

1998-Afternoon Session-BRK Annual Shareholders Meeting
21 snips Dec 1, 2018
The podcast discusses various topics such as exorbitant salaries in public corporations, estimating intrinsic value for capital intensive companies, using nostalgia as a criteria for asset purchases, importance of saving early, inheritance and taxation, analyzing corporate culture when investing, recent investment activities of Berkshire Hathaway, Nike, tobacco and fatty food litigation, factors contributing to the American economy, allocating capital and the Scuttlebutt method, exploring the internet's potential for Horshimes and Geico, investment characteristics of McDonald's and Dairy Queen, fixing failing schools and the potential of vouchers, and the year 2000 problem and its impact on the economy.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Exorbitant Salaries in Public Corporations
02:47 • 20min
Estimating Intrinsic Value for Capital Intensive Companies
23:06 • 9min
Nostalgia as a Filter for Asset Purchases
32:35 • 2min
The Importance of Saving Early
34:10 • 29min
Inheritance and Taxation
01:03:07 • 22min
Analyzing Corporate Culture and Investing
01:25:19 • 16min
Shareholder's Concerns and Investing Activities
01:41:15 • 9min
Discussion on Nike, Tobacco Litigation, and Fatty Food Litigation
01:49:54 • 2min
Factors contributing to the American economy and time spent on business investigations
01:52:07 • 2min
Allocating Capital and Scuttlebutt Method
01:53:47 • 25min
Exploring the Internet's Potential for Horshimes and Geico
02:18:48 • 2min
Investment Characteristics of McDonald's and Dairy Queen
02:20:31 • 8min
Fixing Failing Schools and the Potential of Vouchers
02:28:12 • 12min
The Year 2000 Problem and its Impact on the Economy
02:40:08 • 13min