The Lightning Round is extended in this CNBC.com exclusive feature.   Read More

Plus, get seven more names to buoy your portfolio when the previously mentioned eight aren’t working.   Read More

After looking at the action in the Dow Transports, investors are wondering if Warren Buffett may have sent the bulls off to the races!   Read More

Just minutes after this morning's announcement that Berkshire Hathaway is paying $26 billion to acquire the 77 percent of Burlington Northern Santa Fe it doesn't already own, Warren Buffett spoke live by phone with Becky Quick and Joe Kernen on CNBC's Squawk Box.  This is the complete transcript of their conversation.   Read More

Railroads are up: Union Pacific and CSX up 7 percent, Norfolk Southern up 5 percent — and it's not because everyone thinks all the railroads will be bought out.    Read More

While the Burlington Northern deal is getting a lot of attention, it has not brought pre-open trading in the S&P futures into positive territory yet. Risk aversion has become a more prominent theme since last Wednesday, when the S&P 500 dropped below its 50-day moving average for the first time since July.    Read More

Rail and intermodal company, CSX is scheduled to report after the bell today.  While it has beaten EPS expectations 3 of the past 4 quarters, it has missed revenue expectations in the past three quarters according to First Call data.  Before then, it beat revenue targets for 5 straight quarters.      Read More

It seems the public is watching 10,000 on the Dow but market pros are more focused on some other key levels.   Read More

Stocks touched 2009 highs while oil made an intra-day reversal. Are these signs the market has topped out?   Read More

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway was doing more selling than buying of stocks during the second quarter, but there is one new holding: New Jersey-based medical technology company Becton Dickinson.  Berkshire also added to its stake in Johnson & Johnson, although the holdings are still well below where they were before Buffett sold over 33 million shares last fall.   Read More