Tune In For Coverage of Buffett's Big Weekend
Tune in Saturday for continuing coverage of Buffettpalooza, otherwise known as the
Berkshire Hathaway
(BRK.A) - Get Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A Report
annual meeting.
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Contributing Editor
Christopher Edmonds
is in Omaha and will be filing dispatches from the all-weekend affair. Should be a festive occasion. The stock is up 45% since March 10.
Bershire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett may have lost some of his stock-picking magic, but he still has mythical qualities with investors.
Edmonds writes about the incongruities at the annual meeting, and the danger of falling in love with the Chairman.
Omaha's stock-picking Oracle says the market party's over. Check out
Edmonds' coverage of the seven-hour-long question-and-answer session with billionaire investor Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway shareholders.
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Amidst the champagne, strawberries and shopping bags from glitzy jeweler Borsheim's, there was tension in the air in Omaha Friday evening at the first official gathering of this weekend's Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. As
Edmonds reports, shareholder disappointment -- if not outright discontent -- was palpable.
For an advance look at the weekend's festivities, see Christopher Edmonds'
Buffett Hosts 'Capitalist Woodstock' in Omaha.
And if you are a Buffett admirer who can't afford the $59,900 price tag for a class A share of Berkshire Hathaway stock, see our regular Saturday Screen, which will search for mutual funds that invest "The Buffett Way."
We'll also have our regular Saturday personal finance coverage. Among the highlights:
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Tax Forum examines what happens when you send your tax return to the wrong address.
We update the progress of our four
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Portfolio Planners, each of whom has been nurturing a model portfolio that began with $100,000 on Jan. 1, 1999. We'll also do a portfolio makeover for a California couple who plan to retire in three years.
Contributor
Anne Kates Smith
talks with the manager of the
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Scudder 21st Century Growth fund about changes in his tech-focused, small-cap growth portfolio since the
Nasdaq started tumbling in March.
And, of course, we'll have columns from
Jim Cramer
,
Gary B. Smith
and more.
