http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge en-us http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge ActiveKB NX johnprice@conscious-investor.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:17:35 MDT 20 http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/78/ http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/78/ Warren Buffett is very much a conscious investor. For example, he remarked to the shareholders in 1997 that he was once offered the chance to buy a company that manufactures chewing tobacco. He an ... John Price Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:10:56 GMT http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/76/ http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/76/ When asked this question during the Annual Meeting of Berkshire Hathaway in 2003, he replied, “About 40 or 50 years ago, I did a lot of talking to managements. I used to go out and take a t ... John Price Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:07:25 GMT http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/75/ http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/75/ Here’s what he answered to this question when he was asked it at the Annual Meeting of Berkshire Hathaway in 2003 as reported in OID (Vol XVIII, Numbers 3 & 4). “We read a lot—w ... John Price Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:04:35 GMT http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/66/ http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/66/ On many occasions Warren Buffett says that he never looks at forecasts by analysts and market professionals. For example, at the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway in 1992 he said, "If we find ... John Price Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:21:35 GMT http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/38/ http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/38/ There is no single secret. But one important key is to focus on the fundamental question of what return you can expect, and not on whether the company is undervalued or overvalued according to som ... John Price Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:05:38 GMT http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/37/ http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/37/ The main thing here is that Buffett has no control over the share price of Berkshire Hathaway. In his interviews and reports he never mentions the price, except to say that he would like it always ... John Price Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:02:00 GMT http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/36/ http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/36/ Berkshire Hathaway is a great company. But as Warren Buffett has said, you can still pay too much for the greatest of companies. This is the difficulty in deciding whether or not to invest in Berk ... John Price Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:58:33 GMT http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/35/ http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/35/ Warren Buffett regularly says that he can't find stocks that he likes. Then a few months later you find that he has been doing quite a lot of buying in the stock market. More specific points are: ... John Price Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:55:20 GMT http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/24/ http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/24/ Warren Buffett is very secretive about the actual holdings of public companies in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio. In the Annual Report of Berkshire he only publishes what he has to under the S ... John Price Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:14:27 GMT http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/23/ http://www.consciousinvestor.com/knowledge/questions/23/ Not only does Warren Buffett not use a computer for his investing, he does not even use a calculator. In the mid 1980s when he was asked about calculators, he replied, "I never owned one and wou ... John Price Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:11:09 GMT