Bill Ackman Asks Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger How To Analyze Financial Statements

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  • Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger describe how they analyze financial statements at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder’s Meeting. The question is asked by Bill Ackman of Perishing Square. Buffett talks about the Balance Sheet and Income Statement. This process is important in Warren Buffett’s investment strategy of calculating the intrinsic value of a company and deciding which stocks to buy.
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    @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +21

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    @vedantmenkudale6271 4 роки тому +373

    The single downvote is from Carl Icahn

  • @colinsmith6250
    @colinsmith6250 4 роки тому +504

    Bill Ackman has come a long way since he was asking questions at Berkshire Hathaway meetings.

  • @rossmoore1155
    @rossmoore1155 3 роки тому +58

    “We will be watching your career closely young ackman”

  • @InvestorCenter
    @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +6

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  • @chooselife3000
    @chooselife3000 4 роки тому +75

    Beautiful content, I love listening to both the old grand masters speak. Warren's long answers and Charlie's short answers, the wisdom is so huge. Many thanks.

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      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +2

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    • @icmull
      @icmull Рік тому

      The best is when Munger hits you with something out of left field like a mail order bride with aids.

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    @floxydorathy6611 Рік тому +88

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    @edgibbs3229 2 роки тому +11

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  • @Londonbern
    @Londonbern 4 роки тому +130

    Bill had heard the answer and became rich

    • @MrRight-fu1gf
      @MrRight-fu1gf 3 роки тому +4

      Was already rich! Rich since the 1990s.

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    @italianoemigrato8245 2 роки тому +1

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  • @brunomatias9124
    @brunomatias9124 2 роки тому +20

    Complexity, by its nature, provides more opportunities to be fraudulent.
    Even more for financial institutions.

  • @martinmutota9698
    @martinmutota9698 2 роки тому +4

    Charlie summed it very well

  • @imlkr_
    @imlkr_ 4 роки тому +12

    Hey great work! Would like to see more of these and also some clips of some great quotes that they said in these meetings ..

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +3

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    • @chriswinner2915
      @chriswinner2915 4 роки тому +1

      These clips are great!

  • @khoonyu
    @khoonyu 3 роки тому +1

    What year was this annual meeting? It's not in the video description.

  • @liverpooler1997
    @liverpooler1997 Рік тому

    When was this interview from?

  • @raqueldominguez7834
    @raqueldominguez7834 3 роки тому +4

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  • @kscs1192
    @kscs1192 2 роки тому +1

    what ratios should we use while analizing then?

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    @CodyCannon11 4 роки тому +16

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  • @maxmustermann5492
    @maxmustermann5492 2 роки тому

    When was this?

  • @maddysydney
    @maddysydney 4 роки тому +21

    Buffett answered for 5:50 mins and Charlie for 30 seconds- outcome same. Charlie simply explained that like a gas company has a lot more explosions than a sand company, financial companies have a lot more financial issues (errors, explosions) than non-financial ones!

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

      Charlie's answers are always concise and insightful!

  • @fascinatedbyeverything
    @fascinatedbyeverything 2 роки тому

    Which year’s meeting was this?

  • @Value_Pilgrim
    @Value_Pilgrim 4 роки тому +27

    The right question would be - knowing that financial institutions are prone to accounting shenanigans and misstatement...how can one still find opportunities in them? What factors should one evaluate as the pros and how does one get a realistic assessment of the cons to make a decision in the case of financial institutions?

  • @MrFreedomforyou
    @MrFreedomforyou 3 роки тому +2

    What year was this ?

  • @jamalbain5840
    @jamalbain5840 4 роки тому +2

    Very useful information thanks for sharing this 💯

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      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

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  • @hassaninvesting
    @hassaninvesting 4 роки тому +15

    Buffet always gives great advice! Keep in touch.

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    @thinhpham4713 3 роки тому +6

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    Thanks!

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    @reasadek199 4 роки тому +6

    Great video!! Three GOATS in one room!! Keep up these awesome videos 👍

  • @gordongordon98
    @gordongordon98 3 роки тому +19

    Howard Marks points out some red flags of being at the top of a bull market (and I added in what is happening currently that correlates with it)
    Lots of credit liquidity
    Very low interest rates
    A new financial instrument that is difficult to quantify and has no history = bitcoin (last time it was mortgage backed securities)
    New offerings get ridiculous valuations - AirBnb - Doordash
    Very high valuations - low returns (and high risk)
    That is what I can recall off the top of my head

  • @familyaccount6491
    @familyaccount6491 4 роки тому +3

    Hey OP, can you let me know when this video was shot? Would be nice to get the date (or at least year) to build context

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +5

      Mr. Uncertain spring of 2005! Make sure to subscribe to the channel for more investing content :)

  • @sutats
    @sutats 2 роки тому +1

    "If we don't work with them they'll go to our competitors"

  • @Nemi51500515
    @Nemi51500515 2 роки тому

    What year?

