Warren Buffett News: Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.A), 3G Fund’s Buyout of Food Company H.J. Heinz Company (HNZ) Gets CCI Nod

Heinz deal not signal of binge buying (Omaha)
Berkshire Hathaway’s coming purchase of Heinz Co. doesn’t necessarily mean a merger-and-acquisition binge is under way, Abram Brown wrote in Forbes magazine. Thomson Reuters counted a 16 percent decline in the number of announced deals, to 8,100 in the first quarter, the lowest number in nearly a decade. Even so, several big-dollar deals pushed the total value to $540 billion, up from $490 billion a year earlier. You can’t call a trend just from the decision by Berkshire Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett to take part in the $28 billion Heinz purchase, Brown wrote.

Fed Tactics Challenge Investors Like Warren Buffett (LiveTradingNews)
Bill Gross, manager of the world’s largest bond fund, said that the US Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary policies changed the landscape so greatly that investors like he and Warren Buffett face new challenges to maintain their track records. Mr. Gross, who oversees the $288-B Pimco Total Return Fund and is co-CIO of its parent company, Pacific Investment Management Co., said the aggressive monetary policies of the Fed as well as other longer-term structural shifts in demographics, geopolitics, and/or commodity supplies could make life harder for investors.