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Buy Berkshire instead of Vanguard S&P (BRKA)
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Emcee:  Patsy Collins Type:  Unmoderated
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288As Kass says, Buffett doesn't do as he says. But that isn't neccessarilyMoominoid-5/14/2008
287Thank you. You are very kind. I added back when near 108K, so about a 14.5% retuPatsy Collins-5/14/2008
286You nailed it. Even after a significant correction from a peak in December, BRKappro-5/14/2008
285Buffett's $46 Billion in Cash Could Buy Kohl's, Nucor Aug 3 2007 20:03Patsy Collins-8/5/2007
284Good luck. Let me know if you get any information from BRK. BTW, I do believe tJurgis Bekepuris-5/30/2007
283"Sixty-thousand plus of that 80k/share is only technically referred to as cmatherandlowell-5/30/2007
282Thank you for your critique. I am a relative newcomer to the Berkshire table anmatherandlowell-5/30/2007
281You choose to argue rhetorics instead of reading the balance sheet. I think it iJurgis Bekepuris-5/30/2007
280Sixty-thousand plus of that 80k/share is only technically referred to as cash eqappro-5/30/2007
279"we exclude investments held in our finance operation because these are larmatherandlowell-5/29/2007
278No it does not say that. :) You are misinterpreting the information on page 4 ofJurgis Bekepuris-5/29/2007
277"You can say that the debt is possibly "free", but you can't matherandlowell-5/29/2007
276How about taking BRK debt into consideration when doing your calculations? ;) FrJurgis Bekepuris-5/29/2007
275thanks j, BRK hasn't been cheaper for nearly a decade. The upcoming storm Patsy Collins-5/28/2007
274"At a PE 16.5 currently" This may be the published PE but wouldn'matherandlowell-5/28/2007
273Time to consider BRK/A (BRK.A) again. Back in 6/1997 when we first looked at BRPatsy Collins-4/27/2007
272Unfortunately, I only 1/2 took my own advice, and never bought any Berkshire. IDavid R-7/2/2001
271David R, You get my vote for "Best Advice and Timing". BRK.A is up ovappro-6/29/2001
270Fool Research:"Berkshire: 'still room for appreciation in short & lDidi-12/31/2000
269"Berkshire 25% undervalued at current levels"--Freedom Captital Mgt...Didi-11/27/2000
268"Why S&P 500 Omits Valuable Companies"--Bloomberg.com... quote.blDidi-11/26/2000
267www2.bluemountain.comDidi-11/17/2000
266"Berkshire Raises Citigroup Stake in 3rd Qtr, Buys Tricon Shares"--BloDidi-11/15/2000
265<font color=green> ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) eomDidi-11/13/2000
264Berkshire 3rd-quarter earnings... Official version: berkshirehathaway.com UnofDidi-11/11/2000
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