Understanding Berkshire Hathaway's Earnings and Reporting Practices

This chapter explores an audience question about Berkshire Hathaway's accounting practices, particularly the reporting of income from fully owned subsidiaries. It also delves into the implications of realized and unrealized gains on reported earnings, with specific reference to major investments such as Apple's stake.

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On today's show, our mastermind group talks about four different stock ideas that might outperform the market.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

The group’s intrinsic value assessment of $T, $STMP, and $RELIANCE
Why now is the time to short Vonage Holdings Corp?
Why activist Elliot Management is taking a position in AT&T
Why Stamps.com might still be undervalued after the stock just soared 60%
If Reliance Industries Limited is the Alibaba of India
Ask The Investors: How do I read the earnings statement for Berkshire Hathaway?

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Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members.
Preston and Stig's free resource, The Intrinsic Value Index
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Read Tobias Carlisle's prospectus for his ETF: ZIG
Tobias Carlisle's new Podcast, The Acquirers Podcast
Hari's Blog: BitsBusiness
Stig and Tobias Carlisle’s episode on value investing and the current market conditions.
Preston and Stig’s intrinsic assessment of Stamps.com
Tobias Carlisle's book, The Acquirer's Multiple - Read reviews of the book
Tobias Carlisle’s Acquirer’s Multiple stock screener: AcquirersMultiple.com
Tweet directly to Tobias Carlisle
Tweet directly to Hari
Join the Mastermind Group and the TIP Community for the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder’s Meeting

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