What Troubles The Washington Post?

By Qineqt:The newspaper industry has been adversely affected by the internet; the industry has one of the highest short ratios. Warren Buffett, however, sees some potential in newspapers focusing on particular communities, despite recognizing the challenges that newspapers face in this digital age with regard to online content subscriptions.

By Zvi Bar:Many professional investors and money managers consider Warren Buffett to be one of the best long-term investors out there, especially among those investing within the public equity markets. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, is a holding company that maintains several large positions in well-known American companies. The majority of Berkshire's large publicly traded investments also have above-average dividends and a track record of growing them over time.

By Zvi Bar:Many professional investors and money managers consider Warren Buffett to be one the best long-term investors out there, especially among those investing within the public equity markets. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, is a holding company that maintains several large positions in well-known American companies. The majority of Berkshire's large publicly traded investments also have above-average dividends and a track record of growing them over time.

Like millions of investors, I closely follow the investing decisions of Warren Buffett. Additionally, I track his stock picks and routinely perform relative valuation to determine if any firm in his portfolio is particularly attractive at current levels. I recently completed such an analysis and in this article, I will be presenting 5 stocks which are most attractively priced in terms of return potential. The analysis was performed using the latest available SEC filings of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Ravi Nagarajan submits:Warren Buffett is not a proponent of using the concept of “synergies” to justify acquisitions and generally encourages Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) subsidiaries to operate independently. Business unit managers, or “all stars” as Mr.

David Kass submits:Warren Buffett announced on January 20 that he will not be seeking re-election to the Washington Post (WPO) Board of Directors at its annual meeting in May. Buffett has served on the Post’s board for 26 of the past 37 years.

Clemens Scholl submits:Warren Buffett has often visited Germany in the last few years, and he has also invested Berkshire’s (BRK.A) money in German companies over the years.

The Washington Post company is most identified with its newspaper, the Washington Post. But in fact its biggest source of revenue is its Kaplan subsidiary. Kaplan, in turn, is primarily identified with test prep work. In fact, however, its low-performing for-profit university unit is its biggest source of growth as Tamar Lewin points out in an excellent NYT piece: