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Are you sure he owned Bank of America before the crash? I know he invested another $5 billion in Bank of America in 2011 and the stock jumped 25% overnight: htt
by diogenescynic 12y ago
Are you sure he owned Bank of America before the crash? I know he invested another $5 billion in Bank of America in 2011 and the stock jumped 25% overnight: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/buffett-to-invest-5-billion-in-bank-of-america/ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/buffett-to-invest-5-b...
And also:
>Buffett’s paper profit on the Bank of America warrants stands at about $5.7 billion.
From: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-04/bofa-forgiven-as-buffett-says-you-do-the-best-you-can-.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-04/bofa-forgiven-as-bu...
Buffett's investment to BAC was seen as a vote of confidence and definitely helped keep the struggling company from declining further. I'm not sure where you're getting your facts from.
- chad_strategic 12y agoPage 15 --> http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/2008ar/2008ar.pdf http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/2008ar/2008ar.pdf It wasn't BAC, yes you where correct, It was AMEX, WFC and US BANK Corp. It's all listed right here. http://projects.propublica.org/bailout/list http://projects.propublica.org/bailout/list Buffetts investment in BAC is more inline with his buy companies when no one else will philosophy.