trust any of them.

The Bottom's Within Sight - Barron's

Oh! Forgot... The current rally is somewhat based on the $3 trillion... The rally is what $3 trillion buys you. There was an uptick too when they thought Congress would pass the $700 billion. Everything they do has a shorter (or more costly) shelf-life.

We'll see how long this last. I think the banks are insolvent and the central banks are providing cover. They can't get away with it forever...