Buffett is ready to double down on his wind and solar energy bet
Breakfast with Benjamin: Buffett doubles down on green. Plus: ECB stimulus gains traction, Apple shares at less than $100, Alibaba IPO risks, when prostitutes become currency traders, and how to buy Scotch for your dad.
- Warren Buffett sees his $15 billion wind and solar energy investment as just the beginning. It’s chump change to the world’s fifth-largest company. ”We’re going to keep doing that as far as the eye can see.”
- The European Central Bank’s stimulus efforts are gaining traction and driving money market rates to new lows. The ECB goes ‘pro-risk’
- Apple Inc. pulls the oldest trick in the book with its seven-for-one stock split. Will investors bite at less than $100 per share? They usually do. Short-term benefits
- The Alibaba IPO hype has the potential to skip right past some of the risks. Not a typical stock offering
- Venezuelan prostitutes are moonlighting as currency traders to take advantage of the falling bolivar. A lifeline out of poverty
- How to buy the right Scotch for Father’s Day. Matching the man with the spirits. What kind of Scotch drinker is your dad?
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