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Down 45%, Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Are On Sale

Chad Brand submits: About a year ago, I commented on an article that appeared in Barron's which argued that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) was overvalued. In my post, entitled Barron's Pans Buffett's Berkshire, I agreed with the article that Berkshire Hathaway stock looked overvalued. A lot has changed...

Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Seeking Alpha, Chad Brand, Investment, Asset Management, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial

External links 2008-11-19

Valuing Stocks During a Recession

Chad Brand submits: Now that third quarter earnings reports have largely been released, I thought I would write a bit about valuing stocks during a recession. Having seen all of the numbers and listened to all of the conference calls, I am beginning the process of going through my...

Tags: Recession, Stock, Analysis, Seeking Alpha, Chad Brand, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Abercrombie & Fitch Co., US Market

External links 2008-11-18

Circuit City's Bankruptcy Is Great News for Best Buy

Chad Brand submits: A week after announcing it would close 20% of its stores, electronics retailer Circuit City CC has announced it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. While that really is no surprise (retailers can't operate in the red forever), investors should consider who wins from this...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., Retail Company, Bankruptcy, Seeking Alpha, Chad Brand, Retail

External links 2008-11-10

Valero Energy's Insane Valuation

Chad Brand submits: It is pretty easy to find ridiculously low stock valuations in today's market, but here's an example of the value present in the current bear market. Valero Energy VLO yesterday morning reported third quarter earnings of $1.86 per share, well above estimates. Call Transcript The stock...

Tags: Valuation, Stock, Earnings, Seeking Alpha, Chad Brand, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Valero Energy Corp., Energy

External links 2008-10-29

Analysts' Forward-Looking Estimates: Just Plain Nuts

Chad Brand submits: One of the reasons sell-side analysts on Wall Street are usually pretty bad at picking stocks is because they are reactionary, not anticipatory. Remember, the market is forward-looking, so what already happened is irrelevant. Here we are, in a recession, and by most accounts the economy...

Tags: Nut, Analyst, Estimate, Seeking Alpha, Chad Brand, Financial Accounting, Finance, US Market

External links 2008-10-23

Apple's Surprising Jump After Bleak Guidance

Chad Brand submits: I closed out the Apple AAPL position in my blog model portfolio in August at more than $180 per share after a 52% gain and also trimmed my clients' AAPL holdings at that time, but after the stock has been beaten up in the latest sell-off,...

Tags: Guidance, Stock, Apple Inc., Seeking Alpha, Chad Brand, Investment, Finance, Hardware

External links 2008-10-23

Bear Market: Hunting For Value

Chad Brand submits: During the last bear market in 2000-2002, there were dozens of situations where individual stock valuations looked down right silly. This bear market will be no different, and long term value-oriented investors can take advantage of the fact that in times like these, numerous bargains can...

Tags: Stock, Bear Market, Investor, Seeking Alpha, Chad Brand, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Halliburton Co., KBR Inc., US Market

External links 2008-10-16

Additional Resources

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. [Operators Instructions]. Your first question comes from Tom Wadewitz with J.P Morgan. Please go ahead. Thomas Wadewitz - J.P Morgan Good afternoon. Let's see. I wanted to get your thoughts on what the truckload market feels like relative to the last...

Tags: C. H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

Earnings calls 2007-10-24