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He echoed friend and fellow multi-billionaire Bill Gates, who told CNBC earlier on the weekend that, even though there were currencies based on better fiscally run economies, there was no single currency that offered any real alternative to the dollar currently. Buffett did say he was adequately...

Warren Buffett has a balanced view on muted current economic reports, such as last week's jobs report. Buffett says he is not surprised there were no more jobs created without a more meaningful pickup in residential construction. "When we see a million residential units constructer annually," he...

Famed Investor and wealthiest American Warren Buffett is not buying into Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) anytime soon, but that does not mean he does not agree with its impressive story. "I tend to be an agnostic on companies like Facebook," the Oracle of Omaha told Becky Quick in a live interview on CNBC'...

Mohamed El-Erian believes the "New Normal" in unemployment will stick around for at least one more year. Appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box, PIMCO's CEO and co-CIO said that the 5 million long-term unemployed remained a huge issue to be solved before we can talk about the narrative changing on the...

Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box earlier. Seigel stated that equities, relative to interest rates, were at the most attractive levels he has seen in his lifetime. When asked about the possibility of rising interest rates, Siegel stated that the 10-year will only go to 4...

Ron Paul resents suggestions that his continuing presidential campaign is now largely to influence the political conversation rather than following a realistic change of a candidacy in the general election. “Why can't it be both?” the famed Texas congressman known for pulling no punches said as...

T. Boone Pickens thinks a $148 barrel of oil is a distinct possibility should the economy increase at the current clip. However, he says we are dealing with two distinct markets, and so far the domestic oil industry has done "a great job" on limiting the exposure of the domestic market from what he...

Bob Doll, BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) Chief Equity Strategist, believes Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) widely expected dividend is an inevitable. "Apple has had a massive run, at least some of it on the back of its massive cash flow on the balance sheet and the inevitable, that they will give us a dividend,"...

William Greene believes Washington is unfairly pressuring "relationship Main Street" in favor of "transactional Wall Street." He believes current regulation compliance has become so unfeasible for banks with sub-billion-dollar asset bases, that we will see a whole wave of consolidation through...

John Hoffmeister believes the President of the United States would have the power to meaningfully and sustainably affect oil prices if the will is there to do so. He spoke this morning to CNBC's Squawk Box. "I think that, if the President showed leadership, and said to the american people--and...

Discussing stress test results, Christopher Whalen believes banking regulations are unfairly favoring the big banks at the expense of smaller ones. Asked on CNBC's Squawk Box whether the current regulation is asking banks to be overcapitalized, the Tangent Capital Partners Sr. Managing Director...

Dick Bove believes the good news from the successful stress test results announced yesterday simply confirmed what people had overlooked while they "freaking out over Europe, which happened to be a bonanza for the American banking industry." "If you wanted to say what was the single biggest gift...

Steve Bartlett sees the Fed Stress test as an all-around success, showing that the nations biggest banks are far better capitalized, and with much less risk than three years ago. However, while the Dodd Frank Act has brought forth some needed reform, it also contains some excesses that will need...

PIMCO's CEO and co-CIO Mohamed El-Erian thinks the continuing deep levels of unemployment are courtesy of the US economy's increased efficiency. Appearing on CNBC's Squawk on the Box this morning, El-Erian addressed the apparent disconnect between changes in unemployment and GDP. "Unemployment...

Former Kansas governor Bill Graves estimates an additional $15 billion will be passed on to consumers from the trucking industry annually from as a result of higher fuel prices. Mr. Graves, currently the CEP of the American Trucking Association estimates the amount based on the assumption that...