As in every year, Warren Buffett shared Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK-A, BRK-B) largest stock positions (common stocks) in his 2015 annual letter to the shareholders. Berkshire Hathaway’s largest positions included Wells Fargo, The Coca-Cola Company and IBM shares. The letter said the company had stock holdings totaling $112.3 billion in value at the end of 2015.…
As in every year, Warren Buffett shared Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK-A, BRK-B) largest stock positions (common stocks) in his 2014 annual letter to the shareholders. Berkshire Hathaway’s largest positions included Wells Fargo, The Coca-Cola Company and American Express Company shares. The letter said the company had stock holdings totaling $117.5 billion in value at the end…
Barron’s favorite stocks for 2014 had a market beating year, so what are the top-picks for 2015? The top-picks for 2014 beat the market, gaining an average of 20.6% (including dividend), compared with 18.2% for the S&P 500 index. The top gains were US Airways and Intel with a performance of 133% and 51%, respectively.…
The last 2 months Wall Street’s top stock market strategists such as Goldman, ML, CS, UBS have been publishing their predictions for 2015 with respect to the S&P 500. Looking back Wall Street strategists have underestimated where the S&P would go by around 5% on average. See the nice chart of business insider below: Looking…
One month before 2014 ends, which means one that it’s time for 2015 forecasts. UBS strategist Julian Emanuel was the first to present the S&P 500 forecast for 2015. Emanuel’s forecast has a risk range of 1,750 on the downside to 2,400 on the upside and a 2015 year-end S&P 500 price of 2,225. Oppenheimer’s…
DALBAR’s annual Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior (QAIB) report monitors the gap between leading indicators of investment performance and what mutual fund investors actually earn. The QAIB report is often mentioned as “measuring the shortfall in retail investor real returns”. According to the 2014 edition of QAIB, the report shows a reversal of the…
Julian Emanuel (UBS) predicts that the S&P 500 books another double-digit gain in 2014 and sets a year end 2014 S&P 500 Price Target of 1,950. “2014 looks to be another positive year for US equities. Our year end 2014 S&P 500 Price Target of 1,950 represents a gain of 10.1% from the current price…
A survey of Tiger 21 members offers an intriguing glimpse into what millionaires do with their millions. The annual survey looks at the most valued investments and managers of Tiger 21’s 220 members, who collectively manage more than $20 billion in investable assets. Individual stock purchases were the most common public equity investment at 50%,…
Dutch households significantly invested more in mutual funds in recent years, according to a survey by Dutch Central Bank (DNB) . The total value of investments ( mutual funds, stocks and bonds) of Dutch households was in January 2010 EUR 95 billion , in June this year, the total value has dropped to EUR 88…
