Thursday, November 22, 2007

Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery: Warren Buffett And Berkshire Hathaway

We analyze the performance of Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio and explore potential explanations for its superior performance. Contrary to popular belief we show Berkshire’s investment style is best characterized as a large-cap growth. We examine whether Berkshire’s investment performance is due to luck and find that beating the market in 28 out of 31 years places it in the 99.99 percentile; however, incorporating the magnitude by which Berkshire beats the market makes the ?luck? explanation unlikely even after taking into account ex-post selection bias. After adjusting for [...]

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[Source: The Money Blogs]

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