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> <channel><title>Comments on: Give Buffett Credit</title> <atom:link href="http://alephblog.com/2009/02/28/give-buffett-credit/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://alephblog.com/2009/02/28/give-buffett-credit/</link> <description>Helping Institutions and Ordinary People Invest Better by Focusing on Risk Control</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:05:33 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>By: David Merkel</title><link>http://alephblog.com/2009/02/28/give-buffett-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-21081</link> <dc:creator>David Merkel</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:42:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://alephblog.com/?p=1484#comment-21081</guid> <description>anon -- http://alephblog.com/2008/11/19/ge-does-not-bring-good-things-for-your-life/
I&#039;ve said for years that they need to ramp down the finance business, and split the rest up into four smaller pieces.  They also need to reduce the cyclicality of their remaining businesses.
It&#039;s a valuable company, but don&#039;t try to catch the bottom; liquidity is scarce, and GE needs it.  It would not be impossible that it goes bust, and then the industrial businesses get sold off by the bondholders, while finance is wound down.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>anon &#8212; <a
href="http://alephblog.com/2008/11/19/ge-does-not-bring-good-things-for-your-life/" rel="nofollow">http://alephblog.com/2008/11/19/ge-does-not-bring-good-things-for-your-life/</a></p><p>I&#8217;ve said for years that they need to ramp down the finance business, and split the rest up into four smaller pieces.  They also need to reduce the cyclicality of their remaining businesses.</p><p>It&#8217;s a valuable company, but don&#8217;t try to catch the bottom; liquidity is scarce, and GE needs it.  It would not be impossible that it goes bust, and then the industrial businesses get sold off by the bondholders, while finance is wound down.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: anon</title><link>http://alephblog.com/2009/02/28/give-buffett-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-21079</link> <dc:creator>anon</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:49:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://alephblog.com/?p=1484#comment-21079</guid> <description>Hi David,
any thoughts on GE?
the stock is basically imploding...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi David,<br
/> any thoughts on GE?<br
/> the stock is basically imploding&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: PlanMaestro</title><link>http://alephblog.com/2009/02/28/give-buffett-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-21065</link> <dc:creator>PlanMaestro</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:31:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://alephblog.com/?p=1484#comment-21065</guid> <description>There are several quotable moments in this Letter. I particularly like his learnings from the Clayton buyout and analysis/complain on how to valuate its derivatives book
Any comments on Fairfax Financial and Oddissey RE?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are several quotable moments in this Letter. I particularly like his learnings from the Clayton buyout and analysis/complain on how to valuate its derivatives book</p><p>Any comments on Fairfax Financial and Oddissey RE?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
