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Investors Seeking Sustainability Gain Confidence Through Screening

Brown Advisory

Investors Seeking Sustainability Gain Confidence Through Screening achen Mon, 09/12/2016 - 09:40 Some Wal-Mart stores sell rifles, some Starbucks coffee shops sell alcohol and GE builds engines for jet fighters and bombers. This communication and any accompanying documents are confidential and privileged.

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Investors Seeking Sustainability Gain Confidence Through Screening

Brown Advisory

Mon, 09/12/2016 - 09:40. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) said in April that it missed out on as much as $3 billion in gains between 2001, when it started to sell its tobacco stocks, until the end of 2014, when it completed the divestment. Investors Seeking Sustainability Gain Confidence Through Screening.

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Should the CFP Board police financial advisor “bad apples”? The debate continues! (Part Two)

Sara Grillo

Wright: Yes, So yes, is the quick answer, the more convoluted answer would be that we should control internally… We’re a fraternity of ethics and competency testing that should be different from the SEC. Salaske: Right, now.

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2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Insurance operations in total contributed about 20% of Berkshire’s revenue in 2016, and about 6% of pretax income came from insurance underwriting profits. billion of investable float in 2016, which partially funds Berkshire’s $260 billion investment portfolio. More importantly, insurance contributed $91.5 annualized compared with 6.9%

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2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Insurance operations in total contributed about 20% of Berkshire’s revenue in 2016, and about 6% of pretax income came from insurance underwriting profits. billion of investable float in 2016, which partially funds Berkshire’s $260 billion investment portfolio. More importantly, insurance contributed $91.5 annualized compared with 6.9%

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2019 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Buffett has invested in companies that had retired 70% of their shares over time, so he likes the idea of companies buying shares at a discount to intrinsic value. Buffett praised Abel and Jain for their accomplishments and their knowledge of the businesses and work ethic, and invited questions for them as well.

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2019 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Buffett has invested in companies that had retired 70% of their shares over time, so he likes the idea of companies buying shares at a discount to intrinsic value. Buffett praised Abel and Jain for their accomplishments and their knowledge of the businesses and work ethic, and invited questions for them as well.