Berkshire analyzes purchases on an all-equity basis, so its evaluations did not change when LBO operators became less aggressive in 2000.
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Reasoning
Berkshire's internal evaluation method and whether it changed is known only to it.
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Warren Buffett, “Berkshire analyzes purchases on an all-equity basis, so its evaluations did not change when LBO operators became less aggressive in 2000.” (said 28 February 2001). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_2e31b8b41878, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_2e31b8b41878
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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