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Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway and Bill Ackman of hedge fund Pershing Square recently sat down with CNBC in two separate interviews. While the two men shared a talking point in the recent Kraft deal (they are both large shareholders), we thought it was interesting to hear their recent takes on the economy and markets.

In his interview, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says that you are buying Kraft (KFT) at less than 14 times earnings and get a 4% dividend yield. He liked the fact that Kraft used a limited amount of shares (and used more cash) in the deal and in the end paid a fair price to get the deal done. As we covered earlier, Kraft is now Pershing Square's largest holding.

Ackman argues that Kraft's purchase of confectioner Cadbury now makes Kraft a more 'defensive' play. Obviously it will take a bit of time to integrate the two businesses, but the Pershing Square hedge fund manager points out that Kraft has done it numerous times before with other transactions.

Embedded below is Ackman's video interview where he outlines his thoughts on the Kraft and Cadbury deal. RSS & Email readers will want to come to the site to view this post as there are a lot of videos included:


And here is part two of Ackman's video interview where he talks about some of his other portfolio activity and his take on the economy:


Moving next to Warren Buffett, we see that he shares a different opinion on the matter of the Kraft and Cadbury deal. Below he gives his thoughts on Wells Fargo (WFC), the economy, Ben Bernanke, and much more.




We've followed these two gentlemen extensively before and have covered numerous resources such as Warren Buffett's recommended reading list, Pershing Square's research on General Growth Properties (GGWPQ). For more insight from these two big time investors, head to our resources on Warren Buffett as well as our resources on Bill Ackman.