Thought Garage

1-800-1800-800 is the number to call if you want to buy Auto Insurance in India. Have you seen any easier toll-free number?  That’s the number of Berkshire Insurance . That’s right. It’s the same Berkshire you are thinking of. Berkshire as in Berkshire Hathaway. Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway is all set to start selling Auto Insurance in India as a corporate agent for Bajaj Allianz. Warren Buffet is going to Delhi, India for a special event on 25th of March, 2011. One unique aspect of Berkshire Insurance is that it will sell auto policies Online and over phone only. And their toll-free number is the most easiest to remember : 1-800-1800-800. Anybody is already reading between the lines of Warren Buffet’s entry into India?

BanyanTree is a group of friends that hang around once a month to discuss a variety of topics of interest. I would like to share some notes and ideas from those meetings. The following is a Questionnaire from such a discussion on Value Investing moderated by Harish . I understand in concept what is value investing all about, but haven’t got a chance to read any literature yet to fully grasp strategies based on Value. For those like me that don’t know much about ‘Value Investing’, here is a quick excerpt from Wikipedia : Value investing is an investment paradigm that derives from the ideas on investment and speculation that Ben Graham & David Dodd began teaching at Columbia Business School in 1928 and subsequently developed in their 1934 text Security Analysis . Although value investing has taken many forms since its inception, it generally involves buying securities whose shares appear underpriced by some form(s) of fundamental analysis . -- Source: Value Investing...