Christopher Lam 43820832
Savneet Kambo 44677987
Jason Weng
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................2
Culture, a catalyst for Berkshire’s success ...........................................................................................2
Heir to Berkshire Hathaway ...............................................................................................................3
Graham & Dodd valuation model .......................................................................................................3
Bruner’s Disaster Framework, a risk assessment tool ..........................................................................4
Diversification of Berkshire Hathaway ................................................................................................5
Volatility timing .................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion .........................................................................................................................................7
Appendix ...........................................................................................................................................8
Reference ..........................................................................................................................................9
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Executive Summary
This report provides an analysis on the cases of the successes and weaknesses of Berkshire
Hathaway (Berkshire) including models that could be applied to avoid poor performing acquisitions, better diversification of portfolios and use of volatility timing. Success in this report is defined by
