Mr. Buffett singled out Burlington Northern, for which he paid $26 billion last year for the 77.4 percent he didn’t already own, for hefty praise. Here’s how he sees the benefits of owning a majority stake in the railroad operator, which earned $3.6 billion last year, on $15.1 billion in revenueWhat a cheap buy! 26/0.774/3.6=9.3, that means 10.7% profit a year...And Burlington still grows...
China again grasps the eyes from all over the world. How the state runs; how its economy booms; how its big population inflates...let these be the specialists' problems. Here, let me just open a window to display the ordinary Chinese ecnomical cells and their true values.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Burlington Northern -- a cheap buy
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