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From: Brumar89	5/25/2011 11:11:46 AM
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Anne Hathaway, Berkshire Hathaway and Insanity: ....... if Ms Hathaway is in the news, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway stock jumps too. Berkshire shares rose 2.02% the night before Ms. Hathaway hosted the Oscars,and a whopping 2.94% the day after. The opening day of her 2009 comedy Bride Wars was also a good day for Berkshire stock—up 2.60%. And why might Anne Hathaway be having this effect on Berkshire Hathaway’s price? Mirvish suggests that “robotraders” are scanning the headlines looking for trends, and upon seeing multiple mentions of “Hathaway,” are automatically buying Berkshire Hathaway stock. Given that algorithmic trading now accounts for 70% of all trading, it’s not implausible. Sadly, this is what the investment management profession has degenerated into. Real "roll up your sleeves" research is too much work. Who has time to read the notes to a balance sheet, after all? Even technical analysis, which has always had its share of the mentally lazy who prefer cheap shortcuts they rarely understand, is now too much work. Yes, instead we now have computers reading the newspapers for us and buying Berkshire Hathaway stock every time Anne Hathaway gets photographed by the paparazzi. Brilliant. ............. gurufocus.com

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