In a famed mistiming of the market, Whitney Tilson of T2 Partners published an article arguing that Netflix was overvalued.
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Among the biggest buyers were Whitney Tilson of T2 Partners Management, Bill Nygren of Oakmark Select and David Tepper of Appaloosa Management, according to datarama.
Buffett "never would have done this deal with a typical buyout shop, " said hedge-fund manager Whitney Tilson, whose Kase Capital counts Berkshire as its second-largest position.
Whitney Tilson, founder of T2 Partners, suggests that sometimes playing chicken with mortgage providers and missing a few payments could work in the mortgage holder's favor.
Just as I got done writing about how cheap and ignored Apple is, I receive an email from investor and Forbes columnist Whitney Tilson pounding about how cheap Berkshire Hathaway stock is.
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One top strategist who recently touted the value of such blue chips is Whitney Tilson, who, incidentally, was one of the few to warn of the 2008 housing crash before it blew up the markets.
Whitney Tilson, managing partner at T2 Partners Management in New York City, has been buying shares of Fairfax Financial (nyse: FFH - news - people ), a Canadian insurer and a favorite target of short-sellers.
In a highly unusual move, Netflix (NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings wrote a long blog post on Seeking Alpha in response to a previous post by investor Whitney Tilson making the case for shorting Netflix shares.
"We're concerned for him personally but the survival rate for this is virtually 100%, " said Whitney Tilson, managing partner of T2 Partners LLC, who says he still expects Mr. Buffett to remain at Berkshire's helm for at least five more years.
As I noted in a post a few days ago, the company was recently the subject of a bearish screed on Seeking Alpha by investor Whitney Tilson, to which Netflix CEO Reed Hastings responded in a point-by-point rebuttal of his own.
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Whitney Tilson and Glenn Tongue, managing partners of New York investment firm T2 Partners LLC, both asked questions this year after taking part in a drawing held in an "overflow room, " a ballroom with a video link that accommodates hundreds of attendees who arrive late or can't find seats in the main auditorium.
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