Warren Buffett Watch

It's one of the surefire signs that spring is coming, even though the temperature will be falling to the low 20s in Omaha overnight.

Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders will be released tomorrow (Saturday) morning.

In that letter, Buffett will let us know how the company is doing, brag about his successes, admit his mistakes, and share a folksy aphorism or two.

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Chris Christie, New Jersey's Republican Governor, says Warren Buffett should "just write a check and shut up" on his call for higher tax rates on the super-rich.

On CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, Christie was asked if his proposed 10 percent income tax cut for all New Jersey residents would also apply to the state's billionaires.

MORGAN:  Warren Buffett keeps screaming to be taxed more.

CHRISTIE:  Yeah, well, he should just write a check and shut up.  (Morgan laughs)  Really, and just contribute, OK?  You know, the fact of the matter is that I'm tired of hearing about it.  If he wants to give the government more money he's got the ability to write a check.  Go ahead and write it.

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For the fifth straight year, Warren Buffett will be answering your questions during a special three-hour live appearance starting at 6a ET, Monday, February 27 on CNBC's Squawk Box.  Our Becky Quick will be in Omaha for the event.

Use the form above to tell us what you want to know.

For the first time you can also use Twitter to send us your questions.  Include the hashtag #AskWarren in your Tweet and we'll see it. » Read More

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway joins the growing list of companies that investors can play in the expanding market for short term options.

These short term, or “weekly” options,  cover just as they say, one week’s worth of volatility. They have become highly popular as investors hunt for  an easy, cheap way to play volatility spikes.

Newly listed by the International Securities Exchange (ISE), the weekly options run on Berkshire Hathaway “B” shares

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[BRK.B  Loading...      ()   ] start at $60 puts on the downside to $110 calls on the upside. Berkshire Hathaway class “B” shares currently trade at about $78 per share and have a 52-week trading range of $63.35 to $87.65.

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More DIRECTV, less Johnson & Johnson.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reports today it owned 20,348,400 million shares of DIRECTV

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[DTV  Loading...      ()   ] as of December 31, the end of the fourth quarter.

That's up 379 percent from the 4.2 million shares it reported owning as of the end of Q3.

At today's closing price of $45.85, the increased shares are worth just over $738 million dollars and the total stake is valued at $932.97 million. » Read More

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Warren Buffett is making his case.

Stocks, or investments in any "productive" asset, will "prove to be the runaway winner" over bonds or gold "over any extended period of time" .. and "more important, it will be by far the safest."

Buffett lays out the argument in a bylined article appearing in Fortune's February 27 issue and on its web site. » Read More

Getty Images President Obama has cited the argument that Debbie Bosanek, Warren Buffett's secretary, pays a higher effective tax rate than her employer does.

A version of President Obama's "Buffett Rule" has been introduced in the U.S. Senate but it faces an enormous obstacle: strong Republican opposition.

Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat representing Rhode Island, formally introduced what he's calling the "Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012." » Read More

WLS-TV Warren Buffett sent this note to a 16-year-old Illinois girl who asked if he would match her $300 deficit reduction donation.

Warren Buffett isn't limiting himself to matching deficit-reducing donations by Washington lawmakers.

A 16-year-old girl who lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago tells WLS-TV that Buffett will match her own $300 contribution toward trimming the U.S. national debt. » Read More