Of course, Buffett did also make a fair amount of money on his $5B purchase of Goldman Sachs preferred stock during the crisis – it paid 10% dividend for a few

Of course, Buffett did also make a fair amount of money on his $5B purchase of Goldman Sachs preferred stock during the crisis – it paid 10% dividend for a few years, got bought back at a 10% premium last year, and he got a couple billion worth of GS stock by exercising the warrants he got given to sweeten the deal. Josh Brown works with Barry Ritholz, who's one of the more perspicacious commentators on the market around, so lumping him with cnbc and business insider is really a low blow.