The best investor of all time?

I’ll be looking for the book at Border’s today. I continue to talk about Berkshire Hathaway at meetings with other financial planners and mostly get glazed looks. I continue to ask why all of us wouldn’t want to invest alongside a man who is perhaps the best investor of all time (and a good guy with a terrific sense of humor, too)? More glazed looks. Maybe I should be thankful that only a few advisors pay attention to and invest in Berkshire — it probably makes it better for those of us who do watch the company carefully. Did I mention that since the B shares split 50/1 in January, what was about $70/share on the date of the split was about $80/share on Friday? That’s a bit over 14% in about 31 days. Maybe Berkshire Hathaway owning 100% of Burlington Northern Sante Fe is a good thing; at least the market seems to think so. (As if this wasn’t enough, after I wrote this, I checked Bloomberg news on my iPhone and learned that Berkshire’s 4th quarter 2009 profits were $3.06 billion, much higher than expected; if you want to see the 2009 annual report — the model for corporate transparency — go to www.berkshirehathaway.com.)

Have a great week!