. >> susie: steve farley is familiar with warren buffett's recipe for success. his new york investment firm, farley capital, has held berkshire hathaway stock for two decades. >> so, steve, we know that warren buffett likes bargains. he's a penny pincher, self-described. and here he's paying a 20% premium for h.j. heinz. are you concerned he's overpaying? >> i'm not. i think first of all, the way buffett, what he is concerned about is the price he's paying for the value he's getting. it's really irrelevant to him what premium he is paying to what price someone else pays a week ago. it's really irrelevant. it's the price he's paying and value es's getting and i think he's getting good value. >> susie: berkshire hathaway stock rose a little on the news. does it make sense to put new money to buy berkshire a shares at $149,000 a share or even the b shares at close to the $100 level, what do you think? >> well, you know, for years there have been people that thought they would be overpaying for berkshire. i have some in my portfolio we bought at $8,000 a share. >> s