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Warren Buffet invests $5 Billion in Goldman Sachs

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Real Estate Agent with COMPASS DRE# 01339266

When the richest man in the world takes action, the financial world takes serious note.

Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway will invest $5 Billion in Goldman Sachs by way of preferred stock and warrants to purchase $5 Billion of common stock at a price of $115 per share. Berkshire Hathaway has 5 years to exercise the warrants and until then will receive a 10% dividend the preferred shares.

The day after Buffet confirmed this investment, Goldman Sachs was trading around $133 a share, already making Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway a huge profit on the deal.

Berkshire Hathaway is trading around $140,000 a share

Comments(9)

Rich Dansereau
Positive Real Estate Professionals - Knoxville, TN

This is an interesting development. Hopefully this will serve to calm at least some of the economic markets' volatility.

Sep 24, 2008 07:51 AM
Tanya Venable
Orlando, FL
SEO, Mobile SEO, and Internet Marketing Consultant

What can you say, Warren knows what he's doing.

Sep 24, 2008 09:35 AM
Janna Scharf
Keller Williams Realty Coeur d'Alene - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coeur d'Alene Idaho Real Estate Expert

Here's a thought...  How can we get Warren Buffet in charge of handling this whole bail out mess?  I bet he could take that $7,000,000,000 and get us back in the black!

Sep 24, 2008 09:45 AM
COMPASS PALM SPRINGS | Stewart Penn
COMPASS - Palm Springs, CA
COMPASS Palm Springs - Broker Associate

Janna - Mccain has actually proposed a committee that would include Warren Buffet and Mitt Romney (and others) to oversee the use of the $700 Billion.

Warren Buffet is also an advisor to Barack Obama.

Sep 24, 2008 09:53 AM
Ann Hayden 636-399-7544
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Select Properties-St. Louis Missouri - Des Peres, MO
SelectAnn.com

Stewart,

Go Warren...maybe he could be an advisor to the US Government?

Ann

Sep 24, 2008 10:49 AM
Tanya Venable
Orlando, FL
SEO, Mobile SEO, and Internet Marketing Consultant

Janna - I think you are right him or Ross Perot, could definitely get us out of this mess.

Stewart - Very good to know.

Sep 24, 2008 10:51 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

I dunno.  He's only the second riches guy in the country1  What's Bill Gates doing?

Sep 24, 2008 01:13 PM
COMPASS PALM SPRINGS | Stewart Penn
COMPASS - Palm Springs, CA
COMPASS Palm Springs - Broker Associate

Patricia - Accoring to Forbes, Warren Buffet is the richest man in the world, Carlos Slim Helu is second, and Bill Gates is third.

Sep 24, 2008 02:17 PM
COMPASS PALM SPRINGS | Stewart Penn
COMPASS - Palm Springs, CA
COMPASS Palm Springs - Broker Associate

Even Warren Buffet can't always get it perfect .....

2/6/09 - Goldman Sachs - $96.57 

2/6/09 - Berkshire Hathaway - $89,350

Feb 07, 2009 04:14 AM