tooskinneejs Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Here is a link to this year's live stream of the shareholders' meeting. It is being streamed on Yahoo Finance. Enjoy. https://finance.yahoo.com/brklivestream The stream starts after the opening movie. Wish we could see the movie too, but at least we get the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest longinvestor Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 With streaming, recording video/audio etc. goes with the territory. Something not allowed @ the meeting to date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamecock-YT Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Anyone know if there is a replay? Going to be out of tomorrow and interested to see if my question I submitted is going to be asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpRaider Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 He's going to be on squawk Monday morning for 3 hours too. If you feel like watching him politely dodge asinine questions and comments from Kernan for a couple of hours. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 who's streaming live now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Me. Let's have a powwow. We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning, I'm making waffles! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126029/quotes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Sorry but Coke answers from Warren and Charlie are again totally biased. You'd think they'd be rational. Warren is skirting the issue again by going anecdotal and joking. And Charlie... come on "benefit"? Loading fizzy water with tons of carbs is not benefit. Comparing that to deaths in air travel is stupid (sic. I'm free to use the word he used). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Sorry but Coke answers from Warren and Charlie are again totally biased. You'd think they'd be rational. Warren is skirting the issue again by going anecdotal and joking. And Charlie... come on "benefit"? Loading fizzy water with tons of carbs is not benefit. Comparing that to deaths in air travel is stupid (sic. I'm free to use the word he used). I agree it was such BS. I don't think there will ever be clear answers from them regarding this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 To balance: /support Buffett on renewables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughishere Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 His reinsurance comments were good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughishere Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Good comments on Sequoia and the whole valeant thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netnet Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I think Buffett's mention crashed the longbets.org site, blank screen now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughishere Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I think Buffett's mention crashed the longbets.org site, blank screen now. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopheles Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Sorry but Coke answers from Warren and Charlie are again totally biased. You'd think they'd be rational. Warren is skirting the issue again by going anecdotal and joking. And Charlie... come on "benefit"? Loading fizzy water with tons of carbs is not benefit. Comparing that to deaths in air travel is stupid (sic. I'm free to use the word he used). I think Charlie's was a great answer, perfectly summarizing why they're okay with KO. Everything in life has a trade off and it really is about risks vs benefit, in this case that benefit being the pleasure derived. Why is the air travel comparison stupid? Nothing wrong in indulging. The problems (obesity, diabetes, CV disease) are largely related to overindulging. I agree that Warren's gave a bad answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughishere Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 They are taking more questions right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Schwab711 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Sorry but Coke answers from Warren and Charlie are again totally biased. You'd think they'd be rational. Warren is skirting the issue again by going anecdotal and joking. And Charlie... come on "benefit"? Loading fizzy water with tons of carbs is not benefit. Comparing that to deaths in air travel is stupid (sic. I'm free to use the word he used). Why don't folks cite the decline in housewives as a direct cause of increased consumption of processed foods? I could make a similar argument that the shift of populations to the suburbs is another cause of obesity (less walking, longer commutes cause you to be "busier", ect). I think this topic generally covers a more important and broad issue. I don't think every societal issue requires a "fix". I think most would agree that higher rates of working women benefited the country enormously (certainly the net effect was very positive). However, there were still some negative consequences to both of the societal shifts I mentioned. My issue is why is McDonalds and Coca-Cola always singled-out for the rise of obesity? Obviously Coke isn't great for you but these are not the only two companies (or factors) that contributed. I think the fact that people are "busier" is probably the single greatest contributor to obesity (greater % of non-moving jobs is another cause in my opinion). KO probably gets blamed unproportionally relative to their contribution to the problem. I'm guessing he skirts the issue because he truly doesn't believe they are at fault. No one blames Purdue Pharma for the opium issue or Budweiser for the alcohol problem in America. Society generally blames the individual that choose to use drugs. Why doesn't the same logic apply to obesity? You may be right that KO/sugar consumption is the true trigger but I generally don't like when folks attempt to regulate how others live, so it's likely I am biased as well. However, I believe the incidents of obesity is already declining, but that fact doesn't get the same level of coverage (very similar to the incorrect perception of 50%+ divorce rates). I think sentiment regarding KO/sugar will eventually turn as the rates of obesity declines despite KO continuing to grow. Yahoo's production is much better than I expected. I'm pumped that Buffett decided to broadcast the event. Does anyone know if there are more people at the meeting this year or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughishere Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Masterful at answering the question with out being lead into an answer........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Sorry but Coke answers from Warren and Charlie are again totally biased. You'd think they'd be rational. Warren is skirting the issue again by going anecdotal and joking. And Charlie... come on "benefit"? Loading fizzy water with tons of carbs is not benefit. Comparing that to deaths in air travel is stupid (sic. I'm free to use the word he used). I think Charlie's was a great answer, perfectly summarizing why they're okay with KO. Everything in life has a trade off and it really is about risks vs benefit, in this case that benefit being the pleasure derived. Why is the air travel comparison stupid? Air travel provides benefits that would be impossible without it. Business benefits as well as efficiency benefits. This is very different from "pleasure derived" benefits. You are pretty much saying that Coke is like cigarettes and drugs. OK, I'm fine with that, but Buffett explicitly said he won't invest in cigarettes and the questioner even mentioned it directly. Second, air travel was not engineered to add to fatalities just to increase "pleasure derived". Coke pretty much did the same thing as the cigarette companies by pumping extra crap into drinks to make them more attractive and addictive. Third, I could argue that Coke could try to find the way to maintain or increase the "pleasure derived" while increasing health benefits. And perhaps they do it somewhat now that the pressure is on. That might have been a good direction to take this question to. So, yes air travel comparison is stupid since it's completely different. Its defense here is completely Munger-hero-worship bias. If someone else rather than Munger did it, people would say "apples to oranges" and other non-complimentary things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsad Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Have to say that I fully agree with those shareholders who wanted the AGM to be webcast years ago. I feel like I'm sitting right there like I regularly used to! Thanks Warren for webcasting the meeting! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Wished WB specified on why he invested in SRG and its outlook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassiusKing1 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I have some crazy urge to buy Amazon on Monday, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughishere Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 start learning that mandarin also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racemize Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I didn't quite follow Rose's answer to the railroad consolidation question--anyone have an explanation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netnet Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 That was unbelievably awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgis Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Thanks to Buffett for webcasting this. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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