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Berkshire Hathaway 2016 Letter to Shareholders
Warren Buffett · Passages from the same work, in order.
Berkshire 2016 Letter, Excerpt 1
By the early 1990s, however, our focus was changing to the outright ownership of businesses, a shift that materially diminished the relevance of…
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Berkshire 2016 Letter, Excerpt 2
We’ve experienced both outcomes: As is the case in marriage, business acquisitions often deliver surprises after the “I do’s.” I’ve made some dumb…
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Berkshire 2016 Letter, Excerpt 3
We have no quarrel with the asymmetrical accounting that applies here. But, over time, it necessarily widens the gap between Berkshire’s intrinsic…
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Berkshire 2016 Letter, Excerpt 4
Over time, stock prices gravitate toward intrinsic value. That’s what has happened at Berkshire, a fact explaining why the company’s 52-year…
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