Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)

Re: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)

Postby iam802 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:45 pm

Now, I am getting confused.

I thought all those potential successors for Berkshire are long term investors.

They trade like I do leh.


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11:49 am | by Shira Ovide

Sokol explains why he bought 2,300 Lubrizol shares on Dec. 14 -- a day after talking with Citigroup bankers about possible transactions in Lubrizol -- and then sold the 2,300 shares a week later. Sokol said he put in an order to buy 50,000 shares with a limit order at $104. He only got in 2,300 shares. And then a week later, he was doing some tax planning and sold some of his holdings where he had short term losses and gains.

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Re: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)

Postby iam802 » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:22 am

Berkshire, Buffett sued over Sokol's trades

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/ ... SP20110419

(Reuters) - Warren Buffett and the rest of Berkshire Hathaway Inc's board of directors were sued by a shareholder on Tuesday over presumed heir apparent David Sokol's trading in the stock of a company that was later bought by Berkshire.

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Re: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)

Postby winston » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:07 pm

EVEN WARREN BUFFETT CAN'T CATCH A BREAK!

In the past few weeks, we've profiled the weakness in "cyclical" assets like Chinese growth darling Baidu, engine maker Cummins, and XME, the diversified Metals & Mining fund.

But today's chart shows that even traditional "noncyclical" safe havens are tanking right now. It shows that even the "Oracle of Omaha," Warren Buffett, can't catch a break these days…

Buffett is one of greatest investors of all time. He's assembled a legendary portfolio of both private and public companies to form his $181 billion investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway. Many bright analysts consider Berkshire one of the safest, sturdiest stocks you can possibly own.

That's why today's one-year chart of Berkshire is a shock. As you can see, the stock just plunged to a new 52-week low. As far as we can tell, this weakness comes from no big specific development in Warren's investment fortress… It's simply an indicator that the current selling forces in the stock market are exceptionally strong… and so are concerns about a U.S. slowdown.


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Re: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)

Postby winston » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:32 pm

Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Back Shares

(Reuters) - Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway <BRKa.N> said it will launch a share buyback program, an extremely rare move from Buffett that comes after months of investor complaints that the stock was undervalued.

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Re: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)

Postby winston » Sat Nov 29, 2014 5:07 am

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway continues to outperform the market… shares are up more than 100% since November 2011.
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Re: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)

Postby behappyalways » Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:45 am

Berkshire Eliminates Exxon Stake Amid Plunge in Oil Prices
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Re: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)

Postby behappyalways » Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:24 pm

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

SHAREHOLDER LETTERS
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http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2014ltr.pdf
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Re: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)

Postby winston » Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:01 am

Warren Buffett says Berkshire has right person as heir

NEW YORK: Warren Buffett told investors on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc, which he has run for 50 years, has found his successor, giving more details than he ever has about the selection.

"Both the board and I believe we now have the right person to succeed me as CEO - a successor ready to assume the job the day after I die or step down," the billionaire said in his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders.

"In certain important respects, this person will do a better job than I am doing," he added.

Buffett also strongly suggested that the person already works within Berkshire.

"Our directors believe that our future CEOs should come from internal candidates whom the Berkshire board has grown to know well," he wrote.

Age will also be a factor, he suggested. Buffett is 84, while his second-in-command, Charlie Munger, is 91.

"Our directors also believe that an incoming CEO should be relatively young, so that he or she can have a long run in the job," he wrote

Buffett said Berkshire will operate best if its CEOs average well over 10 years at the helm, noting: "It's hard to teach a new dog old tricks. And they are not likely to retire at 65 either - or have you noticed?"

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Re: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)

Postby winston » Thu May 21, 2015 7:50 am

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‘Safe’ Stocks to Buy: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A, BRK.B)

Last but not least, if you’re convinced a selloff is imminent but you just don’t want to hunt down your own basket of safe stocks to buy, just buy into Warren Buffett’s proverbial basket of safe companies by stepping into some Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A, NYSE:BRK.B). It’s chock-full of the value guru’s (and his team’s) top picks.

Underscoring the long-term viability of the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio is that Buffett has the bulk of his own personal invested in Berkshire shares.

And just for the record, although Buffett says his favorite holding period is “forever” and that neither he nor his portfolio managers time the market, Buffett does reallocate his portfolio on a regular basis to defend against the market’s inevitable ebbs and flows. After decades of experience, he’s certainly equipped to do it as well as anybody.

Indeed, if a correction is looming now, Buffett has likely already made the appropriate adjustment for the Berkshire portfolio.

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Re: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)

Postby winston » Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:25 pm

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7 Cash-Rich Stocks to Buy: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B, BRK.A)

Total Cash & Investments: $63.7 billion

You didn’t really expect to get through an article about stocks with lots of cash on their books and not see Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B, BRK.A), did you?

Warren Buffett’s baby is well-known for keeping a loaded gun at the ready in case the company needs to go “hunting elephants” (proverbially, of course).

In other words, Berkshire keeps tons of cash at the ready in case there’s an investment opportunity that’s simply too good to pass up.

Not included in the $63.7 billion figure are the hundreds of billions of dollars in equity, fixed income, and other investments that Berkshire lists as assets. That’s because Berkshire is different from other stocks on this list — it’s a holding company, and with Buffett’s favorite holding period being “forever,” it doesn’t seem fair to consider those highly liquid assets.

Although there’s really no such thing as stability in the stock market, if you’re somewhat averse to risk and looking for stocks to buy, Berkshire isn’t a bad one to go with.

While Berkshire Hathaway doesn’t typically issue dividends or buy back stock, there’s one notable exception that investors should keep in mind: If shares ever trade below 1.2 times book value, Berkshire is authorized to buy back shares, essentially putting a floor on the BRK stock price.

Today the price-to-book value sits at 1.43.

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