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Berkshire Hathaway's Newspaper Investments Part I
Saibus Research • Mon, Jun 17
Not Starting Your Net Worth Over
Eli Inkrot • Sun, Jun 16 • 14 Comments
Berkshire Hathaway Is Still Undervalued By 20-25 Percent
Saibus Research • Wed, Jun 12 • 4 Comments
Berkshire Hathaway's Competitive Advantages
Ingrid Hendershot • Sat, Jun 8 • 15 Comments
Deal Season For Buffett And Others: Here's Why
YCharts • Tue, Jun 4 • 3 Comments
Rating Berkshire's Offer For NV Energy
Roger S. Conrad • Sun, Jun 2 • 1 Comment
5 Takeaways On Berkshire/NV Energy Deal
Ploutos • Sun, Jun 2 • 2 Comments
Buffett Buys The Dip
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, May 29 • 3 Comments
Life After Warren: Will Berkshire Still Get Sweet Deals?
YCharts • Wed, May 29 • 1 Comment
Berkshire Hathaway: This Is How Investing Should Be Done
IAEResearch • Tue, May 21 • 7 Comments
Berkshire Hathaway Intrinsic Value Pie Chart
Eric Sprague • Mon, May 13 • 23 Comments
Why Berkshire Hathaway Is Better Than S&P500
Nikhil Raheja • Mon, May 13 • 9 Comments
Why Is Warren Buffett Getting Into Commercial Insurance? It's All About The Float
Kyle Spencer • Fri, May 10 • 10 Comments
Taking A Close Look At Berkshire Hathaway
Valuentum • Wed, May 8 • 1 Comment
What Berkshire's 'Elephant Gun' Means To Investors
Catalyst Investments • Tue, May 7 • 9 Comments
Berkshire Hathaway: 35% Of Potential Upside With Just 9% Downside Risk
Gregory Vousvounis • Mon, May 6 • 13 Comments
Berkshire Hathaway Is Undervalued By 20%-25%
Saibus Research • Thu, May 2 • 20 Comments
If I Could Buy Just One Stock, It Would Be This One
Martin Vlcek • Thu, Apr 25 • 240 Comments
Behind The Curtains At Warren Buffett's Berkshire
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Buffett Vs. Icahn
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Canada's Top Undiscovered Investor
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Warren Buffett's 2-Column Valuation Method
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Do Performance Comparisons To S&P 500 Matter To Dividend Growth Investors?
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Is The Oracle Of Omaha Right To Hold Onto American Express?
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Symetra Is A Buy
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Equity Momentum - June 2013
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Cramer's Mad Money - The Worst-Case Scenario For The Dow (6/6/13)
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The Historic Utility Sell-Off
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Berkshire Hathaway Picks Up NV Energy In A Fair Deal For Investors In Both Companies
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Less Known Buffett & Munger Stock Holdings, Part 3
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Less Known Buffett And Munger Stock Holdings, Part 2
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Less Known Buffett And Munger Stock Holdings, Part 1
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Is Our Corporate Tax System Irrational?
Michael Nau • Thu, May 23 • 23 Comments
Why ConocoPhillips, With Over 4% Dividend Yield, Is On My Buy List
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Forbes Has It Wrong On Buffett
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Low Volatility Investing In 2013
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Warren Buffett Charity Lunch Winner Still a Secret

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US Oil Is Ready-the Challenge Is Getting It There

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Cramer: Market Weakness Has Silver Lining

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M&A Outlook Positive: Greenhill CEO

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Playing the Jobs Number; Dollar Dump; June Swoon

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It's a Beautiful Day: Bono Serenades Buffett

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Hear Bono Sing to Warren Buffett

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Al Lewis: Like Berkshire, Markel thrives on buy and hold

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Early Movers: AAPL, UNH, MSFT, TM & More

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3 value stocks the smart money is buying now

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Early Movers: AIG, DELL, DG, FDX, BWLD & More

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Jim Cramer: If This Isn't Brilliant, What Is?

