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Riding the Rails: Why BNI Was Berkshire's Best Bet - And Vintage Buffett

Buffet knows too much about Chinese investment prospects to take that shot. The Chinese government is everywhere and is there a government anywhere that has been a trustworthy investment partner for an outsider?
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On Nov 04 12:10 AM Mark Anthony wrote:

> My comment is Warren Buffet has good big picture view, bad timing
> and bad pricing. Every one in the world has known for two years that
> Warren Buffett loves railways. He openly talked about it more than
> two years ago. So why why he picks a time to pay nearly the higest
> price? Way over-paid.
>
> If he likes railway, Chinese railways are way much better play. The
> capacity of China's railways transportation is stretched tot he extreme.
> Whole America's railway system has excessive capacity that is idled.
>
>
> If he likes commodity and transportation play, he should be buying
> coal mines, and he should be buying dry bulk shippers. Both sectors
> are dirt cheap compare with railways.
>
> seekingalpha.com/autho...
>
> I am afraid Warren Buffett is getting too old to calculate relative
> valuations correctly. There are so many good under-valued assets
> around at dirt cheap price. Railway will be the last thing I will
> pick up. It's going to be good, but just not as good as other things.