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The week's question
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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Author: oldmarket ✸  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: S&P vs. Rodriguez-Chart
Date: 09/21/23 1:09 PM
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<<Is it nice?

If inflation is running at 4% you're earning 1%.

I have a large stake in Berkshire. And I'd rather keep it invested in Berkshire. Even if forward returns are temporarily low.

Because the other option is to sell and earn 1% while you hem and haw about what to do with the cash and if now's the right time to reinvest.>>

The vast majority of my net worth is in Berkshire. The only way I can justify
having so much in Berkshire is by having way more than a couple years of
living expenses in cash.

So I am using something of a Barbell approach with my having so much in
BRK and cash. What Carol says about cash earning 1% is true when you look
at the cash only but I choose to look at the whole pie.

There is an old saying in Financial Planning that there are not good
or bad investments but appropriate or inappropriate investments.

Am I maximizing returns? Of course not but I recommend to even seasoned
investors that I know that they read Chapter 3 in the excellent
book The Psychology of Money titled "Never Enough."


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