In a guest post yesterday on the excellent Greenbackd blog, S. Raj Rajagopal made a case for shorting Berkshire Hathaway and followed up later with more details regarding valuation. Mr. Rajagopal is an MBA student at Cornell and has work experience in the investment field. It takes a great deal of courage to make a public case for shorting Berkshire given the company’s long history and loyal shareholder base. We often discuss psychological tendencies that harm investors and one such tendency is to dismiss opposing points of view without critical examination. Mr. Rajagopal’s case deserves such examination before rendering a judgment. Read this article for more details.