Showing posts with label ebay. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Top Yield Stocks of Warren Buffett

Last month, eBay (EBAY) held an auction of a lunch with the famous billionaire investor Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B). The high bid at the auction was $2,345,678. With Buffett's outstanding track record, and investors willing to pay millions to have lunch with him to pick his brain.

Many of the stocks that Buffett owns through Berkshire Hathaway pay dividends, according to the free list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Yields range from less than one percent to in excess of six percent.

Kraft Foods Inc (KFT) is one of the high dividend payers on the list, sporting a yield of 3.3%. It trades at 13.8 times earnings, however earnings were down over 57% for the latest quarter on an 11% increase in revenues. The company reports earnings August 4.

Another high yielder owned by Buffett is Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), yielding 3.4%. It has a forward price to earnings ratio of 12.4. The company just reported earnings, which were down about 20% on an 8.3 increase in revenues.

A couple other high yield Buffett stocks include ConocoPhillips (COP) yielding 3.5% and Sanofi Aventis (SNY) with a payout rate of 3.3%.

To see other high yield Warren Buffett stocks, you can download the free list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, which can be updated and sorted.

Disclosure: Author owns EBAY.


By Stockerblog.com

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Warren Buffett Lunch Hammered at $2,345,678

The lunch with Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B) at Smith & Wollensky in New York City that was auctioned off on eBay (EBAY) went for $2,345,678, and the high bidder agreed to increase the top bid to $2.63 million to set a new record. The proceeds go to the Glide Foundation in San Francisco.

There were eight bids but most of the spirited bidding took place during the first couple days of the five day auction.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Warren Buffett Lunch Auction Now Bid at Over $2 Million

The Warren Buffett Lunch Auction, offered through eBay (EBAY), now has seven bids with the top bid at $2,345,678.00!!! And what is really amazing is that there are still four more days to go before the auction ends.

Here is the series of bids so far:

$25,000
$100,000
$1,000,011
$1,511,011
$2,000,011
$2,345,578
$2,345,678

Now is your chance to meet and eat with the head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B). Don't forget, you can get a free downloadable list of Berkshire Hathaway stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

How You Can Have Lunch with Warren Buffett: For Real

How would you like to have lunch with Warren Buffett? Now is your chance.

The only catch is that you have to pay for the lunch through eBay (EBAY) and you have to be the successful bidder. Current bid is $25,000 and the auction closes on June 10. The winning bid is expected to be at least $1,000,000, and the winning bid last year was $2.6 million and the year before was $1.68 million.

The lunch will be held at Smith & Wollensky in New York City, and you can bring seven guests.

If you are not the high bidder, you can at least invest like Buffett. At WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, a list of all of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B) stock holdings are available as a free download that can be sorted and updated.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Here's an Investment: Purse Weapon $13,100

A purse from the Almond Collection which originally sold for $345, was recently sold for $13,100 on eBay (EBAY). This was the purse that was used to hit a gunman at a Florida school board meeting. The proceeds will go to charity and will be matched by the purse manufacturer.