Buffett's Big Energy Bets Go Beyond ExxonMobil

The Oracle of Omaha is certainly not guilty of a lack of energy in the remaining days of 2013. Warren Buffett grabbed his share of recent headlines when he disclosed a $3.45 billion stake in ExxonMobil. And although this story received large amounts of attention from the media, it's only fair to acknowledge Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiary, MidAmerican Energy Holdings, which has also been busy lately. Green with NV                                                                                              On...

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Faber's Best Shorts for 2014: Facebook, Tesla, Twitter, Netflix, and Veeva Systems

“If you look at the entire market, some stocks are not terribly expensive and some stocks are very expensive. It’s like in year 2000, not every stock was overpriced. At that time, the NASDAQ was grossly overvalued but, say, resource shares and so-called ‘old economy’ companies were relatively inexpensive or absolutely cheap. In the present instance, I think that stocks like Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Twitter Inc...

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Jim Rogers : Iran Libya and Syria are on my list of Countries to Invest in

Yes, at one point I did invest in Iran, back in the 1990s and made something like 40 times on my money. I didn't put millions in because there was a limit on how much a person could invest. But this was over 20 years ago. I would like to invest in Iran again, but I don't know the precise details on the sanctions and the current status of Americans being able to invest there. But Iran is certainly on my list. And so are Libya and Syria. I'm not...

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