Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Oops! Buffett’s Moody’s Stake May Have Fallen on S&P Lawsuit




Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., owner of the largest stake in Moody’s Corp., may have lost almost $300 million on the holding this week as shares of the credit-ratings company plunged Bloomberg reports.

...Moody’s, the second-biggest provider of credit ratings, dropped 19 percent through yesterday after larger rival Standard & Poor’s said on Feb. 4 that it could face a U.S. lawsuit over inflated mortgage-bond ratings. Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire held 28.4 million Moody’s shares, or about 13 percent of the firm, as of Sept. 30, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Moody’s tumbled $10.26 this week, the biggest two-day drop in almost four years, closing yesterday at $45.09 in New York.…

Grab a fresh hankie and fihnd out more at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-06/buffett-s-moody-s-stake-may-have-plunged-on-s-p-lawsuit.html

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