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The MO for Van Tuyl / Berkshire so far has not been to acquire large groups. They have acquired 3 or 4 dealerships since the deal was announced and they are likely to continue their joint venture model where they partner with the selling management team.
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When you know the headline of the article you want to read on WSJ or Barron's you type that in to a google search or google news search and when you click through you will get a "free pass" to read the article. You have to access it through the search engine though.
I read both the WSJ and Barron's through the Google backdoor.
It's mostly skimming though, I wouldn't pay for this content, it's not worth it.
What's the google backdoor?
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California taxes capital gains the same as ordinary income. Some states don't have a capital gains tax. The system in California is progressive and starts at 1% and goes all the way to 12.3%. It might be the worst state for capital gains taxes but I don't know for sure.
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edit - never mind, site fixed
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Glad to hear it isn't just me - yes, the site has been painfully slow this morning.
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I saw somewhere that there is a house across the street where the owner is asking for 10 A shares, so now I'm confused. Was that a parody/joke? Or are there two houses for sale there?
Two houses for sale - the one you are talking about is really playing it up in the marketing -
http://www.livenexttowarrenbuffet.com/
(not super classy..)
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I haven't seen any personal notes out there yet, but the WSJ notes cover pretty much everything. Morningstar also did one, but it wasn't quite as good.
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/05/02/live-analysis-the-2015-berkshire-hathaway-annual-meeting/
Here's one from a fool contributor - http://boards.fool.com/berkvilles-golden-year-31738454.aspx
Here are M*'s - http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=695453
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No, it's somebody else. Has been in the same family for 50 years
Donald Keough's house?, i.e., estate sale?
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Really great - thanks for posting this!
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Sad that at least one value investor who traveled to Omaha for the meeting this week was killed in a car crash while in town.
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Omaha is obviously a very inexpensive housing market, but that house is certainly very dated. Radiators, carpet, old kitchen, baths, etc..
http://thegoodlifegroup.npdodge.com/property/39862762/306-S-54-Street-Omaha-NE-68132
What was the asking?
Thanks.
Wow only $370k... I can barely get a fixer at that price in my area.
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BNSF 10-Q is out as well - always interesting to see. Another Billion dollar dividended out to Omaha this quarter -
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/934612/000093461215000016/llc-3312015x10q.htm
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I assumed he was asking about total share count (A equivalents or B equivalents) and not changes in the categories that combine for total share count.
Doesn't part of share drop come from gift to Gates Foundation (A shares converted to B shares)?
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jobyts, did I miss where you shared your AUM?
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Graham Holdings stock swap primarily.
Does anyone know offhand where did the share count drop come from? (I might dig later, asking in case someone already did).
Thanks
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"BV didn't budge. Haven't figured out why."
Page 4 of the Q breaks down the changes in comprehensive income. Unrealized investment losses and foreign currency translation are responsible for most of the difference between the income and the $1.3 Billion increase in net worth.
"Other investments" was hit by a little over a billion dollars - remember that BAC was at 17.89 at year end and 15.39 at the end of the quarter... warrants to purchase 700 million shares
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Different currencies
Pretty much as expected for me: Book value unchanged...
I am trying to understand the disconnect between recent stock performance of FFH.TO and FRFHF ( US OTC Market)? Trying to figure out if the under-performance of FRFHF is warranted ( currency? liquidity? etc.)
Anyone already look into this?
Thanks!
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This quote from a site below kind of sums up why US investors are just recently worrying about it. There were changes in the last few years that alerted folks to the issue --
"The FATCA legislation not only requires new self-reporting on PFICs and other foreign held financial assets, but also requires all “foreign financial institutions” to report on the assets held by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents directly to the IRS by 2014. While it may seem hard to believe that foreign financial institutions would willingly comply with such reporting requirements, the fact is that industry observers expect nearly universal compliance with the new rules by banks, brokerages, insurance companies, mutual funds (anything “financial”) around the world, because of the severe sanctions the FATCA law imposed on non-compliant financial institutions. The point is that all U.S. citizens must assume that as of 2014, the IRS will have a direct and easily accessible window onto their holdings in foreign financial institutions. It will be easy to cross-reference direct reports by these institutions to the IRS with self-filed form 8938 and 8621 and determine whether or not your PFIC investments have been properly reported and the tax properly calculated and paid."
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Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1983-Part_1.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1983-Part_2.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1983-Part_3.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1983-Part_4.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1984-Part_1.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1984-Part_2.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1984-Part_3.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1985-Part_1.pdf
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(the part 1, 2, etc... is due to a 10mb file size limit over at chucks_angels)
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1981-Part_1.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1981-Part_2.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1981-Part_3.pdf
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I have some of them, courtesy of Prem Jain on the chucks_angels yahoo board.
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1974.PDF
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1975.PDF
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1976.PDF
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1977.PDF
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1978.PDF
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1979-Part_1.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1979-Part_2.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1979-Part_3.pdf
Berkshire_Hathaway_Inc._1980-Part_1.pdf
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I realize it is way off topic here, but why is there a rather hard floor at 1.3x?
This is possibly OT, but BRK is getting to be somewhat attractive. Stock has gone nowhere for over half year, while there was HNZ/KRFT deal and overall business growth.
Unless BVPS has gone up significantly last quarter, it is still sporting one of the highest multiples it has had in recent memory.
Somewhere at 1.4X range, we'll see more precisely at Q1. I did not adjust for HNZ/KRFT. It's not very cheap, but considering a rather hard floor at 1.3, it's possibly unlikely that one can get BRK much cheaper.
Whether it's worth paying 1.4X is something people have to decide for themselves. :)
How will the company look after the Brit transaction?
in Fairfax Financial
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The seeking alpha article they pointed you to is way off on the investments per share math.