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Buffett's Berkshire Buys 29th Daily Newspaper

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Futures Pare Gains After GDP, Jobless Claims

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Company Description

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire,” “Company” or “Registrant”) is a holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in a number of diverse business activities. The most important of these are insurance businesses conducted on both a primary basis and a reinsurance basis. Berkshire also owns and... More

Sector: Financial

Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance

Country: United States

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Sunday, June 16, 10:00 AM My bid for Berkshire (BRK.A, BRK.B) would be about 20% lower than the current price, says Michael Price in an outstanding presentation on the process of value investing. GE has 1K tax lawyers figuring out taxes in 100 different countries, says Price, but Berkshire (also operating in 100 countries) has 20 people in the entire home office ... "I don't know how that works?" Unlike a lot of large companies, Berkshire gives little light on its pension liabilities. "There are lots of questions that will come up in the next 5 years there." The video also sheds a good deal more color on two Price longs: Hospira (HSP) and Hess (HES). 20 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Thursday, June 13, 6:40 PM Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A, BRK.B) new commercial property & casualty insurance unit has commenced operations. "It's official: We are moving into commercial insurance in a substantial way," says Warren Buffett. He suggested as much last month, after Berkshire poached 4 P&C insurance execs from AIG. Berkshire says its new business is based out of Boston, and "focused primarily on U.S. excess and surplus lines insurance, due to the growing importance of this market segment." 1 Comment [Financials]
Thursday, June 13, 10:38 AM Under pressure from the SEC, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) agrees "to provide disclosures in future filings of the significant catastrophe losses for our insurance group as a whole and for each of our underwriting units." The SEC asked for the detail "given the magnitude of catastrophe losses to your underwriting results." Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, June 11, 7:58 AM Clients were net sellers of stocks in May, according to the TD Ameritrade Investor Movement Index. The gauge declined for a 2nd consecutive month to 5.02 from 5.31 previously. Clients were net buyers across the materials sector (XLB), but reduced exposure elsewhere. After steadily accumulating the stock for months, clients turned net sellers of Apple (AAPL). Other tech names seeing selling: MSFT, CSCO, INTC. Notable buying activity: TSLA, BRK.B, KMP, VALE, LINE. 15 Comments
Sunday, June 9, 5:24 AM Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) is reportedly interested in acquiring assets that Italian insurer Unipol (UGFNY.OB) must sell as part of a rescue of peer company Fondiaria-SAI. Berkshire faces competition for the assets, which have premiums of €1.7B, from Allianz (AZSEY.PK), Axa (AXAHY.PK) and Aviva (AV), among others. Non-binding offers are expected on Friday. Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, June 6, 5:43 AM The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has blocked Heinz's (HNZ) proposed acquisition of organic baby food supplier Rafferty's Garden due to antitrust concerns. The deal would have resulted in "highly concentrated markets where barriers to entry and expansion are high," the regulator said. 2 Comments [M&A, Consumer]
Tuesday, June 4, 2:08 PM Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A, BRK.B) MidAmerican Energy says it won't build new nuclear reactors in Iowa in the near future due to the "uncertainty of carbon regulation and the extensive regulatory review for new nuclear reactor designs." The utility, Iowa's largest, had been collecting a half-percent charge from customers in the state to study the feasibility of building new reactors. Comment! [Energy]
Monday, June 3, 9:23 AM Heinz (HNZ) announces the receipt of all regulatory approvals for its sale to Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) and 3G Capital. The transaction is expected to close on or about June 7. (PR) 1 Comment [Consumer, M&A, Financials]
Wednesday, May 29, 4:28 PM NV Energy (NVE) +22.4% AH after agreeing to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) subsidiary MidAmerican Energy for $23.75/share, a 23.2% premium to today's closing price. Upon completion of the deal, MidAmerican will have assets of ~$66B and its regulated electric and gas utilities will serve 8.4M customers. 3 Comments [Energy, M&A, On the Move]
Sunday, May 26, 2:45 AM Two freight trains, one run by Union Pacific (UNP) and the other by BNSF Railway (BRK.A), collided at an intersection in Missouri yesterday, causing several cars to derail and injuring seven people. The derailment was the second this year involving a Union Pacific train on the stretch of track where yesterday's incident took place. 2 Comments [Consumer]
Friday, May 24, 5:42 PM Starz (STRZA) +3.2% AH after an SEC filing reveals Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) acquired ~5.62M shares, or a 5% stake, in the company. 2 Comments [Consumer, On the Move]
Thursday, May 16, 11:51 AM More on the Berkshire (BRK.A -0.6%) downgrade: The cut may be more about S&P after the agency revised the criteria used to evaluate the creditworthiness of insurers, writes Erik Holm. Ratings cuts aren't a new thing at Berkshire, which lost its AAA at the epic March 2009 bottom. Also not new are succession worries, mentioned by S&P in 2009, and again today. 4 Comments [Financials]
Thursday, May 16, 8:26 AM Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) credit rating is cut to AA with negative outlook from AA+ by S&P. "The lower credit rating ... better reflects our view of BRK's dependence on its core insurance operations for most of its dividend income ... only Burlington Northern has provided a significant portion of the total dividends paid from the operating companies to the holding company." 20 Comments [Financials]
Wednesday, May 15, 4:45 PM Another new position on the Berkshire (BRK.A) 13F is a $630M stake in Liberty Media (LMCA +0.4% AH), already a nice score as the stock's up nearly 15% from its Q1 level. (earlier on Berkshire 13F). 3 Comments
Wednesday, May 15, 4:37 PM Buffett buys Chicago Bridge & Iron (CBI +1.5% AH), the Berkshire (BRK.A) 13F filing showing a new position valued at more than $400M. Missing from the portfolio are previously held positions in General Dynamics (GD no change AH) and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM -1% AH). 4 Comments
Tuesday, May 14, 3:52 PM "Interest rates are to asset prices sort of like gravity to the apple," said Warren Buffett at the Berkshire (BRK.A) annual meeting last week. "When interest rates are low there is little gravitational pull on asset prices ... To buy $85B/month (is) easy. Don't know what would happen if they tried to sell $85B/month." Peter Boodell's comprehensive notes from the Buffett and Munger Q&A. 3 Comments [Financials]

