Russ Koesterich: Call #1 – Maintain long-term overweight equities:  While Friday’s unemployment report was not great, it does suggest that the United States is not on the verge of another recession — and therefore, equities look cheap. Stock valuations are now close to multi-decade lows, and equities look Read more…

NYSE:IVV, NYSE:IWM, NYSE:IWV

In a whipsaw trading session stocks closed mixed on higher volume. The US equity markets began the day with a massive gap down only to recover steadily throughout the day to close at or near session highs. The technology rich Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) led the comeback as it posted a 0.7 gain Read more…

NYSE:EWM, NYSE:IWV

MidAmerican Energy Company is a domestic operation of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a company of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A). As of 3/30/2011, David Sokol Read more…

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