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Berkshire Hathaway Class B
An SI Board Since May 1996
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1302 Benkea- Sorry, I am an engineer, not an accountant. Let me know if my logic isJacques Newey-1/24/2000
1301 Richard: I am pretty well versed on goodwill. Buffett puts forth a pretty nicBenkea-1/24/2000
1300 I think it's reference to the fact that "goodwill" (the general cRichard Forsythe-1/24/2000
1299 Jacques: I don't know how you got that formula. Benkea-1/24/2000
1298 Benkea: So, then does goodwill = $60,000* - current book value? *$60,000: youJacques Newey-1/24/2000
1297 Jacques: "In your opinion, are there likely to be similar "hidden asBenkea-1/24/2000
1296 Benkea- Question: Hidden assets in BRK. I'm a recent purchaser of BRK.B buJacques Newey-1/24/2000
1295 Exactly. And now, I hope, WEB is buying back as many of those shares he can at Leroyt-1/24/2000
1294 "I DO know it was 20% over-valued when it was bought a year ago.... oh welBenkea-1/24/2000
1293 I might be able to find out something about General Re, if there are any changeFredman-1/23/2000
1292 Cramer Rewrites 'Follow These Five Tenets Toward a Fortune' By James JDepyDog-1/22/2000
1291 Who knows. I expected a comeback after the beginning of the year. Hmmmm... latLeroyt-1/14/2000
1290 Lookin like 1600's ready to hit...if so, I'm back in. best regards, DeDepyDog-1/14/2000
1289 First, I understand from an article referenced on Fool.com that WEB was responsLeroyt-1/3/2000
1288 Charles: "Even if reversion to the mean is not a myth, the mean can changBenkea-1/1/2000
1287 Jacques: "Any idea how looooong before it can't continue? ;-)" Benkea-1/1/2000
1286 Even if reversion to the mean is not a myth, the mean can change. Charles Tutt-1/1/2000
1285 Benkea, Re:""Anything that can't continue will end".:-)"Jacques Newey-1/1/2000
1284 I mean to imply as Buffett and Munger say, "Anything that can't continBenkea-12/31/1999
1283 Benkea-Re:"the high likelihood of what's coming." Do you mean toJacques Newey-12/31/1999
1282 Yep, it's been a looooooooooong 4th quarter. I bought 80% of my current BRBenkea-12/31/1999
1281 Benkea, When I bought BRK a year ago I did it so I'd have a stock I didnGottfried-12/31/1999
1280 How many morons can stand on the head of a pin? I'm not sure yet, but I miLauA-12/31/1999
1279 Gott: Make that 7%! Not bad for a has been, loser like Buffett - eh :-) ThisBenkea-12/31/1999
1278 opalapril, I think Y2K has hit SI: the quote for BRK.b shows it's up 4%. :)Gottfried-12/31/1999
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