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5 Magnificent Stocks Being Bought for Warren Buffett's $646 Million "Secret" Portfolio

The Motley Fool

However, Buffett soured on the company after it committed the cardinal sin of using its own stock as some of the collateral to facilitate the acquisition of medical-device company Synthes in 2012. J&J, as Johnson & Johnson is more commonly known, was once one of Berkshire's largest holdings.

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CPP Investments Plows Into Private Equity in Fiscal Q3 2025

Pension Pulse

collateralized loan obligations for approximately 120 million from BGLF, a London Stock Exchange-listed vehicle. GNAP was established with Australias Goodman Group in 2012, with a mandate to invest in high-quality logistics and industrial properties in key North American markets.

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Eastern Bankshares (EBC) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

When Jim joined us as our Chief Financial Officer in 2012. Of note in the quarter, we resolved one of the NPLs we discussed in Q3 of last year through a collateral sale. We expect the sale of that collateral over the next few quarters and have provisioned for that outcome in our Q1 results. Charge-offs in the quarter were $7.3

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Private Equity's Creative Wizardry Posing Systemic Risk?

Pension Pulse

We’re seeing a slow-grinding implosion of this titanic asset bubble that started in 2012,” says Dan Zwirn, CEO at Arena Investors. NAV lenders sometimes charge interest in the mid to high teens, and some borrowers have used holiday homes, art and cars as collateral. Some investors don’t want firms using such tools to flatter returns.

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Transcript: Ted Seides

The Big Picture

And he said, “Well, it has to be this and that “and it has to be collateralized with a letter of credit.” You still had 2012 to 2017 to finish the bet. And I made the letter, I actually put the letter in my first book to describe how you get somebody’s attention. ” And I was like, “What?”

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"Rule Breaker Investing" Mailbag: A Different Way to Score Your "Magnificent Seven" Exposure

The Motley Fool

Meta Platforms came public in 2012. 2012 is 12 years ago. The bank usually wants all this collateral. I actually felt a little late to the dance in 2008, but 16 years later, I'm glad we're still holding Apple, so we can add on top of 43 years, we can add 16 more. That's the year I picked it in Motley Fool Rule Breakers.

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Blunt, unfiltered truth about Indexed Universal Life

Sara Grillo

This effectively collateralizes the cash value of the policy. He is also the Executive Editor of The Life Product Review since 2012. With a home equity line to collateralized your house. Prior to joining MetLife in 2013, Bobby was a consultant to life insurers, distributors and high-end agents. Transcript 0:00:00.6