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Re:Warren Buffett: Pretty Good for Government Work by nl on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @04:50AM (#1913658)
Perhaps he should have disclosed it. But at the same time it's difficult to find any serious investor with a mildly diversified portfolio who didn't benefit from the government intervention (from reduced losses if nothing else)

Do you have 401K? I bet that has some money in Berkshire Hathaway and/or Goldman Sachs. Do you need to disclose that?

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Re:Warren Buffett: Pretty Good for Government Work by pwhelan on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @10:02AM (#1914419)
Not only that, the BRK & GS deal was hugely publicized as were the favorable terms for BRK. Anyone who would care about it probably would have known that already. He is watched with millions of eyes for his every move.

Anyone who who owns pretty much any public equity can say he/she benefited from government intervention.

Full, unnecessary disclosure: Long on BRK, GS, C, BAC and others.

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