Is Buffet Betting On America, or Just Its Exports?

This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the annual shareholder meeting of Berkshire Hathaway.

New Jersey governor Chris Christie has me laughing today with a pair of interviews. Please consider Governor Christie's Advice: Don't Send It To Them In The First Place Now, some in this chamber may want to return to the days of outrageous state spending growth. To gimmicky programs that take money out of the taxpayers right pocket, and have Trenton keep most of it. Then return far less of it in their left pocket, take a bow and call it tax relief.

As always his shareholder letter is of hot interest, and as always he has once again lived up to expectations (Heres the link for the actual letter and this is for those who wish to read the highlights: I have to say, the three points I find of most interest are: 1)  His sheer bullishness on America, which considering their failure to yet secure a proper deficit cutting plan, at present I am not sure I agree with.  Also his point on the the housing market recovering over the next year I also have doubts about, as with the sheer fact that they have such an over supply of housing, and high unemp

By Scott Krisiloff:Last year Warren Buffett wrote a controversial letter to congress claiming that he only paid $6.9m in taxes in 2010 (a 17% tax rate) and suggested that the rich pay more in taxes.

As always, his shareholder letter is of hot interest, and as always he has once again lived up to expectations (Heres the link for the actual letter and this is for those who wish to read the highlights) 1)  His sheer bullishness on America, which considering their failure to yet secure a proper deficit cutting plan, at present I am not sure I agree with.  Also his point on the the housing market recovering over the next year I also have doubts about, as with the sheer fact that they have such an over supply of housing, and high unemployment, at best all I can see is a stoppage of the deterior

As always his shareholder letter is of hot interest, and as always he has once again lived up to expectations (Heres the link for the actual letter and this is for those who wish to read the highlights: I have to say, the three points I find of most interest are: 1)  His sheer bullishness on America, which considering their failure to yet secure a proper deficit cutting plan, at present I am not sure I agree with.  Also his point on the the housing market recovering over the next year I also have doubts about, as with the sheer fact that they have such an over supply of housing, and high unemp