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Rising Market, Rising Oil, Rising Suspicion

The recent stock market rally (in conjunction with rising oil prices) has many people expecting a correction.

I’m a fan of value investing and purchasing undervalued stocks so it was refreshing to see this article in Barron’s titled “The Market’s Pullback Watch”, and to quote the article “does the market ever oblige the group that awaits the pullback?”

Some interesting statistics noted in the article:

“Investors Intelligence Survey of investment newsletters noted:

22% calling for correction
51% outright bullish
27% bearish”

The article touches on rising global oil prices (a hot political topic (hint: Iran) , and how this will affect the rally we have just seen. More on rising oil prices HERE, and HERE

This week will also be interesting to see how the BP civil trial plays out (recently delayed adding to the suspense!), and how much of an impact this will have on their stock price.

Barron’s “The Market Pullback Watch” Article located HERE.

Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio Update

The long waited Berkshire Hathaway portfolio is out.

Berkshire filed documents on Tuesday with the SEC revealing some of his new positions.

Buffett is taking a bigger stake in Wells Fargo and selling shares of J&J and Kraft. Buffett also took new positions in DVA, LMCA and added to IBM. Anything Buffett purchases or reups on is definitely worth taking a look at, especially if it drops below what he bought it at (which is how I had a huge gain on GE).

From Guru Focus:

New Purchases: DVA, LMCA,

Added Positions: IBM, DTV, WFC, CVS, V, GD, INTC, VRSK,

Reduced Positions: JNJ,

Sold Out: XOM,

For more info on Berkshire’s portfolio click links below:
GuruFocus “Warren Buffett Buys More IBM, Wells Fargo, DTV, CVS; Sells XOM and JNJ”
Washington Post “Berkshire Hathaway adds to Wells Fargo stake, scales back J&J, Kraft holdings in busy quarter”
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Reuters “Buffett builds media portfolio in fourth quarter”

P90X’s Tony Horton – Bring It!

Tony Horton profile yesterday on WSJ worth sharing.

Horton describes why/how he created P90x, his humble beginnings and what keeps him inspired

P90x is always good after a cheeseburger and donut combo at Tim Horton’s in Canada.