Michael Carr

In his latest quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, multi-billionaire investor Warren Buffett revealed that he spent almost $900 million to purchase 18 million shares of Wal-Mart.

The global economic crisis drove Chinese growth down to 6.1 percent in the first quarter of 2009. But rapid economic growth has returned ,and the economy grew by 8.9 percent in the third quarter. However, underlying data don't fully support that.

Warren Buffett bought all the shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe that he didn’t already own for $100 a share. The stock was trading near $76 before his announcement, so we can learn a great deal about what Buffett likes in a company by studying this stock for a few moments.

Boise, Idaho is a quiet part of the country that less than a quarter million people call home. But when it comes to housing trends, it may be leading the way for the rest of the United States.

With most signs pointing toward home lower prices in the future, even more buyers may wait and force prices even lower. Housing, in all likelihood has a long ways to go before a sustainable price rise takes hold.