In the Media

Darren C. Pollock discusses Warren Buffett’s letter to shareholders, the value of Berkshire Hathaway shares, and the tug of war between the Federal Reserve and the bond market. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock credits share buybacks as one way of helping increase shareholder value for owners of Berkshire Hathaway. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock offers Cheviot’s take on Warren Buffett’s upcoming shareholder letter. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock sheds light on the rationale behind Warren Buffett’s large recent stock investments. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock outlines a few moves Cheviot would like to see occur within Warren Buffett’s diversified conglomerate in the coming year. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock describes Disney’s need to invest in its streaming platform at the expense of paying dividends to shareholders. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock suggests that Warren Buffett took a “basket approach” to his recent investments in the pharmaceutical industry. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock shares Cheviot’s views on Warren Buffett’s rationale for buying shares of Berkshire Hathaway and comments on the market’s response to the news of Pfizer’s vaccine success. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock is asked to weigh in on the flurry of recent activity at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock describes the case for Berkshire Hathaway’s investment in a gold mining company and believes Warren Buffett’s purchase of his own company’s shares is a smart use of capital. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock provides Cheviot’s opinions on Warren Buffett’s management of Berkshire Hathaway in this wide-ranging interview. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock shares his perspective of Warren Buffett’s acquisition after a quiet period for Berkshire Hathaway. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock comments on the wisdom of a small number of investors who, in 1969, chose to keep shares of a struggling textile manufacturer that would soon be managed by a then relatively unknown Warren Buffett. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock shares Cheviot’s view of the game plan to expand internationally and grow the profits of the world’s dominant brewer. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock comments on what may have driven some of the speculative behavior in the markets in the first part of this year. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock shares Cheviot’s research to describe the causes for different valuations and recent performance in various international markets. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock, after previously warning of the rising risks of a biotech bubble in 2015, identifies a few unknowns facing the industry from the new presidential administration. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock describes a potential underlying cause of the current rise in populism in global politics. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock details the attributes of a high quality business in this informative article about investing in strong and stable companies. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock describes why the direction of the stock market is so important to the Federal Reserve and what will it take for the Fed to provide reassurances in the wake of recent volatility. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock provides Cheviot’s analysis on what may happen with interest rates should market participants begin to perceive the possibility for U.S. economic growth to slow. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock summarizes Cheviot’s take on why this household-name company is of lasting high quality. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock provides Cheviot’s cautious view on what appears to be a very speculative sector of the market. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock describes Cheviot’s perspective on a major lab testing company’s recent acquisition. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock shares one of Cheviot’s views for the possible future path of interest rates in the U.S. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock is asked to contribute Cheviot’s thoughts on what type of companies to own, the future for interest rates, and how to stay relatively safe in the stock market in the year ahead. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock joins a panel of investment pros in evaluating current investor concerns. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock, in reference to the Federal Reserve of the 1920s and 1950s, suggests what one might expect in 2014 from the U.S. central bank and the stock market. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock describes one Microsoft consumer product that is expected to launch to great fanfare. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock describes a few similarities between today’s equity market and those of previous peak periods for a number of high-flying stocks. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock in this video interview discusses why Cheviot is bullish longer-term on precious metals and the merits of a Canadian insurance conglomerate in the mold of Berkshire Hathaway. Click to watch at watch.bnn.ca… The securities discussed in the … Read more…

Darren C. Pollock, in Alan Abelson’s latest column, describes a pair of longer-term tailwinds for the price of gold. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock is one of two “savvy investment pros” legendary financial columnist Alan Abelson turned to for insights into a sector that, to him, spells opportunity. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock, in this Q&A on Business Development Companies, alerts investors to be wary of the industry’s high-yielding securities and their seemingly steady dividend payouts. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock shares his thoughts on where the safety conscious investor can earn current income while potentially achieving growth of capital. He also describes what to avoid. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock, together with some of this country’s most successful investors – including George Soros, Seth Klarman, and David Einhorn – highlight what they perceive to be an improving landscape for companies in the gold mining industry. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock explains what makes for a good business – a company with a durable competitive advantage selling a necessary product with sustainable and growing free cash flows. Additionally, he suggests that its shares might be a bargain. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock offers some advice on what to do during turbulent times in the stock market: prepare for possible investment opportunities. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock in this video interview is bullish on large, high quality U.S. companies and talks about the “Great Dilemma” faced by the Federal Reserve. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock believes that the best investors remain calm when others panic. During this turbulent period for the stock market, he cites one company that has withstood numerous market cycles over many decades and might currently be undervalued. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock warns yield-hungry investors that the hot performance of master limited partnerships could cool off in the near term. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock, in this Barron’s cover story, suggests an investment that could provide outsized dividend income plus capital appreciation. Read more…

An equity-indexed annuity is an insurance-company product that’s marketed as a way to lock in stock-market gains when the market is rising, while protecting principal against losses when the market is falling. What could be better than that? Read more…

Darren C. Pollock, whom Barron’s refers to as having “a seasoned investment eye,” mentions that the shares of a particular industry titan may be undervalued. Read more…

Over the past decade, assets held in variable annuity contracts have increased rapidly, to more than $900 billion — due to a combination of deceptively clever marketing and the sales efforts of agents motivated by high commissions. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock, amidst euphoria for all things housing, warns readers of the dangers beginning to surface in the residential real estate market. Read more…

Darren C. Pollock, in describing how home prices could decline, provides “an antidote” to Alan Greenspan’s oft-proclaimed assumption that the residential market is healthy. Read more…