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colimaon May 05, 2018 9:45am
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RE:RE:Is this not a good thing
RE:RE:Is this not a good thingThe accounting change required Berkshire to report $6.2 billion unrealized losses in its marketable stock portfolio, which totaled $170.5 billion at year end, regardless of whether it planned to sell those stocks. Buffett has called the new rule a "nightmare" that would produce "truly wild and capricious swings" in bottom-line results that could, depending on the direction, unnecessarily scare or embolden investors.