Saibus Research
Berkshire Hathaway's Newspaper Investments Part I http://bit.ly/11jwtmF $BLC $BRK.A $GCI $MEG $WPO $BRK.B
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Berkshire Hathaway Is Still Undervalued By 20-25 Percent http://bit.ly/14yAODh $NVE $BRK.B $BRK.A
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djamison: I think you are right !! Up and down , and no dividend at all ! $BRK.B
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Do Performance Comparisons To S&P 500 Matter To Dividend Investors?.http://bit.ly/13U2dNL $PG $JNJ $MCD $BRK.B $BRK.A
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$BRK.A and $BRK.B at another new 52-week high
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Vinofilo
$AFL and $BRK.B and $HIG all getting lots of action on interest rate hike speculation, maybe.
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Returning Upgrades (5/28/13): $APC, $ATK, $BCO, $BDX, $BRK.B, $CAR, $CI, $CMA, $CME, $CVS, $DIA, $DLB, $DRQ, $DWRE, $GRA, $GTLS
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Michael Bryant
SLM Corp ($SLM), YY ($YY), FleetCor Tech ($FLT), Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.B), & Prudential Financial ($PRU) rose Wednesday on unusual volume
May 30, 12:28 AM
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Michael Bryant: Buy $BRK.B. Buffett has your back.
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How did WarrenBuffett get so rich? http://bit.ly/1767JCa ... $BRK.A $BRK.B
May 29, 7:54 PM
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$BRK.A / $BRK.B at a new 52-week high.
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$BRK.A / $BRK.B @ new 52-week highs. Good AGM notes: http://bit.ly/YTN7u0
May 14, 2:56 PM
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Wilson Wang: Oh sweet. Thanks!
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Saibus Research
Berkshire Hathaway Is Still Undervalued By 20-25 Percent http://bit.ly/14yAODh $NVE $BRK.B $BRK.A
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djamison: I think you are right !! Up and down , and no dividend at all ! $BRK.B
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Michael Bryant
SLM Corp ($SLM), YY ($YY), FleetCor Tech ($FLT), Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.B), & Prudential Financial ($PRU) rose Wednesday on unusual volume
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Michael Bryant: Buy $BRK.B. Buffett has your back.
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$BRK.A / $BRK.B @ new 52-week highs. Good AGM notes: http://bit.ly/YTN7u0
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Wilson Wang: Oh sweet. Thanks!
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realornot
When and if all trains stop to operate then it will really hurt Buffett. I will start selling Berkshire $BRK.A & $BRK.B Take profits!
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weed: The pres. can order them back to work. Buffet will get his money's worth.
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realornot: Oh, he got his money in 10 folds already.
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$BRK.A / $BRK.B holders from all online communities are welcome to an unofficial gathering on May 3, 2013 in Omaha: http://yellowbrkers.com
Apr 25, 10:41 PM
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arbtrader: Borsheims is fun also and a great place to people watch. A combo of grad students and locals enjoying free beer. Occasional protesters too!
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Mckalip: Full agreement with Arbtrader, it's the highlight of the weekend
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Alex S. Gabor
Increased Short Positions in CSTR, BRK.A BRK.B, GS and Sovereign Debt Crisis.
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Alex S. Gabor: Short GS, WFC, BAC and BRK.A as much as possible.
