Warren E. Buffet‚ the chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ announced that MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company wanted to acquire the electric utility PacificCorp. The acquisition of this company had renewed public interest in its sponsor‚ even though his net worth is about $44 billion and also he and other insiders controlled 41.8% of Berkshire. “I will keep well over 99% of my net worth in Berkshire” was one of his main fundaments for the year 2005.By that time Warren
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valuation of stocks and time value of money. I. Acquisition of PacifiCorp.. On May 24‚ 2005‚ it was announced that MidAmercian Energy Holdings Company‚ a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway‚ would acquire a private energy company‚ PacifiCorp.‚ whose parent‚ Scottish Power‚ is a listed energy company PacifiCorp.. Berkshire has utilized $5.1 billion in cash‚ which will be paid after 1 year‚ together with further liabilities to complete the acquisition. The market responded very positively on the
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of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.17-billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? 2. Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? 3. How well has Berkshire Hathaway performed? How well has it performed
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thousands of shareholders both direct holders and institutional holders. Some of the major direct holders are Keough Donald‚ Diller Barry‚ Fayard Gary‚ Reyes Jose Octavio‚ and Kent Ahmet Muhtar. Some of the major top institutional holders include: Berkshire Hathaway Inc‚ State Street Corporation‚ Vanguard Group Inc‚ FMR LLC‚ BlackRock Institutional Trust Company‚ and etc. % of shares held by insiders and 5% owners 5% % of shares held by institutional and mutual fund owners 64% Capital Structure (in
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is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for GEICO and Berkshire Hathaway on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $718 milllion gain in Berkshire´s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of GEICO? (Note that Berkshire owned 33.25 million shares before the acquisition was announced) El posible significado en los cambios en el precio de la acción de GEICO y de Berkshire es que era una fusión en la cual ambas empresas se iban a ver beneficiadas
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Jobs‚ whose facial coding ended up revealing a positive score of just 48%‚ with a negative of 52%. But according to Hill‚ Steve Jobs failed to hide his emotions in the least. "Lots of emoting‚ enjoyment mingled with frustration‚" Hill stated. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Buffett and a close friend of Bill Gates has the largest positive score‚ no less than 69% after Microsoft’s Chairman being "affable‚ assured and low-key" but also slightly ironic‚ which scored him a negative 31%.
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company had a strong record in risk management avoiding market downturns‚ this situation caused Goldman Sachs stock price to to decrease and banks stopped lending money even among them. The company raised $5 billion from Warren Buffett through Berkshire Hathaway‚ which triggered the influx of $5.75 more in common stock from the public market. 2. Why did Goldman raise capital when it did? Goldman Sachs decided to convert to a banking holding company‚ which would allow it to have more stability and
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for a minute.” Optimistic Warren Buffett is optimistic toward his business. His strongly display of optimism is expressed in the annual letter of Berkshire Hathaway; he said that “no matter how serene today may be‚ tomorrow is always uncertain.” He always sees the market chaos which would probably generate opportunities for him and Berkshire Hathaway. In an interview with CNBC‚ Buffett said‚ “You get more excited when there’s a lot going on‚ you can’t help it. And frankly‚ it will probably present
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Availability of Information is a BUST In a perfect world‚ every single piece of information would be available for anyone and there would be no information asymmetry. But the world is not perfect. We talk all the time about how undeniably important it is to have accurate‚ timely and reliable information to use such and come into a decision be it financial or anything else. But what do we really have to make information available‚ accurate‚ timely and reliable? In this revolutionary era of modern
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Introduction “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” – Warren Edward Buffett; With these words Mr. Warren Buffett an American investor and the CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway‚ is said to be one of the most successful investor on the 20th Century. There are many aspects of Mr. Buffett’s life that makes him one of the most influential and a great leader for our time. As a great leader the Wizard of Omaha has taken a “hands off” management style which is very similar
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