In its SEC 13F filing on May 15, 2012, Berkshire Hathaway revealed several significant changes to its equity portfolio that were made during the first quarter. The largest addition was the purchase of...

In Warren Buffett’s letter to Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) shareholders released in late February, 2012, Mr. Buffett expressed his skepticism with respect to the investment merits of gold. He ...

On Friday, March 2, 2012, Tom Gayner, the President and Chief Financial Officer of Markel, met with a group of University of Maryland undergraduate finance majors at his company’s offices in ...

During the fourth quarter of 2011, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) added $745 million to its stake in DirecTV (DTV).  It purchased an additional 16.1 million shares of DTV.  Its total position is...

On September 24, 2008, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), (BRK.B) and Goldman Sachs (GS) entered into an agreement in which Berkshire Hathaway purchased $5 billion of Goldman’s preferred shares paying ...

On August 25, 2011, Bank of America announced the sale of $5 billion of 6% Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock to Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A).  The preferred stock is redeemable by Bank of ...