Warren Buffett in this Fortune essay explains why he believes women are key to America’s ongoing prosperity.

Money manager Jeff Matthews in this blog post offers a thoughtful summary of what he considers the highlights of last weekend’s Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting.”

"In 1948, we made our GEICO investment and from then on, we seemed to be very brilliant people."

There was no big news at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s annual meeting this past weekend, but there was one great lesson for investors: Perhaps the most important thing you can do when everything seems to be going left in your portfolio is to listen to somebody who insists you are wrong.

Given that it’s the Berkshire annual meeting this weekend, now is as good a time to roll out these quotes from Warren himself.

Alternative methods have some use, but we think discounted cash flow is the most fundamentally sound way to value the conglomerate, as we discuss in the final installment of our 5-part series.

In Part 4 of a 5-part series, Morningstar's Gregg Warren and Drew Woodbury say valuing Berkshire's insurance and investment units using the float method is hypothetically an improvement, but in practice a number of important problems pop up.

In Part 3 of a 5-part series, Morningstar's Gregg Warren and Drew Woodbury say the so-called two-column approach to valuing Berkshire can be useful, but it also has significant shortcomings.

In part 2 of a 5-part series, Morningstar's Gregg Warren and Drew Woodbury look at how book value can provide a rough guide to Berkshire's intrinsic value.

In Part 1 of a 5-part series, Morningstar's Gregg Warren and Drew Woodbury explore the pros and cons of using an earnings multiple to value Berkshire Hathaway.

Although the public is still uncertain who will succeed the Oracle, the split-up of the chairman, CEO, and investment roles likely won't alter Berkshire's overall strategy.

Buffett has the discipline to guide capital back into his firm rather than use it for dividend payouts, but most companies are better off distributing excess cash to shareholders, says Morningstar's Josh Peters.

Buffett has limited opportunities to continue allocating capital within Berkshire at large returns, making it more difficult for the firm to not pay a dividend, says Morningstar's Gregg Warren.

Berkshire still has deep competitive advantages, but its size will cause its moat to narrow over time, says Morningstar's Gregg Warren.

We'd like to see Buffett address future acquisitions, his take on the economy, the firm's succession plan, and more at this year's annual meeting.

Morningstar's Drew Woodbury says Berkshire's increasing cash position and Buffett's succession plan will be among the main focus points this weekend in Omaha.

Ahead of its annual meeting this weekend, wide-moat rated  Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B) released results for the first quarter of 2013 that were much stronger than those from the year-ago period. First-quarter revenue increased 15% year over year to $43.9 billion on improved operating results from each of its operating segments. With expenses rising at a much slower rate than revenue, and most of the gains from investments and derivatives falling straight down to the bottom line, Berkshire reported a 49% increase in pretax earnings (to $5.0 billion) and a 51% increase in net earnings (to $4.8 billion). Stripping out the impact of investments and derivatives, operating earnings increased 42% to $3.8 billion. Net earnings per Class A equivalent share were $2,977.

If you can't make the pilgrimage to the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting May 4, Morningstar.com has the next best thing: on-the-ground coverage from Omaha.

Warren Buffett and the board of his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc are "solidly in agreement" on who should be the company's next chief executive, he said at Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting on Saturday.

Warren Buffett says he is still seeing improvement in the U.S. economy, albeit at a slow pace. “The economy is improving,” Buffett told CNBC. ” I want to emphasize that. Not at a very rapid clip, but this country has done well since 2008, certainly compared to much of the rest of the world.”