pacifiCorp
For the past several years, Berkshire Hathaway had been unsuccessful identifying attractive acquisition opportunities, In 2001 Buffett addressed the issue head-on in his annual letter to shareholder;
some year back ,a good $ 10 million ideas could do wonders for us(witness our investment in the Washington post in 1973 or GEICO in 19760 Today , the combination of ten such ideas and a triple in the value of each would increase the next worth of Berkshire by only 1/4 of 1 % we need "elephant" to make significant gains now-- and they are hard to find
BY 2004 ,Berkshire's fruitless search for "elephant" had begun to take its toll. In his annual letter that year, Buffett lamented his failure to make any multi billion -dollar acquisition, and the bemoaned Berkshire's large cash balance that had been accumulating since 2002. "WE don't enjoy sitting on $43 billion of cash equivalents that are earning paltry returns," Buffett said. " What charlie [Munger] and I would like is a little action now
pacifiCorp For the past several years, Berkshire Hathaway had been unsuccessful identifying attractive acquisition opportunities, In 2001 Buffett addressed the issue head-on in his annual letter to shareholder; some year back ,a good $ 10 million ideas could do wonders for us(witness our investment in the Washington post in 1973 or GEICO in 19760 Today , the combination of ten such ideas and a triple in the value of each would increase the next worth of Berkshire by only 1/4 of 1 % we need "elephant" to make significant gains now-- and they are hard to find BY 2004 ,Berkshire's fruitless search for "elephant" had begun to take its toll. In his annual letter that year, Buffett lamented his failure to make any multi billion -dollar acquisition, and the bemoaned Berkshire's large cash balance that had been accumulating since 2002. "WE don't enjoy sitting on $43 billion of cash equivalents that are earning paltry returns," Buffett said. " What charlie [Munger] and I would like is a little action now
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