Don't Ignore This Chart!

Berkshire's "Flight to Safety" Breakouts (BRK/B)

Chip Anderson

Chip Anderson

President, StockCharts.com

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Continuing to look for "leading" technical signals that pointed to the market's recent crash.  It's always interesting to see how the country's "best" investor did.  Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway had a couple of interesting jumps in its stock price during the period in question.  Comparing the percentage performance of BRK/B to $SPX, we can see two big jumps in 2007 (chart above) and one jump in 2008 (chart below).  Of course, not all jumps in BRK/B are signs of an impending crash - but these charts show that they shouldn't be ignored either.

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Chip Anderson
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