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Strategies & Market Trends : Buffettology -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Beltropolis Boy who wrote (1111)	3/10/1999 2:49:00 PM
From: porcupine --''''>	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4690

CBS MarketWatch - Berkshire earnings up 43% --!!!!> [According to today's Wall Street Journal, BRK's operating earnings were up a paltry 6%, an anemic showing for a stock with a price-to-operating-earnings ratio approaching 75. Most of the net gain came from Buffett's correctly timing the plunge in zero coupon Treasuries. I'm not saying that Buffett's genius isn't worth the premium -- obviously it is. I'm saying that for the average investor to attempt to emulate Buffett's methods is like the average player of weekend pickup games trying to imitate Michael Jordan's. It may improve your game -- but I doubt that it will get you into the big leagues. RR] cbs.marketwatch.com