This Bail Out is just a David Rockefeller Ploy; let each Western Government Take Over Each of the privately held Central Bank; Expropriate them with out compensation. They have had enough compensation for the privilege the government's should not have given them.

Xeno77777, Saint Petersburg, Florida USA

You guys overseas know nothing about Buffet. He invests on the long term. He will never have to eat at a soup kitchen. The financial markets are bad but Buffet knows what he is doing.

Joe , Dallas , USA

Perhaps it will offset his loses on AIG...

Patrick Bateman, London,

Disgusting. He should be forced to donate that instant profit towards charity.

Farrukh, Woking,

paulson does not own any goldman shares. he was required to sell them before he took the post of treasury secretary.

he can than the government for saving him a fortune. as he was taking a government post he also benefited from not having to pay capital gains on his shares.

eb, London, UK

This is how capitalism is supposed to work. Buy low sell high. What is wrong with that? What happend to the mortgate industry was that Congress mandated that they make loans that they otherwise wouldn't under the threat of litigation.

Jeff, Frisco, TZ, USA

Do you clowns even know who Buffett is? Vulture? Too big to fail? Nice buzzwords, but not really applicable. Do some research. Don't fault the man just because he has more sense in the end of his little finger than any of us can ever dream of possessing.

Dan, Boston, USA

Jane- I bet Goldman's thousands of secretaries and janitors and their families who will now continue to have health insurance, food to eat and homes to live in do not think Mr B is a vulture.

The vultures are those who didn't build honest reputations to led honest men to trust them with their cash.

Lizzie, New York,

The guy is a piece of work..he "helps" GS by buying their shares, knowing full well that there is a government bailout there to enrich his welfare arce, now surprise surprise he's made almost 20% in a day....a common thief is all he is, no wonder he's a Democrat - as most biggies on Wall street are.

Paul wellstone, St.Paul, MN, USA

Robert - how exactly is that money laundering?

Kate, Sydney, Australia

A bunch of today's wealthy families are the ones who were middle-class during the Great Depression, but saw tremendous opportunities with the devalued stock market. They risked all they had to buy shares that appeared to have long-term promise... and now they're rich.

Buffet is wise.

Chris, San Diego, USA

If you don't think this guy is an "insider" then you must have an IQ = your hat size.
Read where he met the owner of Goldman-Sachs when he was 10 yo.
He's not a genius, just a "made guy". Like Soros.
He has enough money to throw around and influence things too.
It's basically money laundering.

Robert Krohn, LA, Calif, USA

The shame of it is that much of this mess could've been avoided if the bill McCain co-sponsored in 2005 re: Freddie/Fannie had been passed. Three years of warnings before the place goes belly up would be enough for most people. Seems politicians don't like regulating their PAC contributors...hmm.

Mike T, Lynchburg, VA,

He must have known a lot more from his friends that the deal was hatched before he spent the money. I give him no credit for anything, he is the ultimate insider trader!

Who is going to stop a guy with 63 billion!

JOHN C, CHICAGO, USA

Aware that the cronyism of this administration knows no bounds, maybe Buffett is betting on G. Sachs simply because he knows that Paulson, as former chairman and major shareholder, will use his now copious power to make sure G. Sachs profits even if the rest of Wall Street goes to hell? Thoughts?

Amanda, Toronto, Canada

What is defined as "notional profit"? Is it the same as the notional profit that people would have had if they sold their houses 3 years ago ("my house is worth 200K more today" they said!) but now is turned to notional ( and sometimes actual) loss?
Good move but he still needs an economy to stand!

Alex K, Manchester, UK

Government has gotten in the way of capitalism and set them up to fail by allowing them to leverage themselves 30:1. Had the regulations stayed in place and the SEC refused to allow the old ibanks to go from 12:1 to 30:1 this wouldnt have happened! Greed is the problem...

TheFinanceDude, St Louis, MO , USA

Buffet is an honest and wise "American" investor. Regardless of his personal gain, investing in Goldman Sachs was a "good" move. As for corporate hucksters who've swindled millions off the 'little" guy, let honest Americans demand their "dirty" money be returned to those they've stolen from!

Mary Sheckler, Cary, NC

Berkshire Hathaway has a very large position in reverse puts and Buffett is only trying to save his ass. He hopes his GS 5 Billion will Pop the market long enough for him to get out or they expire. He is as much a con man as the swindlers in Washington and Wall St.
Buy Gold Save Yourself.

Peter Courtenay Stephens, Gloucester, U.S.A.

Only £424 million notional profit? Beat that day traders.

Farrukh, Woking,

I think Warren Buffet has called this one completely wrong. The $700bn bailout is like giving aspirin to revive a dying man. It's not enough.

I hope there is a soup kitchen near Buffet's office. He will need one in a year's time.

Lawrence, London, UK

It's hard to fault Buffet in this and claim he's a vulture - look at the man. He still lives in his dowdy Midwestern home and wears similarly dowdy clothes. The man is a rare figure of honesty and earnest living in a portrait littered with scummy personas - that's why people think he's a 'savior'.

Evan, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

profit on a side deal - look who profits in vengeance capitalism - and their system wants more than 700 billion to balance the books. Why not approach Buffet and other vultures to give the money back?

jane, Whittlesey, UK

Warren Buffet & Goldman Sachs built reputations, capitalists betted capitalism & the world's money on those reputations. So much money that they will do everything to HIDE THIER LOSSES. Because they've become "TOO BIG TO FAIL". And according to Murphy's law they will fail. ...Buffoons.

Oilthieves, Versailles, France

"The Wall Street investment bank astounded its rivals by raising $10 billion in fresh capital "

I think you'll find it there are no Investment Banks as of last week.

Bob Mills, Tokyo, Japan