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The Motley Fool August 26, 2004 Bill Mann	ServiceMaster Looks Clean to Berkshire The purchase of ServiceMaster and Comcast, along with Pier 1, seems to fit into a pattern of Berkshire Hathaway stock purchases of the last few years -- all seeming to focus on the home.
The Motley Fool August 19, 2004 Salim Haji	Buffett Begins to Buy As the stock market falls, Berkshire Hathaway dips back into equities.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2004 Salim Haji	Buffett Continues to Sell Again acting on his concerns about overvaluation in the U.S. equity markets, he further reduces holdings.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2004 Salim Haji	Buffett Sells. Should You? Warren Buffett is clearly not finding many opportunities to invest the U.S. stock market today. Despite the fact that he has $27 billion of cash sitting idle, concerns about valuation are driving him to sell some stocks and increase that pile of cash. In doing so, he is sending a strong, clear message not only about the specific stocks he is selling, but also about the U.S. equity market in general.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2003 Mathew Emmert	Warren, Show Me the Money Why Berkshire Hathaway should pay dividends.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2004	How to Think About Diversification There's no absolute best number of stocks to own. Too few and you've taken on too much risk. Too many and you've diluted the power of your holdings more than you had to.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Eben Esterhuizen	Warren Buffett's Trades: Visualizing the Oracle's Portfolio Tweaks A look at Berkshire Hathaway's recent moves.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2006 Chuck Saletta	Stocks You Won't Sell If the companies you own pay you well, you may never need to sell them.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Service Bundling Sweeps Up ServiceMaster profitably bundles services and pays a healthy 3.5% dividend.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2010 April Taylor	Buffett Is Selling Warren Buffett reduced his stake in 13 holdings in the most recent quarter, with four being eliminated from the portfolio altogether.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2010 Selena Maranjian	A Better Way to View Your Portfolio It may seem silly to point out that your biggest holdings can help or hurt you the most, but we often forget to consider our holdings in terms of their weighting.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Should You Invest Like Buffett? If you really want to achieve Buffett-like returns, let Buffett just invest for you. In other words, consider (after doing your homework on it, of course) buying one or more shares of Berkshire Hathaway.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2010 Selena Maranjian	Don't Chase Buffett With These Funds This reason to own funds that invest in Berkshire Hathaway just got worse.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2005 W.D. Crotty	ServiceMaster Does the Job While the stock hardly promises bottle-rocket performance, its slow, steady growth in both income and dividends can provide a market-matching or market-beating total return for you
The Motley Fool June 14, 2011	Here's What Berkshire Hathaway Bought and Sold Last Quarter Let's take a look at a blow-by-blow of Berkshire Hathaway's latest moves.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 Bill Mann	Did Buffett Say "I Don't Sell"? A reader picks up a seeming contradiction from the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2004 Chris Mallon	Through the Earnings Looking Glass Look-through earnings provide a new and insightful view of your stock portfolio.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Alex Planes	Why I'm Not Buying Berkshire Hathaway A legendary investor, but a lagging stock.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2005 Richard Gibbons	Buffett's Befitting Bud Buy Three intriguing things about Berkshire's latest purchase of Anheuser-Busch.
AskMen.com April 14, 2002 Rashmikant Patel	Starting A Portfolio Investors can easily understand and build a portfolio that conforms to their needs...
The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Serving the Master ServiceMaster reports a weak quarter but still sticks by 2005 guidance. So, is the stock tempting?
BusinessWeek April 17, 2006	Three Scenarios Variable Returns: Portfolio 1 -- 75% large cap... 25% bonds... Portfolio 2 -- 50% large cap... 25% small cap... Portfolio 3 -- 16.67% large cap... 16.67% mid cap... etc.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Anand Chokkavelu	5 Stocks to Consider Before Buying Berkshire Hathaway If you like Berkshire Hathaway, you may like these stocks better.
BusinessWeek December 5, 2005 Adrienne Carter	What's In Buffett's Shopping Bag Warren E. Buffett's making up for missed chances and stocking the liquor cabinet while staying mum on key stakes.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Servicemaster's Bad Rap The growth isn't obvious, but the cash flow is there, and the underlying business of this lawn-care, pest-control, and plumbing service company is sound. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 10, 2007 David Lee Smith	Buffett Tracking Two More Railroads Buffett buys shares in unnamed North American railroads. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2005 David Meier	Figuring Buffett's Worth Berkshire shares trade as if Buffett adds no value. Is that justified?
