Browsing Category: "Warren Buffett"

Ultimate 2007 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting Guide

May.18, 2007 in Charlie Munger, Superinvestors, Warren Buffett 18 Comments

If you couldn’t make the 2007 Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa) (BRKb) annual meeting to experience Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger first hand, then I hope that the following guide can offer the next best thing to being there in person.

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Warren Buffett Responds to Shai Dardashti’s Question

Apr.20, 2007 in Warren Buffett 2 Comments

Former value investing blogger turned private capital manager, Shai Dardashti asked Warren Buffett a very interesting question in a hand delivered letter this past January. Amazingly, Shai received an answer to his great question this week.
In his letter, Shai asks just one question:

At the Q&A I arranged you told me that today (May 23, 2005) [...]

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Valuing US Bancorp

Mar.30, 2007 in Stock Research, Warren Buffett, Wide Moat Companies 9 Comments

I first spotted US Bancorp (USB) when reviewing Berkshire Hathaway’s stock holdings back in February. This past week I read about US Bancorp again when a member of Value Investing News posted a link to “The Complete User’s Guide to Warren Buffett’s Portfolio” by James Altucher. I have been meaning to analyze US Bancorp for [...]

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Insights from the 2006 Warren Buffett Letter to Shareholders

Mar.02, 2007 in Stock Research, Superinvestors, Warren Buffett 3 Comments

The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report for 2006 was released yesterday, March 1, 2007, after the close of the market. As always, Warren Buffett shares his amazing wisdom with us in his letter to shareholders.  I’m going to attempt to capture some of the most interesting, revealing, and informative points that Mr. Buffett makes in this years [...]

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Warren Buffett Buys More USG and More

Feb.16, 2007 in Superinvestors, Warren Buffett 11 Comments

Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa) (BRKb) filed an update to its stock holdings yesterday. I’m always curious to see what superinvestor Warren Buffett has been up to this past quarter.

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Shai Dardashti Delivers a Question to Warren Buffett

Jan.24, 2007 in Superinvestors, Warren Buffett 5 Comments

Former value investing blogger turned private capital manager, Shai Dardashti shared the details of his latest opportunity to meet Warren Buffett with me today. In his email to me, Shai shared the following story:

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Writing Tips from Warren Buffett

Oct.04, 2006 in Warren Buffett 6 Comments

Last week I attended a workshop on writing for clarity and impact with plain language. It was a pretty good course given it was only an hour and a half. The highlight for me was that the handbook that came with the course cited Warren Buffett!
I was pretty surprised to hear the name Warren Buffett in the middle [...]

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Warren Buffett Celebrates Birthday and Wedding

Aug.31, 2006 in Warren Buffett 3 Comments

Happy Birthday Mr. Buffett and Congratulations!
Wednesday was Warren Buffett’s 76th birthday. Mr. Buffett is an amazing person and one of the greatest investors, but he still amazed me today.
At the ripe old age of 76, Warren Buffett got married! Now that is a way to celebrate life. He married his longtime companion Astrid Menks. My notes from the [...]

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Buffett Continues to Buy USG Corp

Aug.25, 2006 in FPF Value, Model Portfolios, Stock Research, Warren Buffett 2 Comments

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa) (BRKb) continues to load up on USG Corp (USG) stock this week.  Two SEC filings indicate that Buffett added 567,218 shares on Monday (8/21/06) and 390,200 on Tuesday (8/21/06) as the price of USG dropped below $46. Berkshire Hathaway now holds 15,959,292 shares of USG. I won’t be surprised to find [...]

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USG is a Fat Pitch

Aug.15, 2006 in FPF Value, Model Portfolios, Stock Research, Warren Buffett, Wide Moat Companies 16 Comments

USG Corporation (USG) threw a nice slow, almost perfect pitch right over my plate this week. I have been watching and studying this stock for the past two weeks. With Warren Buffett acting as my virtual coach, I knew it was time to swing when I heard that he added more shares of USG to his Berkshire Hathaway holdings. [...]

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