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Newsworthy Updates – February 12, 2010

By Jordan Smyth | Published February 12, 2010

Tweet –  Landmark news: Berkshire Hathaway joins S&P 500 today. Brings long-term value and stability to investors and the market. –  What does Snowmaggedon mean for the economy? –  Retail sales rose by 0.5% in January, inventories dropped in mixed news for economy. –  FT: “Short View” w/ John Authers.  Panic in Greece subsides, Fed […]

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Snow, TD Ameritrade Conference in Orlando, More Snow….

By Jordan Smyth | Published February 12, 2010

Tweet Greetings from Washington, the headquarters of Snowmaggedon, Snowpocalypse, and Snoverkill, some of the names given to the massive storms that have rocked this area over the past week.  More snow is coming on Monday, but only a light dusting compared to what we’ve just seen, and we fully expect kids to be back in […]

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S&P 500 to Berkshire Hathaway: “Come on in!”

By Jordan Smyth | Published January 27, 2010

Tweet It’s official: Berkshire Hathaway is joining the S&P 500 index.  We’ve been expecting this move for a while, particularly since the announcement of the stock split as part of Berkshire’s pending purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe (see earlier article in TheStreet.com). Berkshire has been the largest publicly traded company not included in the […]

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Highlights from the Winter 2010 Quarterly Report

By Jordan Smyth | Published January 14, 2010

Tweet My colleagues and I have just completed our Winter 2010 Quarterly Report, a retrospective analysis of the fourth quarter and full year 2009.  In our report we observe that, even though the market began the year by continuing 2008’s dismal decline, 2009 featured great strides in the global economic recovery effort and was a […]

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