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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", sykesix asked the members: "What do you do if you arrive early at movie besides go to the snack bar?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
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Author: ciao8 ✶🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: 3Q 2026 Summary
Date: 11/08/26 1:22 PM
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Reading the top 5 summary having 2/3 of the equity holdings & they are all in the A-B-C’s reminded me of the 1993 Adam Smith interview...& we still have 23 letters to go!
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“Warren Buffett famously gave this advice in a 1993 TV interview with Adam Smith (George Goodman) for the show Money
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When asked how a young investor with limited capital should approach analyzing thousands of public companies, the exchange went like this:

Adam SmithẠIf a younger Warren Buffett were coming into the investment field today, what areas would you tell him to point himself

Warren Buffett: "I'd tell him to do exact same thing I did 40 years ago, which is to learn about every company in the United States that has public securities.

Adam Smith: "But there's 27,000 public companies!"

Warren Buffett: "Well, start with the A's."
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This community has written 22,499 posts about Berkshire Hathaway. The article-length ones it recommended most:
BRK: Why Not XOM? · 62 recs · 2024
Second quarter comments · 60 recs · 2023
Berkshire's Profit Contributors · 58 recs · 2023
Summary of 2Q 2026 · 55 recs · 2026
3Q Summary · 53 recs · 2024
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