$102,400.00

500.00 (0.49%)

11/6/2009 4:01 PM

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (BRK-A)

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A holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in a number of diverse business activities, including property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, utilities and energy, finance, manufacturing, retailing and services.

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Cyclical (3522), Nebraska (7), Diversified Conglomerate (16), Mega Cap (113), Casualty Insurance (76), Omaha (5), Insurance (168), Financials (1310), Conglomerates (16), Insurance and Reinsurance (15), Behemoth (31), CEO over 70 (6)
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Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$102,400.00
Last Trade Time:	11/6/2009 4:01 PM
Open:	$101,178.00
Previous Close:	$101,900.00
Daily Range:	$101,178.00 - $103,621.00
52-Week Range:	$74,100.00 - $151,650.00
Volume:	2,069
Market Cap:	$104.63B
P/E Ratio:	53.83
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5 Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (BRK-A)

Avatar bullishbabo (100.00) Submitted: 5/07/09 12:13 AM

Berkshire Hathaway is a collection of cash-producing companies and other holdings. On average, the holdings are above average companies. If you ask me, a collection of above-average companies will tend to beat the S&P 500 over time. Would I own any of these stocks on my own? Probably not, since I...More

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1 Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (BRK-A)

Avatar Barebonez (95.19) Submitted: 6/17/09 7:12 PM

I agree with Doug Kass here

After a two-month period of improving breadth and an advance that approached 38%, it appears that the upward momentum of the market is finally being tested. Typically, overbought markets are corrected in brief order, and four to five weeks seems to be the historical prec...More

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Recs 0 (BRK-A) CFOTOCEO (37.30) Submitted: 11/06/09 11:04 AM : Start Price: $103600.15 BRK-A Score: -1.58 The stock speaks for itself. The firm is a leader and is headed by one of the brightest Wall Street and business minds of my generation. Financials are solid, leadership is trustworhty and respected. The firm has growth plans that are beyond our traditional concept of long term. There is risk but the name is a hedge in itself against such risk. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (BRK-A) smittyhaggis (25.34) Submitted: 11/03/09 4:15 PM : Start Price: $101100.00 BRK-A Score: -0.25 It's Buffet baby! Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (BRK-A) globalsailor (68.23) Submitted: 10/28/09 5:51 PM : Start Price: $100300.00 BRK-A Score: 0.25 The ratio on brk-a and brk-b is totally off. Should be 200:1 not 30:1 Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (BRK-A) philosopherone (23.67) Submitted: 10/25/09 4:23 PM : Start Price: $100000.00 BRK-A Score: 3.39 Warren Buffet is the Greatest! Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (BRK-A) stefaith (< 20) Submitted: 10/20/09 4:01 AM : Start Price: $100950.00 BRK-A Score: 4.00 The market seems to have forgotten everything about Berkshire that is important. Buffets bet on GS has already earned billions. GE is not in the money yet, but the point to remember is that Berkshire is still getting a hefty 10% on its loan, no losses here. Finally the insurance coverage on the ovarall market will almost certainly prove very profitable. The only weakness is in Berkshires's investment in building related businesses, and this represents only a small percentage of the company's portfolio Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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