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Warren Buffett seems to be making the rounds on television media appearances these days. Last week it was CNBC. This week it is Bloomberg. Below is the video from the first parts of his Bloomberg appearance. Well worth a look.

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Jeremy Grantham, who is chief investment strategist of Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co and manages over $85 billion is telling clients to get out of cash.  His March newsletter had this to say:
Every decline will enhance the beauty of cash until, as some of us experienced in 1974, ‘terminal paralysis’ sets in. Those who [...]

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Warren Buffett answers questions from viewers on CNBC. He talks about his investment philosophy and recent stock picking performance. He bought ConocoPhillips at the top. And he made poor investments in Irish banks. About Wells Fargo, he says “the spreads are enormous.” And he still likes US Bancorp and defends his [...]

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Warren Buffett spoke with CNBC about the U.S. economy and the banking system in an interview televised this morning. His basic message was that the economy cannot function without confidence in the banking system. The FDIC can work its magic with smaller institutions and that is a good thing. However, some [...]

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The quote of the day comes from Marc Faber via Fleet Street News:
Meanwhile, the cop who had the Wall Street beat when the biggest heist in history was going on… and who engineered the loans to AIG and GM… is now the chief of police. Tim Geithner said he was working night and day on [...]

In keeping with my the-sky-is-not-falling meme, I want t present yet further evidence that major market bears are increasingly seeing this market as a stock picker’s dream. We’re talking about Steven Leuthold, Bill Fleckenstein, Fred Hickey, Jeremy Grantham and Marty Fridson. Let’s add Marc Faber here as well.

This prediction does make for a scary headline and gets Louise Yamada some buzz. But, Yamada is a technical analyst and is saying absolutely nothing about the fundamentals here. You should also note that Jeremy Grantham has said similar things about the S&P hitting 450.

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I was just discussing the recent revelation by the Federal Reserve’s Don Kohn that the Fed has secretly been aiding the banking sector via AIG (here, here and here), when it was pointed out to me that a number of smart investors have been following the “follow the bailout money” meme. Witness Warren Buffett.
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After another brutal day in the market, whether the market is bottoming does not seem like the question on most people’s minds. Ten stocks declined for every one up today — and on heavy volume. Retail investors are clearly switching into cash and bonds judging from the recent price action. Yet, an increasing number of long-time bears are becoming ever more bullish as the market declines. Witness famous investor Steven Leuthold.

Bill Fleckenstein is a well-known money manager and write over at MSN Money. He has been fairly bearish on the medium-term outlook for U.S. equities and technology stocks in particular for some time. His viewpoint stems from what he sees as a reckless monetary policy. Witness his book, “Greenspan’s Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve.”