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berkshire letter by warren buffett 1995 part 3
Helzberg's Diamond Shops There is a popular technique called "management by walking around" (MBWA). Warren Buffet has his own technique which is called "acquisitions by walking ...berkshire letter by warren buffett 1995 part 4
R.C. Willey Home Furnishings R.c. Willey Home Furnishings was a business discovered by Irv Blumkin of Nebraska Furniture Mart while he was walking around. Bill Child, CEO ...under perfoming berkshire companies
Berkshire Annual Letter 1995 (Part 7) In 1995, there were three businesses in the Berkshire staple that underperformed. The shoe business had depressed earnings but the problem ...a managerial story you will never read elsewhere
Berkshire Annual Letter 1999 (Part 1) The majority of Berkshire's managers are wealthy, and work because they love their businesses. Even though the businesses are owned ...warren buffetts letter 1981
This year's letter started with a reiteration of something that was mentioned in the previous year's letter. Even though undistributed and unrecorded earnings of non-controlled ...berkshire letter by warren buffett 1992 part 1
Berkshire Hathaway seldom issues out shares. On 1st October 1964, there were 1,137,778 shares outstanding. On March 1993, that number has increased to 1,152,547 shares. This ...berkshire letter by warren buffett 1994 part 3
Intrinsic Value and Capital AllocationWhen managers make capital allocation decisions, it is important that they act in ways that increase per-share intrinsic value and avoid ...share repurchases
Berkshire Annual Letter 1999 (Part 4) There are a couple of conditions which must exist for a share repurchase scheme to be meaningful to shareholders. The company ...berkshire letter by warren buffett 1994 part 4
Compensation For ManagersToday's post is about Warren Buffett's views on how managers should be compensated.First of all, their compensation should be tied only to the ...stock options as compensation
Berkshire Annual Letter 1998 (Part 3) Many companies ignore the cost of stock options when earnings are calculated, even though such employee's compensation should be an ...unconventional investments
Berkshire Annual Letter 1997 (Part 2) When Warren Buffett cannot find a well-run and sensibly-priced business with good economics, he will put his money into very ...us subprime mortgage crisis
For the past few weeks, financial markets around the world have been rattled by the US subprime mortgage crisis triggered by the sharp fall ...warren buffetts letter 1984
Share Repurchases When a company with outstanding businesses and comfortable financial positions find their shares selling far below intrinsic value in the marketplace, repurchases of the ...berkshire letter by warren buffett 1993 part 7
Corporate GovernanceThere are three fundamentally different manager/owner situations that exist in public companies.The first and most common board situation is where there is no controlling ...warren buffetts story with geico corporation
Berkshire Annual Letter 1995 (Part 5)Back when Warren Buffett attended Columbia University under the tutorlege of Benjamin Graham, he found out that Ben was the ...insurance operations
Berkshire Annual Letter 1995 (Part 6)What counts in the insurance business is the amount of float generated (money held but not owned) and the cost ...berkshire annual letter 1996 part 2
Two Acquisitions of 1996 There were two acquisitions by Berkshire in 1996, both with qualities they seek - excellent business economics and an outstanding manager. Kansas Bankers ...super cat insurance
Berkshire Annual Letter 1996 (Part 3)In Berkshire's super-cat business, they sell policies to insurance and reinsurance companies to protect them from the effects of mega-catastrophes. ...geico
Berkshire Annual Letter 1996 (Part 4) GEICO is an extremely valuable asset to Berkshire and is headed by Tony Nicely, a superb business manager. The strength of ...super cat insurance 2
Berkshire Annual Letter 1997 (Part 5) Continuing on from Warren Buffett's discussion on insurance float, we now move on to the most volatile form of insurance, ...general re corp and geico
Berkshire Annual Letter 1998 (Part 2) General Re On December 21 1998, Berkshire completed the $22 billion acquisition of General Re Corp. This ownership will allow General ...principles of insurance underwriting
Berkshire Annual Letter 2001 (Part 2) To understand Berkshire, it is necessary to understand how to evaluate an insurance company. The key factors are: The amount of float ...recapitalization of berkshire
Berkshire Annual Letter 1995 (Part 9) In 1996, Warren Buffett proposed having two classes of stock for Berkshire. A class "B" share will be created that ...charlie munger autographing feat
More jokes from Warren Buffett: Borsheim's normally is closed on Sunday but will be open for shareholders from 10am to 6am on May 2nd. On annual ...quarterback report card
Joke by Buffett The numbers on the facing page show just how poor our 1999 record was. We had the worst absolute performance of my tenure ...buying scott fetzer
 More humour from Warren Buffett: In 1985, a major investment banking house undertook to sell Scott Fetzer, offering it widely - but with no success. Upon ...every breath bernanke takes
A funny spoof on The Police's "Every Breath You Take" featuring imitation Dean Glenn Hubbard and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.warren buffets pitch to ernie banks
Another joke by Buffett. The usual baseball game will be held at Rosenblatt Stadium at 7pm on Saturday night. This year the Omaha Golden Spikes will ...age of warren buffett
Another joke by Buffett Finally, there is the negative that recurs annually: Charlie Munger, Berkshire's Vice Chariman and my partner, and I are a year older ...stock spilts and al ueltschi
Joke by Warren Buffett on Al Ueltschi: Al Ueltschi at FSI is now 83 and continues to operate at full throttle. Though I am not a ...
