Introduction Warren E. Buffett‚ the chairperson of Berkshire Hathaway (BH)‚ is the world’s greatest investor of the current era. From 1965 to 2007‚ BH has compounded annual gain of 20.3% while S&P has 9.3% (Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ 2009). Most investors get normal returns and believe the market is in semi strong form. However Buffett believes the market is inefficient and acts on his own investment philosophy. This report will analysis BH’s acquisition of PacifiCorp‚ evaluate Buffett’s performance
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Berkshire Hathaway is an American multinational conglomerate holding company that oversees and manages various subsidiary companies (Berkshire Hathaway‚ 2011). The current members of the Board of Directors are Warren Buffett‚ Charlie Munger‚ Walter Scott Jr.‚ Thomas Murphy‚ Howard Graham Buffett‚ Ronald Olson‚ Donald Keough‚ Charlotte Guyman‚ David Gottesman‚ Bill Gates‚ Stephen Burke‚ and Susan Decker (Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ 2011). The primary job of the Board of Directors is to see that the
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Individual Assignment BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Assignment Report Submitted by: Sudipt Tewari G13051 ~ Submitted to Prof. A. Kanagaraj In partial completion of Investments course Date of submission –April 20th‚ 2014 Case Summary: Berkshire Hathaway‚ Inc.’s chairman and CEO Warren Buffett‚ is the world’s third richest man. He invested in Berkshire Hathaway in 1962‚ and by 1963‚ Buffett was Berkshire’s largest shareholder. Buffett started purchasing other businesses
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Berkshire Hathaway From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Type Public (NYSE: BRKA‚ NYSE: BRKB) Founded 1839 (as Valley Falls Company) Founder Warren Buffett Headquarters Omaha‚ Nebraska Area served USA Key people Warren E. Buffett (Chairman) & (CEO) Charles T. Munger (Vice Chairman) Industry Property and casualty insurance‚ Diversified investments Products Conglomerate focused on insurance Market cap US$ 196
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Marwick’s decision to change its position regarding these transactions? FACTS In 1983‚ GEICO announced plans to purchase several million shares of its outstanding common stock for $60 per share. Among GEICO’s largest stockholders was Berkshire Hathaway‚ Inc.‚ an investment company. Executives of the two companies decided that Berkshire would tender approximately 350‚000 if its GEICO shares in the stock buyback plan‚ which would allow Berkshire to treat the transaction as a proportionate redemption
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Angela Lindsey SHR 247 Blackboard Assignment 2 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company‚ headquartered in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. The company wholly owns Geico‚ BNSF‚ Lubrizol‚ Dairy Queen‚ Fruit of the Loom‚ Helzberg Diamonds‚ FlightSafety International‚ and Netjets. It also owns half of Heinz and has significant minority holdings in American Express‚ Coca-Cola Company‚ Wells Fargo‚ IBM‚ and Restaurant
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price of both Berkshire Hathaway Ltd and Scottish Power. A valuation is conducted to assess whether the $5.1 billion dollars is a fair price. An analysis of Warren Buffet as a superior investor and how this contradicts finance theory and the semi strong form of efficiency. Then on a personal level the ethics and social responsibility
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BANKING ACADEMY OF VIETNAM BTEC HND IN BUSINESS (ACCOUNTING) ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET NAME OF STUDENT Hoang Nang Le Minh REGISTRATION NO. F06 - 090 UNIT TITLE Unit 3: Organisations and Behaviour ASSIGNMENT TITLE Berkshire Hathaway ASSIGNMENT NO 1 of 2 NAME OF ASSESSOR Ms Le Thu Hanh SUBMISSION DEADLINE I‚ ___________Minh_______________ hereby confirm that this assignment is my own work and not copied or plagiarized from any source. I have referenced the sources from
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For the purpose of this analysis‚ I will examine Berkshire Hathaway and its long standing CEO Warren Buffet. In some circles‚ the name Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffet himself are synonymous with ethics in business. In March 2011‚ the Wall Street Journal reported on the departure of Buffett’s long-standing lieutenant David Sokol‚ often thought to be the imminent successor after Buffett’s retirement (Ovide‚ 2011). As published in the article‚ Buffett made it clear how important it is to avoid
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Suggested Questions 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.55 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. Assess the bid for PacifiCorp
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