As the chart below shows, the conglomerate’s stock has easily outpaced the broader market, more than doubling the return of the S&P 500 over the last three years. Will Buffett make a big acquisition? Beyond immense profit taking, however, is the Oracle also getting out of the market ...
Here GuruFocus uses cash and cash equivalents divided by total shareholders’ equity as the indicator.From Cash to Shareholder's Equity (%) chart, we can see that Warren Buffett reduced Berkshire’s cash positions dramatically in 1999 to 2000, when the tech bubble burst and he was finding ...
Lamont acknowledges that the Saylor-Buffett ratio is not scientific, and that there are plenty of financial ratios investors could use to gauge the stock market. However, the ratio has a good track record of predicting bubbles. Chart by author; Data: Wise Sheets. The higher the...
the ratio was over 100% and the float is costless. A situation where float is costless is when an insurance company is earning an underwriting profit. BOBS still has a pretty good portion of its OA operated by float, as you will see in the chart below, which is always a good thing....
Warren Buffett has said other investors shouldn't trade like him and just stick their money in an index fund. But stock pickers seeking market outperformance can hold leading growth names for longer time periods, like Buffett is known for, by using just a few parameters. IBD Market Research ...