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USG - News

... of USG, which invented wallboard and ceiling tile, rallied to a record high of ... sent the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2001. USG emerged from bankruptcy in June 2006. Indeed, despite owning nearly a fifth of USG's outstanding shares, Berkshire Hathaway has been a passive investor. ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2006-10-10 05:36 - 0 comments

USG

... added USG to my stokblogs account.  I’d like to take a moment to go over my reasoning for this investment.  USG is on the hook for personal injury liabilities for a former subsidiary ... regarding their resolution was formed.  In the plan, USG transfers 3.95 billion dollars and all future asbestos personal injury ...

personal blog entry - F.K. Soft - 2006-08-16 12:17 - 3 comments

Warren Buffett adds to Lowe's (LOW), Nike (NKE), and USG Corp (USG)

... more than doubled its stake in building products company USG Corp. (USG.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), to 16.7 million shares from 6.5 ...

personal blog entry - Vooch - 2007-11-16 12:01 - 5 comments

USG - Buyout Opportunity??

Many members within this community show that they own USG stock.  From my own research, I have found that USG is owned by many value investment firms/funds and also by that one guy ...

personal blog entry - MPatel - 2007-09-20 09:30 - 0 comments

New ideas for you !!!

... are the companies chosen for BEST IDEAS CONFERENCE 2006: (USG;JOSB etc.) http://clking.com/clking/index.asp AFC ... (The) Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. USG Corp. Xethanol Corporation AFCE UHAL CRMT ARB ARRO RATE BNHNA ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2006-10-01 14:23 - 0 comments

PORTFOLIO MANAGER WHITNEY TILSON - Tilson Focus Fund (TILFX)

I'd say 90% of our investment falls into two categories: the unknown or unloved.  "unknown," mostly small-cap stocks that receive little-to-no analyst coverage "unloved," heavily followed by analysts but just as hea ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-02-22 20:40 - 11 comments

Abandon Eagle!

I've blogged plenty about the merits of American Eagle Outfitters ( AEOS ). But now, it seems, the rest of the world has caught up with the American Eagle story. Most news articles these days tout a rosy future. But what are the insiders - especiall ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2006-10-05 16:49 - 4 comments

Buy it all Warren !!!

... like crazy so ..... Check it out !!!!   USG http://biz.yahoo.com/indie/060828/218_id.html?.v=1 I like the ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-11-16 12:09 - 4 comments

Copycat Funds

I'm a big fan of borrowing ideas from other investors - especially the gurus.  However, I didn't know someone actually did a study: The only drawback to following these gurus is that their reports tend to appear only once every three months ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2006-12-06 13:43 - 5 comments

Pairs trading: hedging out the industry risk

A stock trader believes that the stock price of FOO, Inc., will rise over the next month, due to this company's new and efficient method of producing widgets. He wants to buy FOO shares to profit from their expected price increase. But FOO is part of t ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-11-24 19:03 - 4 comments

Smartest one is always the last one!

... such a bargain that the market will not bring it down. USG should be the proof. There was this guru who told me don't care about ...

personal blog entry - pelcmarek - 2008-03-07 18:25 - 3 comments

The Real Safe-Haven

I just discovered what the real safe-haven is: Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK-B )!!  Talk about zero-volatility during this financial crisis.  I guess everyone here knows that though .   ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-08-16 00:14 - 3 comments - 1 attachment

My Investment Checklist

My investment checklist has been an evolution over the years.  When I first started, the list was long and had numeric restrictions like "P/E < 10" and "Debt/Equity < 0.5".  I no longer do that.  I have no hard rule ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-03-30 19:33 - 4 comments

Short term irrationalities

... Right now in my account portfolio there are: JNJ, USG, GSK, SNY and KFT. I made a few writings on the first 4 companies in ...

personal blog entry - karinschoenherr - 2008-04-07 10:28 - 1 comment

Tell me when you get your money back !!!!

... (Yrs)  You can compare ARO and USG or DFC and JOSB or TOL and MTH. Beautiful isn't it ?   Now ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-09-13 17:59 - 4 comments