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Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter by Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) released its Letter to Shareholders [pdf] over the weekend.
Warren buffett biography stocks 2016 list Article Talk. Archived from the original on August 22, Omaha, Nebraska , U. August 2,Although the financial media will create some catchy headlines, I recommend reading it for yourself. It is only roughly 30 pages long and is always written in a straightforward and approachable fashion. Even if you aren&#;t interested in BRK stock at all, reading the letter can be educational for individual investors of any experience level.
Here are my personal notes and comments.
Bullish on America. This is a repeated theme from past shareholder letters.
From a standing start years ago – a span of time less than triple my days on earth – Americans have combined human ingenuity, a market system, a tide of talented and ambitious immigrants, and the rule of law to deliver abundance beyond any dreams of our forefathers.
[&#;] This economic creation will deliver increasing wealth to our progeny far into the future.
Warren buffett biography stocks 2016 calendar CNBC News. August 2, National Conference of State Liquor Administrators. Berkshire Hathaway.Yes, the build-up of wealth will be interrupted for short periods from time to time. It will not, however, be stopped. I’ll repeat what I’ve both said in the past and expect to say in future years: Babies born in America today are the luckiest crop in history.
Berkshire Performance. Another topic that has been touched upon before is that Berkshire is huge and you shouldn&#;t expect the amazing results from when they were much smaller (19% annualized over the last 50+ years).
However, they still plan on beating the S&#;P over the long-term.
Warren buffett stocks owned Shaw is the world's largest carpet manufacturer based on both revenue and volume of production and designs and manufactures over 3, styles of tufted and woven carpet and laminate flooring for residential and commercial use under approximately 30 brand and trade names and under certain private labels. Thomas Frist Jr. Archived from the original on April 13, April 26,If they didn&#;t, they&#;d tell their shareholders to move their money elsewhere.
As for Berkshire, our size precludes a brilliant result: Prospective returns fall as assets increase. Nonetheless, Berkshire’s collection of good businesses, along with the company’s impregnable financial strength and owner-oriented culture, should deliver decent results.
We won’t be satisfied with less.
According to Morningstar as of 2/24/17, the trailing year total return for BRKA is % annualized. The trailing year total return for the S&#;P index is % annualized.
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Not bad. (I should also disclose here that I own Berkshire (BRKB) shares in my separate &#;self-directed&#; portfolio which is a small percentage of net worth.)
Berkshire Fair Price. Another repeated theme. Buffett is authorized to repurchase large amounts of Berkshire shares at % or less of book value.
In other words, x book price is a significant discount to Berkshire’s intrinsic value. If you&#;re getting close to that number, BRK is probably a &#;good deal&#;.
Stock holdings: Not necessarily buy-and-hold forever. This year, Buffett chose to emphasize that he has never promised to hold any particular stocks forever.
(It does have no interest in selling its wholly-owned and controlled businesses.) Perhaps it is because he just bought shares of American, Delta, Southwest, and United Continental airlines. The airline industry has quite a rocky performance history. Perhaps it also to explain him selling all of his Wal-Mart shares.
Hedge Fund Bet. You&#;ve probably heard about this year bet between the S&#;P and a bunch of hedge funds.
Here is my hedge fund bet update. The short version is that with 9 years down and 1 left to go, the S&#;P Index fund is up 85%. Of the 5 hedge funds (of funds), the worst hedge fund is up only 3%. The best hedge fund up only 63%. Buffett and the S&#;P are very likely to win this bet.
I found it noteworthy that Buffett focused on the fact that no other hedge fund manager wanted to take the bet at all.
Warren buffett biography stocks 2016 Archived from the original on February 25, The Washington Post. Buffett took control of Berkshire Hathaway at a board meeting and named a new president, Ken Chace, to run the company. Chicago Sun-Times.Think about that. Only one guy was brave enough to step up, and how he&#;s getting bad publicity.
Subsequently, I publicly offered to wager $, that no investment pro could select a set of at least five hedge funds – wildly-popular and high-fee investing vehicles – that would over an extended period match the performance of an unmanaged S&#;P index fund charging only token fees.
I suggested a ten-year bet and named a low-cost Vanguard S&#;P fund as my contender. I then sat back and waited expectantly for a parade of fund managers – who could include their own fund as one of the five – to come forth and defend their occupation. After all, these managers urged others to bet billions on their abilities. Why should they fear putting a little of their own money on the line?
What followed was the sound of silence.
Though there are thousands of professional investment managers who have amassed staggering fortunes by touting their stock-selecting prowess, only one man – Ted Seides – stepped up to my challenge. Ted was a co-manager of Protégé Partners, an asset manager that had raised money from limited partners to form a fund-of-funds – in other words, a fund that invests in multiple hedge funds.
Buffett used to run a partnership where he would take a zero management fee and 25% of profits above a 6% annual return.
Hedge fund managers today take 2% of assets annually no matter what and 20% of all positive returns.
As usual, in this WSJ article Munger tells it straight:
When Mr. Buffett ran his investment partnerships in the s, he charged no management fees and only took 25% of investment gains after the first 6%. Berkshire Vice Chairman Charles Munger praised that fee model earlier this month at the annual meeting of Daily Journal Corp., where Mr.
Munger is chairman.
“I think it is fair and I wish it was more common,” he said of Mr. Buffett’s fee formula. “If it’s a bad stretch, why should you scrape money off the top?”
Rarity of skilled stock pickers. If anyone could identify another good stock picker, it would be Warren Buffett.
I don&#;t recall seeing this claim before:
There are, of course, some skilled individuals who are highly likely to out-perform the S&#;P over long stretches. In my lifetime, though, I’ve identified – early on – only ten or so professionals that I expected would accomplish this feat.
Best book of I am currently listening to the Audible version of Shoe Dog by Phil Knight and it&#;s quite good so far.
I&#;m only at the beginning where he bootstraps his shoe business from his parents&#; basement and has the guts to fly all the way to Japan in the s to ask for import rights in person. This book works really well as an audiobook.
The best book I read last year was Shoe Dog, by Nike’s Phil Knight. Phil is a very wise, intelligent and competitive fellow who is also a gifted storyteller.
Shareholder letters from to are available free to all on the Berkshire Hathaway website.
You can also purchase all of the Shareholder letters from to for only $ in Amazon Kindle format.
Three bucks is a very reasonable price to have an official copy forever stored in electronic format. (Updated paperback will be re-stocked in mid-April for about $ Don&#;t overpay for a stale physical copy.)
The Annual Letter discussed his optimism in America and his &#;Big 4&#; stock holdings. The Annual Letter discussed the power of owning shares of productive businesses (and not just bonds).
The Annual Letter included Buffett’s Simple Investment Advice to Wife After His Death.
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