  • @shibisibi7131
    @shibisibi7131 4 роки тому +11

    The single best piece of information about analyzing financial industry :)

  • @felpswa123
    @felpswa123 4 роки тому +17

    I think they should have mentioned the logical conclusion that complicated financial firms shouldn’t be rated AAA. That is where the ratings agencies are still messing up.

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

      BluffaloSoldier 100% agree with that statement.

    • @MahanFan1
      @MahanFan1 4 роки тому +1

      That is the least logical conclusion within the context of how markets mechanics work, materiality thresholds and confidence intervals, the fact that sophisticated parties on the buy-side have the intellectual bandwidth to properly analyze/price these securities, etc.

    • @felpswa123
      @felpswa123 4 роки тому +2

      MahanFan1 You may be right. I am not an expert, and perhaps you are. But an intuitive account would be that it is problematic for a rating agency to say that there is little risk associated with highly leveraged and complex organizations that they don’t understand. Is your point that the ratings agencies can just trust market to correctly price risk? This may sound very naive, but the periodic crashes and volatility of the market makes me skeptical that the market is all that wise (even if investors are “sophisticated”). Or maybe u mean something else?

  • @robertpaulsin6109
    @robertpaulsin6109 9 місяців тому +2

    Misleading title

  • @korylehman79
    @korylehman79 4 роки тому +34

    This video helps explain part of the reason why the 2008 financial crisis happened.

  • @alexinvests
    @alexinvests 4 роки тому

    Great video!

  • @luizfiorentini9522
    @luizfiorentini9522 3 роки тому +7

    The fascinating thing Is that Bill by that time he was very likely analyzing MBIA, triple Aaa rating Company at that time, that Bill short It and earn an Amazing return (One of his most succesful trades)

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  3 роки тому +2

      That trade really helped Bill Ackman make a name for himself!

  • @astasna
    @astasna 3 роки тому

    Good question Mr. William Ackman

  • @cogitatione1
    @cogitatione1 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the post. Unless I missed it, could you give the date of this session. Would be interesting to see how long until the meltdown.

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +1

      2005! Make sure to subscribe for more investment content if you haven’t already :)

  • @MrFuckinglogin
    @MrFuckinglogin Рік тому

    I assume this is before Bill Ackman has become famous

  • @YouCanDoX
    @YouCanDoX 4 роки тому +9

    WB should have hired Bill Ackman after hearing his question and logical thought process

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +5

      Ackman would have been a great addition to the Berkshire team!

    • @rokyericksonroks
      @rokyericksonroks Рік тому

      He should asked about the role played by Moody’s in the GFC and al the fraud they failed to downgrade. Moody’s is owned by Berkshire.

  • @supertien832
    @supertien832 4 роки тому +2

    Nice vid 👍🏻

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

      Thank you!

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      @supertien832 4 роки тому

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  • @jimmywaltone6628
    @jimmywaltone6628 4 роки тому +21

    Hey, can someone tell me when this was??

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +17

      Jimmy Waltone this was the 2005 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +7

      David Alejandro Gonzalez Romero this was the build up to the financial crisis

  • @chriswinner2915
    @chriswinner2915 4 роки тому +24

    A young Bill Ackman!

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +1

      Crazy!

    • @alexg2150
      @alexg2150 4 роки тому +7

      He would have been almost forty, by which time he had been in the business for thirteen years. I wonder whether Charlie and Warren knew of him by that time...

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +11

      Alex G he has been a frequent attendee of the Berkshire annual meeting and has asked questions at multiple meetings. I think Warren and Charlie probably knew him by this time.

    • @alexg2150
      @alexg2150 4 роки тому +3

      ​@@InvestorCenter The meetings were slightly smaller in those days too.

  • @andyy6481
    @andyy6481 4 роки тому +1

    when was this?

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

      Spring of 2005! Make sure to subscribe to the channel if you aren’t already :)

  • @agaashagaash6320
    @agaashagaash6320 Рік тому +1

    1:50

  • @carloschu7127
    @carloschu7127 Рік тому

    The year is 2023 , he is right , again.

  • @vimalcurio
    @vimalcurio Рік тому +3

    Well it's more relevant now after what happened to svb.

  • @pascquallo
    @pascquallo Рік тому

    Which am is this?

  • @gisaelggg
    @gisaelggg 4 роки тому

    When was that? :0

  • @amartinjoe
    @amartinjoe 2 роки тому +1

    i tried reading Wells Fargo FS - I gave up. It's so complicated.

  • @LukeAvedon
    @LukeAvedon 4 роки тому

    The master speaks.

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

      Pick your master. Ackman, Buffett, or Munger?

  • @joei_sd_fishing
    @joei_sd_fishing 2 роки тому +1

    The irony of ackman talking about ethics. See what he did to PSTH, his spac.

