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BERKSHIRE TAX HISTORY
At 14, Warren Buffett paid $7 in taxes. Today, his Berkshire empire pays $26.8 billion as he questions the rich’s tax burdenWarren Buffett’s first tax bill was just $7. He was 14 and earned most of his money delivering newspapers in Washington, D.C. He also had a...- Warren Buffett's analysis was correct. His temper was not. The bill ran into billionsThere was no bad analysis, no misread of a balance sheet, no industry he failed to understand. The company he bought was superb and remains...
- Warren Buffett on the difference between investing in real estate and the stock marketBoth purchases were small, and he says so himself. He tells the stories anyway, because between them they contain everything he knows about...
- Warren Buffett and his arithmetic: Why one might be better without dividendHe could have called it a record and nobody would have argued. Instead he opened with the bad news, explained why the number was not good e...
- Warren Buffett and IBM: Praying the stock price goes nowhere. The maths explains whyHe is not being clever. He does the arithmetic and shows you exactly how much a falling price would be worth to him. Then he turns on the a...
- Buffett asks shareholders to ignore his profit figure. Then explains how he could fake itThe rule is simple and almost nobody thinks about it. When a business sours, the accounts mark it down. When a business thrives, the accoun...
- The most expensive half-sentence in market history, and Warren Buffett wrote the other halfHe wrote it as a caution. Somebody published just one half of it. A great many investors acted on the half they were shown. Warren Buffett ...
- Warren Buffett: If past data told you the future, the Forbes 400 would comprise librarians; beware of geeks bearing formulasEverybody had run to cash and government bonds, and everybody agreed it was the sensible thing to do. Warren Buffett called it the third bu...
- ‘In God we trust, all others pay cash’: Warren Buffett had the cash and still has itBerkshire Hathaway lost $11.5 billion. Buffett spent $14.5 billion. And then, he told his shareholders about the two worst decisions he had...
- Buffett’s way of looking at businesses, or what we call stocks: The great, the good and the gruesomeGrowth is supposed to be the thing you want in a business. Warren Buffett spent one of his sharpest letters explaining why that is often wr...
- Top quote of the day by Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and Bill Gates: What do the world's greatest minds know about success? Timeless life lessons on leadership, wealth, discipline, character, smarter decision-making, long-term success, and why their strategic wisdom still inspires personal growth and better choices todayToday’s Top quote of the day by Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, and Bill Gates cuts straight to the real secret of success: extreme focus, ...
- Warren Buffett's way to distinguish a great investor from a lucky one. Which one are you?In a bull market, everyone looks like a genius. Warren Buffett, having just booked what he believed was the largest one-year gain any Ameri...
- Warren Buffett, Isaac Newton and the fourth law of moneySomewhere between what your investments earn and what you actually keep, a portion goes missing every year. It is charged by nobody you cou...
- Investing lessons from Warren Buffett – It is never too late to change: Buffett also changed how he investedIn this ET Prime Special Series, we bring you insights every week from the legendary investor Warren Buffett and also tell you how Berkshir...
- Investing lessons from Warren Buffett – The Double Dip concept: Benefitting from both higher intrinsic value and valuationBerkshire Hathaway’s success was explained by Buffett using a new concept: The Double Dip. As Buffett put it: Imagine a company that double...
- Investing lessons from Warren Buffett – Management should go beyond accounting rules to ensure transparency and disclosureRather than simply adhering to GAAP requirements, Buffett batted for providing supplementary information designed to help shareholders unde...
- Wealth quote of the day by Warren Buffett: 'You do things when the opportunities come along...' - Why patience matters more than constant hustleWealth quote of the day by Warren Buffett: The "Oracle of Omaha," champions patience and strategic action over constant hustle. He emphasiz...
- Warren Buffett offers Donald Trump some advice while celebrating Berkshire Hathaway's successBuffett opened the letter by acknowledging that he has occasionally made mistakes over the years without offering many specific examples, b...
- FULL TEXT: Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholdersFocus on operating earnings, pay little attention to gains or losses of any variety, Buffett said.
- Dalal Street captains do not find Buffett’s Berkshire hot enough; here’s whyRaamdeo Agrawal, MD & Co-Founder of Motilal Oswal AMC, recently sold all his Berkshire Hathaway shares, because he thought “they can’t give...
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