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Chris DeMuth Jr.
$BRK.A, $BRK.B, and $GPT @ new 52-week high
Mar 29, 3:45 PM
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Niksurfs: Your welcome, thanks for your generous spirit and extraordinary due diligence in sharing the details.
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Niksurfs: I don't normally push my wares but here are two spec buy candidates, my money is where my mouth is, TROV and SNFCA. The latter check the 10K
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Berkshire 2012 Letter to shareholders from Warren Buffett http://bit.ly/YLSVRs $BRK.A $BRK.B
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Chris DeMuth Jr.: If you're interested in further reading, Buffett just finished reading this and recommends it in his letter: http://seekingalpha.com/a/qg1x.
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Saibus Research
Berkshire Hathaway likes BNY Mellon, We Like State Street Better! http://seekingalpha.com/a/oa93 $STT $BK $BRK.B $C $NTRS
Jan 25, 8:31 AM
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Vinofilo: There is something "slegal" about $BK, like all big banks. I prefer my regional banks, which have outperformed and have less tarnish.
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neobliviscar
Market on Close: to go short $DE, $BRK.B, $CNI, $SPY, and maybe $TIF. ..Small Fund, so I don't see any harm in disclosing it.
Jan 18, 3:07 PM
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neobliviscar: Mind numbing market. http://bit.ly/Weh5Tw
Jan 18, 3:26 PM
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neobliviscar: Thats it boys n girls. Idiot allocations hitting..drive up the price at close. Pop'em up like prairie dogs, and we'll put .223 through them
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neobliviscar
$BRK.B Covering morning short from $89.60 -> $89.15. Missed the earlier bottom. Pocketing the $890 and going to lunch.
12/12/12
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Ocean Man: Nice trade Ne'o!
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neobliviscar: Berkie is one of the few I daytrade now and then for fun. It trades more on PR mood sentiment spikes and drops than anything else.
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neobliviscar
$BRK.B just short 2000 at $89.6 Let us see if I regret that in 1 hour.
12/12/12
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neobliviscar: Purely instinct trade, as haven't done the math. Shorts & Berkheads would drive this over whatever number, so looked for buying fatigue.
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SA Editor Samir Patel
Orders placed for some more $INTC and $BRK.B at the open tomorrow. Last shopping trip until post-fiscal-cliff-resolution.
12/4/12
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Micah: Nice work - Long both those stocks. Looks like Todd from Berkshire was right selling Intel last quarter though.
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Bakken Crude:$OIL Buffet's Railroad Beats ONEOK's Pipeline. $BRK.A $BRK.B $CLR $EOG $OKS $PSX $WLL http://seekingalpha.com/a/mcdj
12/3/12
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Michael Fitzsimmons: thanks for the plug. keep an eye out for an upcoming article on Halcon Resources (HK). you may find it interesting.
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Saibus Research
words of wisdom from Buffett. Sounds so simple, but so hard to be disciplined. http://bit.ly/XTJGPd__source=yahoo|headline|quote|text|&par=yahoo $BRK.B
10/24/12
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Duke67: There is not much people who can afford staying underwater even a few years.
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Duke67: I am not happy with that but trading today really is like online betting.
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