This news story also appears on this morning's Bloomberg.com and the Australian online news service, so try to look past some bad copy editing such as tornado Katrina.
I empathize with Warren Buffett's loss. Truly I do. He is hurting. How can we sit idly by while this man and his giant company gets hammered for betting against Bush and the US currency? There ought to be a guvment subsidy to help him get back on his feet.
1 posted on
11/06/2005 10:47:08 PM PST by
sully777
To: martin_fierro
FYI for one of your ping-lists: How does one feel about hard times falling upon a man whose only "crime" was investing billions against the US dollar and the reelection of GWB?
2 posted on
11/06/2005 10:52:17 PM PST by
sully777
(The Religion Of Peace apparently kills!)
To: sully777
In the wake of these losses, I say we raise Buffett's taxes. After all, he keeps insisting that will solve everything.
3 posted on
11/06/2005 10:58:47 PM PST by
Prime Choice
(I can open hearts and minds effortlessly. I have a hacksaw.)
To: sully777
"He is hurting."
He didn't get to be THE Warren Buffett by having an endless string of monotonously good and predictable quarters all the time - he got such successful quarters merely most of the time, and that was sufficient. Even now he still managed to show a 106M profit [less than it could have been otherwise, but nothing to sneeze at]. So he's not hurting too badly.
4 posted on
11/06/2005 10:59:21 PM PST by
GSlob
To: sully777
Somehow, America's strong economy, caused by President Bush, has harmed this man!
Let's see if there are some 'programs' the dems can find to help him out.
6 posted on
11/07/2005 12:04:43 AM PST by
OldFriend
(The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
To: sully777
boo-hoo. there. done. whiny liberal
7 posted on
11/07/2005 12:22:54 AM PST by
GeronL
(Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
To: sully777
Warren Buffett is surely going to heaven rich and famous beyond any posters here.
And in history as a free-enterprise icon. I am extremely happy with my trust in Buffett and my portfolio. Betting against poor performance is always a good bet.
All the rest is sour grapes.
To: sully777
How can we sit idly by while this man and his giant company gets hammered for betting against Bush and the US currency? I think the technical term in the currency derivatives business is:
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
9 posted on
11/07/2005 3:39:26 AM PST by
hedgie
To: sully777
Give me a ping if BRK-A goes below 88000.
10 posted on
11/07/2005 4:41:34 AM PST by
cloud8
To: sully777
I thought from the title that a tornado hit
Reading or Basingstoke.. confusing.
11 posted on
11/07/2005 4:43:22 AM PST by
rahbert
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