Burlington Northern (BNI) Shares Soared On Acquisition News
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 11/3/2009

As the stock market starts to lose steam, Warren Buffett announced Berkshire Hathaway's biggest acquisition in its history. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) announced that it is paying $100 per share in cash and stock to acquire railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI). Berkshire already has a major stake in the company, and it will acquire the remaining 77.4 percent of outstanding BNI shares not currently owned to increase its holdings to 100 percent. Based on the number of outstanding BNI shares, including shares currently owned by Berkshire and $10 billion of outstanding BNSF debt, the transaction is valued at approximately $44 billion as of November 2, 2009. Is this the spark of life the stock market needs to continue the biggest bull run since the Great Depression? More >

Ford Jumps Back Into Black
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 11/2/2009

This recession has brought the worst and the best out of some companies. Some companies have revealed cracks in their foundation while others have shown strong and well established businesses. At one time, Ford Motor Company was teetering between the two. The automaker had a number of issues and sales were declining at a rapid pace, but it still didn't take a bailout from the government. It seems like the dynamic at the company shifted in the right direction during the early part of 2009 and it has finally started benefiting from this shift. Ford Motor Co. surprised Wall Street on Monday and posted a third-quarter profit of $997 million and said it had its first profitable quarter in North America in more than four years. How was the automaker able to make a turnaround so quickly? Will future quarters be as successful? More >

Penske Scraps Plans to Acquire Saturn
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 10/1/2009

It's been a rough year for General Motors (GM: Charts, News, Offers). The company was forced to file for bankruptcy protection at the beginning of June, following quickly in Chrysler's footsteps. And despite many efforts by the government to help GM and the overall auto industry, with the Cash for Clunkers program and other measures, GM was stuck. The company quickly came to the realization that they needed to sell its Saturn brand, and since June had been in negotiations with Penske Automotive Group to arrange an acquisition. Everything seemed to be on the right track, until and everyone was optimistic for the future of the brand until Penske shockingly announced yesterday that they would not be moving forward with the arrangement. More >