  • @aw7108
    @aw7108 3 роки тому +2

    Omg I just realized....
    Is this channel a reference to investor center in Wolf of Wall Street?

  • @manuxaviour5622
    @manuxaviour5622 4 роки тому +1

    When was this happened?

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

      This took place at the 2005 meeting! Make sure to subscribe to the channel for more investment content if you aren’t already :)

  • @BeachBoi1000
    @BeachBoi1000 3 роки тому +2

    UA-cam is so great.. I got many answers

  • @peterlustig8778
    @peterlustig8778 Рік тому

    It's really funny hwo Ackman is asking those 2 the questions. The faces of Warren and Charlie look a bit more stern as usual..

  • @thelaw3536
    @thelaw3536 4 роки тому

    Woot woot!

  • @Lenny1337i
    @Lenny1337i Рік тому

    Well he got MBIA right, so why was he asking? He knew the answer lol.

  • @MoneyR8
    @MoneyR8 4 роки тому +3

    What year was this? Was Ackman a billionaire at the time?

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +4

      This took place in 2005. I’m not sure if Ackman was a billionaire yet, but he did manage a relatively large hedge fund at the time.

  • @tyler6266
    @tyler6266 4 роки тому +1

    What year was this in?

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

      2005! Make sure to subscribe for more investment content if you haven’t already :)

  • @kk22001
    @kk22001 9 місяців тому

    In the end bill just say f it, MBIA i'm shorting you!

  • @victornyamu2547
    @victornyamu2547 4 роки тому +3

    From this to the greatest trade ever. 2.6 Billion in 30 days

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

      He’s come a long way; that’s for sure!

  • @divyjain123456
    @divyjain123456 4 роки тому +10

    Is that that bill ackman ?

  • @josephmarschh6474
    @josephmarschh6474 2 роки тому

    Was this from 2008 cuz this sounds like 2008...

  • @checkdown3774
    @checkdown3774 Рік тому

    So what you're saying is, accountants suck at their job?

  • @pjb3194
    @pjb3194 4 роки тому +6

    Ackman lost all respect after valeant lmao "why don't the agencies per form due diligence"

  • @jorgemejia9441
    @jorgemejia9441 Рік тому

    The video title has nothing to do with the content

  • @AverageAngel
    @AverageAngel 4 роки тому +2

    financial companies are hard to read!

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому +1

      Yes they are! Especially when the accounting rules and regulations were different prior to the financial crisis.

    • @divyjain123456
      @divyjain123456 4 роки тому +1

      Keep it simple. Check the CFs and ALM

    • @pillsberrydopeboy851
      @pillsberrydopeboy851 4 роки тому

      🌟 The Investor Center - Learn Investing things got a lot more strict but for good reason. It’s really hard to fix people 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @thegoonist
    @thegoonist 3 роки тому +3

    5:24 what hes saying doesnt make sense. why wouldnt you blame the ratings agencies. if as buffet says the ratings agencies have no idea what the ratings of the complicated financial institutions are, they should state as such and give a NA rating or something. rating these complex financial institutions AAA when theyve really got no idea how to audit them is the very definition of misleading!

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  3 роки тому +2

      Jon Sm I agree! However, the rating agencies don’t want to not receive the fees they get from rating these companies. There is a conflict of interest inherent in the process.

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    @coolbrains142 4 роки тому +1

    Tl;Dl
    It CAN go tits up..

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    @mostlikely... Рік тому

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  • @knmfujiwara
    @knmfujiwara 3 роки тому +1

    Warren, if despite you owning and have access to all the primary sources of a company, can not make the determination if something is a positive or a negative, and that it can differ wildly in either direction - then that means that the whole financial architecture is flimsy, a mess, unreliable.

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  3 роки тому +2

      If Warren can’t figure it out, you know something is messed up.

    • @j.mmachage831
      @j.mmachage831 3 роки тому

      Could be that some of the companies are just too big to analyse well

  • @Tomherbs
    @Tomherbs 3 роки тому

    Simple: go on CNBC and cry how Hilton was going to zero and how frightened I am of people I love dying from COVID-19, and then hedge it.

  • @SCARFACE69247
    @SCARFACE69247 2 роки тому

    So it's all BS!?!

  • @devynfuriosi6612
    @devynfuriosi6612 2 роки тому

    What year is this from?

  • @davidj2616
    @davidj2616 3 роки тому

    which year was this?

  • @jo1948
    @jo1948 4 роки тому +1

    What year was this?

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

      2005! Make sure to subscribe for more investing content if you haven’t already :)

  • @raynandha5351
    @raynandha5351 4 роки тому +1

    What year is this from?

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

      2005! If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe to the channel for more investment related content :)

  • @kurtalder1622
    @kurtalder1622 4 роки тому +2

    What year was this ?

    • @InvestorCenter
      @InvestorCenter  4 роки тому

      2005! Make sure to subscribe to the channel for more investment content if not already :)