murdockvdk

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murdockvdk replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 12:43 PM

Re: OT:Puerto Rico-tax savings in that lovely island

Way OT

I dated a girl from Ponce

I recommend it

Tom

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murdockvdk replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 12:57 PM

Re: A rainy day in Berkville

Bravo! Thank you for sharing!

Tom

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murdockvdk replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 12:44 PM

Re: METAR Contest- Cinco de Mayo edition

I'm just waiting in the wings :)

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murdockvdk replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 12:25 PM

Re: 2013 METAR contest...Q1 data

Thank you for keeping track of this

As the eventual repeat winner I will award you a double helping of victory gruel

Tom

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murdockvdk replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 10:35 AM

Re: WSJ on Railroads

"The environmental movement seems to really believe that the tactic of stopping transport of oil will halt development of the resource."

The war on drugs has also been successful with this same [more]

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murdockvdk replied to the Macro Economic Trends and Risks board. 3:37 PM

Re: Cheap Food Needs Cheap Labor...

"Peak Mexican" tongue firmly in cheek

Tom

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murdockvdk replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 12:02 PM

Re: OT: best ETF to short S&P

Well it isn't as bad as I thought...


Date Open High Low Close Volume Comparison - .SPX

10/11/2006 65.77 65.9717 65.49 65.6658 24200 1349.95
7/6/2007 59 59.11 58.66 58.7831 48300 1530.4399
10/31/2007 58.42 58.75 57.87 [more]

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murdockvdk replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 1:44 PM

Re: OT: best ETF to short S&P

I wish you luck but every short ETF that I have seen seems to loose value even in a falling market if held for more than a couple of days (even the non leveraged shorts) I don't have data handy but I bet someone smarter than me will come by with it [more]

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murdockvdk replied to the The BMW Method board. 12:56 PM

Re: Chart request DEO

Thanks Mike!

Tom

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murdockvdk posted to the The BMW Method board. 11:25 AM

Chart request DEO

Good afternoon, can I get a chart of DEO (Diageo)? Whatever time period you have available is fine.... I want to dive into it this weekend and I went looking for a chart and didn't have success.

Thanks
Tom

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murdockvdk replied to the Leucadia National Corp. board. 4:02 AM

Re: CWGLV comes to town - Crimson Wine Group LTD

You guys are correct – I finally received my Crimson Wine shares the other day under CWGL but curiously I still have the CWCLV ticker available via my iPhone widget and it only quotes that first day of activity (no other ticket is available). Maybe [more]

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murdockvdk posted to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 4:04 PM

Letter is out ...

http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2012ltr.pdf

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murdockvdk replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 7:57 PM

Re: Distilling Heinz

Thank you, for your responses – I’m finding the process of writing something to be better than just ruminating to myself like I normally do.

David you bring up to very important points

“Heinz is more than ketchup”

This is [more]

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murdockvdk posted to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 6:36 PM

Crimson Wine Group LTD

Good Day – I posted a small item on the Leucadia board about Crimson Wine

It may be of some interest to people here

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murdockvdk posted to the Leucadia National Corp. board. 6:33 PM

CWGLV comes to town - Crimson Wine Group LTD

Good Day – I noticed that Crimson Wine is now trading. When I look up the symbol I receive almost no information other than the current price. I not sure if other people have lookup services that provide them with more information.

I’m [more]

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murdockvdk replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 4:37 PM

Re: Buffett premium

I have a feeling that the next CEO will be approached all the time. I just hope they are able to continue the tradition of the abominable no man (Charlie). Doing little in the deal department and only acting on the fat pitch will probably be very [more]

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murdockvdk posted to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 12:04 PM

Distilling Heinz

Afternoon – My intention is to outline what we know about the acquisition of Heinz to highlight the unanswered questions that we should be aware of – If I have a spare moment perhaps we can also get to some rampant speculation.

Equity – [more]

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murdockvdk replied to the Pencils Palace board. 4:55 PM

Re: Anyone still out there?

Hola

Still here

Tom