Buffett's Latest Billion-Dollar Bet

The following video is from this week's MarketFoolery podcast, in which host Chris Hill, along with Jason Moser and Joe Magyer, analyze the latest business news. Warren Buffett is making a bet on housing with his $3.85 billion bid for the mortgage business and loan portfolio from Residential Capital. Is this a sign that housing is back or merely that Buffett has found a unique opportunity? In this segment, the guys answer those questions and discuss how investors can make a bet on housing by avoiding homebuilding stocks and looking instead at the likes of Wells Fargo and Sherwin-Williams.

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