Infographic: Someone please show this to Warren Buffett (Gold vs. the Financial System)

http://www.sovereignman.com/trends/infographic-someone-please-show-this-to-warren-buffett-gold-vs-the-financial-system-16174/

The key libertarian in Warren Buffett’s life who he never listened to

http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2014/08/13/the-key-libertarian-in-warren-buffetts-life-that-he-never-listened-to/

Warren Buffett: "The Fed Is The Greatest Hedge Fund In History"

A hedge that is massively over-levered....gee, this will end well.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-22/warren-buffett-fed-greatest-hedge-fund-history

Warren Buffett on gold

http://www.goldmoney.com/gold-research/james-turk/warren-buffett-on-gold.html?gmrefcode=gata

What Warren Buffet doesn’t understand about investing

http://www.sovereignman.com/finance/what-warren-buffett-doesnt-understand-about-investing-10874/

Buffett Says Banks Cleared of Excess Risk Pose No Threat to U.S.

Traders have been relying on the Bernanke Put for years since the financial crisis reared its ugly head. Now we have the Warren Buffett guarantee that banks won't implode global financial markets.  Both signal the Fed ginning up the printing press.  This isn't a bold statement on Buffett's part--he's a big investor in Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs.  They've been given cheap money (zero interest rate loans), free money (bailouts), and mortgage-related shenanigans have been prosecuted with slaps on the wrists (billion dollar fines).  Balance sheets have been recapitalized.

So yeah, their solvency has been restored--as long as one doesn't account for shadow assets mispriced to reflect un-reality.  Meanwhile, Buffett's vote of confidence has coincided with the USDollar tanking--while gold and silver rise in tandem.  That's the same gold which Buffett has denigrated as worthless, and the same silver that Buffett profited from in the 1990's.

The song "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits comes to mind.

The old man is talking his book, and that's probably worth several billion in market capitalization right there.  The extend and pretend crowd can certainly delay the implosion of the bond market and currency crisis.  See Japan.

And I certainly wouldn't bet against the octogenarian.  At least not yet.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-10/buffett-says-banks-cleared-of-excess-risk-pose-no-threat-to-u-s-.html

Human Freedom Rests on Gold Redeemable Mone

Warren Buffett may ridicule gold as a worthless asset, but his father certainly believed otherwise.

http://www.fame.org/pdf/buffet3.pdf

Einhorn Eviscerates Buffet: "If You Wrap Up All $100 Bills In Circulation, It Would Form A Cube 74 Feet Per Side"

Methinks hedge fund manager David Einhorn was taking a return shot at Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger for mocking gold bugs.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/einhorn-eviscerates-buffet-if-you-wrap-all-100-bills-circulation-it-would-form-cube-74-feet-sid

Warren Who? Gold Bugs Still Think They Have Right Idea

http://www.cnbc.com/id/47324444

Leeb - Warren Buffett Desperate & Policymakers Scared to Death

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2012/3/9_Leeb_-_Warren_Buffet_Desperate_%26_Policymakers_Scared_to_Death.html

Gold Has Humbled Smart Men Before

http://blogs.wsj.com/source/2012/02/13/gold-has-humbled-smart-men-before/

Warren Buffett as a Gold-Hater

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/warren-buffett-as-gold-hater.html

Obama Puppetmaster Warren Buffett Biggest Winner From Keystone Pipeline Rejection

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/obama-puppetmaster-warren-buffett-biggest-winner-keystone-pipeline-rejection

BAC Triggers Avalanche Of $7.00 Stop Loss Sell Orders

Warren Buffett injected $5 billion into Bank of America recently in an attempt to catch a falling knife.  I warned then that blindly following the Oracle of Omaha could be a mistake, in light of all the troubles BAC is having on the mortgage front and lawsuits against the embattled bank. 

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/bac-triggers-avalanche-700-stop-loss-sell-orders

Jim Cramer, Gold: the running of the bulls

Now I'm worried.  Jim Cramer and I agree on this.


http://youtu.be/by31GBwhvXA

Titans of business, Warren Buffett and George Soros, avoid each other at HBO party

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2011/05/18/2011-05-18_titans_of_business_warren_buffett_and_george_soros_avoid_each_other_at_hbo_party.html?&

And So The Billionaires Turn On Each Other - Sokol's Lawyer Accuses Buffett Of Lying

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/and-so-billionaires-turn-each-other-sokols-lawyer-accuses-buffett-lying

Buffett vs. gold

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Buffett Says Buy Businesses Over Long-Term Bonds as Dollar Value to Erode

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-25/buffett-says-avoid-long-term-bonds-tied-to-eroding-dollar-value.html

Warren Buffett: forget gold, buy stocks

http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/18/pf/investing/buffett_ben_stein.fortune/

I respect Warren Buffett for his stock-picking acumen and value-driven analysis, but I have no idea where stocks are headed. As long as the developed world is running deficits, debasing their currencies, and keeping real interest rates negative, I will be accumulating tangible assets, specifically precious metals.