The Motley Fool June 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger	These Buyers Will Launch Stocks Higher For fund managers who've kept money on the sidelines this year, the pressure's on to get fully invested -- and when those holdouts start buying, they'll likely push stocks even higher.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2007 Buz Livingston	Dueling Fools: Berkshire Hathaway Bull Rebuttal Stay calm, investors. Buffett's eventual end won't be Berkshire's.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2006 Philip Durell	The Best Blue Chip for 2007: Berkshire Hathaway Management doesn't get any better than Warren Buffett. It's hard to find a better lower-risk investment or a better blue chip than Berkshire Hathaway.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Profiting From My Mistakes If you want to make a profit, then do as I say, not as I've done. The author has been investing for a decade now, and she's made her share of missteps along the way. Take time to learn from her mistakes so you can avoid the same pitfalls.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Berkshire's Dorky Twin? Sears Holdings has yet to live up to the hype.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 April Taylor	Berkshire Hathaway: A Portfolio in Transition Warren Buffett prepares his portfolio for the future.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Joseph Khattab	Warren Buffett's Favorite Stocks Berkshire Hathaway releases its updated stock holdings. A little analysis of the top 10 holdings gives a glimpse into what Warren Buffett looks for in an investment.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2004 Selena Maranjian	How Does Your Trading Stack Up? Here are some statistics on the typical online trader.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Going Short on Warren Buffett One investor shorts Berkshire Hathaway, betting that both classes of shares will underperform the market over the next few months. Read on for his reasons for doing so.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2009 Tim Beyers & Ilan Moscovitz	The Unlikeliest Dividend Play Buffett eschews dividends? Get real. You needn't be a Berkshire shareholder to implement Buffett's strategy.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Berkshire Takes Stake in Pier 1 Is the home furnishings retailer on the road to recovery?
The Motley Fool March 8, 2007 Buz Livingston	Dueling Fools: Berkshire Hathaway Bull It's more important to know whether your investments have a system in place, as Berkshire does, to generate shareholder value in the future.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2004 Zeke Ashton	Spring Training for Value Investors The Berkshire Hathaway annual letter is a unique resource for students of value investing. However, this time of year also features annual letters from many other great value investors, providing the opportunity to learn from the market's heaviest hitters.
Entrepreneur September 2004 Dian Vujovich	Way to Grow Large-cap growth funds may not sound exciting, but there's a solid place for them in a diversified portfolio. This fund uses a computer model to pick its winners.
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The Motley Fool April 3, 2006 Chuck Saletta	Teamwork Wins Tournaments To be a truly successful investor, you can't put your faith in a single superstar stock to rocket your portfolio to greatness; the potential of getting ruined if your projections prove too aggressive is just too great.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Just Another Quarter for Berkshire When it comes to a solid group of businesses like those under the Berkshire umbrella, quarterly reports seem irrelevant.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2005 Bill Mann	Christmas in March Was Berkshire's annual letter good? Yep, and given the environment, that's quite an accomplishment.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer	Berkshire Hathaway's Lackluster 2011 Berkshire's stock didn't shine in 2011. What went wrong?
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Ivan Martchev	Why Is Buffett Buying Bonds? Recent purchases show that Berkshire is buying more bonds than stocks. Why?
The Motley Fool March 8, 2007 Chuck Saletta	Dueling Fools: Berkshire Hathaway Bear Berkshire Hathaway trades at a premium to other insurers, is stingier to its shareholders than other conglomerates, and looks to be too cash-rich to invest its entire hoard successfully in the future.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2011	A Brief History of Berkshire Hathaway's Returns The decline in Berkshire's price-to-book value over the past year has been striking. Indeed, valuations fell far enough that Buffett began using Berkshire's cash to repurchase shares in September for the first time ever.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Warren Gump	Learning From Longleaf Reading the periodic reports of mutual funds that successfully implement strategies similar to your own can be a great source of investment information.