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Again With The Berkshire Puts

Though he claims to be unmoved by share price, it is hard to imagine that Buffett is totally ignoring the crazy ride that is Berkshire's share price, or the constant drubbing the firm (and WB himself) keeps taking over the...

Ratings-Schmatings

Of course, by now you know that a few firms in the business of watching such things (but who shall remain nameless given the very real possibility of reprisals) decided to downgrade Berkshire Hathaway. Just like that. No appeal. No...

The Ghost Of Put Options Past

Berkshire, once again, laboring under the cloud of the long dated index puts the firm has sold, has hit five year lows. The fear is that collapsing indexes, against which Berkshire has written a number of long dated puts to...

Short Termism Hits Berkshire (Or Does It?)

We couldn't help but snicker a bit at the news, reported via Bloomberg, that Berkshire Hathaway CDS costs have "almost tripled in two months." Bloomberg attributes the soaring CDS quote to a series of equity index puts Berkshire wrote some...