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Investment Perspectives | Liquidity & Volatility

Brown Advisory

Fri, 04/01/2016 - 15:39. There are many ways to illustrate volatility, but one of the simplest is to add up the number of days in which a market moves up or down by more than a certain amount over a defined period of time. The core portfolio can “stay the course” and follow its long-term strategic plan. Multiple Risks.

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2019 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

It doesn’t manage for quarter-to-quarter earnings, provide earnings guidance, court investors with quarterly earnings calls and management meetings, or even have budgets and strategic plans at the parent company. Buffett places a very high value on this float but won’t give a number. He quoted Thomas Watson Sr.,

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2019 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

It doesn’t manage for quarter-to-quarter earnings, provide earnings guidance, court investors with quarterly earnings calls and management meetings, or even have budgets and strategic plans at the parent company. Buffett places a very high value on this float but won’t give a number. General Investment Questions.

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2019 Year-End Planning Letter

Brown Advisory

These conditions present a variety of challenges for investors; more germane to our discussion in this letter, they also present a number of planning opportunities that may require near-term action. Market conditions may be volatile, but our planning efforts are, as always, focused on stability and consistency.

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Transcript: William Cohan

The Big Picture

He’s really well known on the street and puts out a number of fascinating books, arguably a sort of parallel career to Michael Lewis. So that’s important, number one. RITHOLTZ: He had Bernie Madoff numbers, didn’t he? He is one of the co-founders of Puck. RITHOLTZ: Absolutely. COHAN: Okay. He was fine.

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2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

It doesn’t manage for quarter-to-quarter earnings, provide earnings guidance, or have budgets and strategic plans at the parent company, though some of the subsidiaries do. Berkshire doesn’t do strategic plans.) That can work for a while and sometimes climbs to extraordinary numbers, but it comes to a bad ending.

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2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

It doesn’t manage for quarter-to-quarter earnings, provide earnings guidance, or have budgets and strategic plans at the parent company, though some of the subsidiaries do. Berkshire doesn’t do strategic plans.) That can work for a while and sometimes climbs to extraordinary numbers, but it comes to a bad ending.

Assets 52