@_BlockTrader_@F_Compounders If he had underwritten based solely on terrorism risk, Berkshire's exposure to the WTC on Sept. 11 would likely have been zero, based on those two terrorism events.
@F_Compounders He wasn't thinking about terrorism. He saw an enormous concentration of risk: 2 buildings, likely $4B+ of exposure, vulnerable to one fire. Same principle as Berkshire Hathaway Insurance: never put everything in one basket. Diversification isn't just investing, it's underwriting.
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@finance_schmidt@Valuehunte This is clearly a low-quality business. It has negative profit margins, negative retained earnings, negative shareholders' equity, a heavy debt load, and a consistently declining book value per share. Overall, the fundamentals are very poor.
"We tend to judge by the past record by and large if the thing has a lousy past record and a bright future we we're going to miss the opportunity."
-- Charlie Munger (BRK1995)