{"id":441015,"date":"2010-03-17T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087194156628161158.post-5601547076491280407"},"modified":"2010-03-17T13:42:27","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T17:42:27","slug":"greenbackd-com-the-short-case-for-berkshire-hathaway-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/441015","title":{"rendered":"GREENBACKD.COM: The short case for Berkshire Hathaway Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->March 17, 2010<\/p>\n<p>S. Raj Rajagopal has provided a guest post outlining his argument for  a short position in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/finance?q=NYSE:BRK.A\" rel=\"nofollow\">Berkshire  Hathaway Inc.<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/symbol\/brk.a\" alt=\"Berkshire Hathaway Inc.\" title=\"Berkshire Hathaway Inc.\">BRK.A<\/a>,  <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/symbol\/brk.b\" alt=\"BERKSHIRE HATH HLD  B\" title=\"BERKSHIRE HATH HLD B\">BRK.B<\/a>) Raj is an MBA student at  Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University graduating  in May this year. He has worked as a portfolio manager at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnson.cornell.edu\/parkercenter\/cayugafund.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cayuga Fund, LLC<\/a>, the Johnson Graduate School\u2019s $12M  hedge fund, and is<strong> <\/strong>currently seeking full-time  employment in the investment management area<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Raj\u2019s  short case for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/finance?q=NYSE:BRK.A\" rel=\"nofollow\">Berkshire Hathaway Inc.<\/a> is set out below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Click to enlarge)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_1_1_thumb1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3794\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_2_1_thumb1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3797\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_3_1_thumb1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3798\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_4_1_thumb1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3799\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_5.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_5_1_thumb1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3801\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_6.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_6_1_thumb1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3802\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_7.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_7_1_thumb1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3803\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.seekingalpha.com\/uploads\/2010\/3\/17\/saupload_brk_short_8_1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3804\" height=\"186\" width=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[<strong>Full Disclosure<\/strong>: I  do not hold BRK.A or BRK.B. 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Raj Rajagopal has provided a guest post outlining his argument for a short position in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A, BRK.B) Raj is an MBA student at Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University graduating in May this year. 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