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| Subject: Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA and NYSE: BRKB) is a conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. The company averaged an annual growth in book value of 20.3% to its shareholders for the last 44 years, while employing large amounts of capital, and minimal debt. Berkshire Hathaway stock produced a total return of 76% from 2000-2010 versus a negative 11.3% return for the S&P 500. Post Modern Security Analysis By John Schroy, on August 6th, 2009 |  2 comments  The target of classical security analysis is ‘intrinsic value’, a fuzzy concept defined as the value justified by the facts. Financial markets have become vastly more complex since the days of Graham & Dodd. Since the 1960’s, stock prices have generally exceeded ‘intrinsic value’. New techniques are needed now to handle the flood of free investment information. August 6th, 2009 | Print Article |  Email Article |  Topics: Benjamin Graham, Berkshire Hathaway, David Dodd, efficient market hypothesis, Eugene Fama, Fundamental Analysis, gold standard, Graham & Dodd, hedge funds, index funds, Indonesia, intrinsic value, Modern Portfolio Theory, OSINT, Post Modern Security Analysis, SEC Rule 10b-18, Standard Statistics, Warren Buffett | Category: New Economic Theory, featured | 2 comments |  Short urlPost Modern Security Analysis By John Schroy, on July 1st, 2009 | Leave a comment  The old-fashioned, heroic security analyst, working alone in a dark room with a stack of annual reports, in a snow-bound house in Omaha, far from Wall Street, is less likely to solve investment riddles today, than fifty years ago. The analyst of the 21st century must be ready to engage in collaborative research. The future lies in modern knowledge handling technology, including OSINT techniques, crowdsourcing, wiki software, and capital market taxonomy. July 1st, 2009 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: AIG, Barings Bank, Benjamin Graham, Berkshire Hathaway, Bernard Madoff, Capital Market Wiki, Citicorp, complexity, Enron, Graham & Dodd, Standard & Poor's, Warren Buffett, Worldcom | Category: Security Analysis | Leave a comment | Short urlStock buybacks By John Schroy, on June 16th, 2006 | One comment  In the 2005 Berkshire-Hathaway annual report, Warren Buffet points to the unethical aspects of the buyback-option schemes so common in the US stock market. He noted that “Too often, executive compensation in the US. is ridiculously out of line with performance. … the deck is stacked against investors when it comes to the CEO’s pay. … CEOs understand … that every dime paid out in dividends reduces the value of all outstanding options” June 16th, 2006 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: Benjamin Graham, Berkshire Hathaway, capital flow analysis, common stock legend, dividends, executive stock options, Jeremy Siegel, Stock Buybacks, USA Today, Warren Buffett | Category: Stock Buybacks, featured | One comment | Short urlFeatured articles on inside pages
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