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Shadow Consumption

Brown Advisory

economy is in its sixth year of expansion, the housing market is strengthening, initial claims for unemployment insurance have hit a 41-year low, and yet there is one group that seems noticeably absent from the party: the consumer. Richard Gamper, Strategic Planning Analyst, Brown Advisory. . Rude Awakening.

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2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

It doesn’t manage for quarter-to-quarter earnings, provide earnings guidance, or have budgets and strategic plans at the parent company, though some of the subsidiaries do. Berkshire’s book value growth is after tax, while the S&P Index return is pretax. Berkshire doesn’t do strategic plans.)

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2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

It doesn’t manage for quarter-to-quarter earnings, provide earnings guidance, or have budgets and strategic plans at the parent company, though some of the subsidiaries do. Berkshire’s book value growth is after tax, while the S&P Index return is pretax. Berkshire doesn’t do strategic plans.)

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