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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" 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: AdrianC   😊 😞
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Subject: Great Expectations
Date: 07/07/26 11:26 AM
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newyorkfed.org: Short- and Medium-Term Inflation Expectations Increase, Gas Price Growth Expectations Fall

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the June 2026 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that households’ inflation expectations increased at the short- and medium-term horizons and were unchanged at the longer-term horizon.
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The mean perceived probability that U.S. stock prices will be higher 12 months from now increased by 2.9 percentage points to 40.9%, the highest level of the series since April 2021.


AAII Investor Sentiment Survey:
aaii.com: AAII Investor Sentiment Survey

7/1/2026
Bullish 31.4%
Neutral 26.4%
Bearish 42.3%

6/10/2026
Bullish 30.4%
Neutral 22.0%
Bearish 47.7%

My answer would be neutral - who the heck can know?

The survey trend is less bearish. I wonder if it's time for Mr. Buffett to write another opinion piece, and I don't mean "Buy America, I am".
It would be nice to hear his thoughts on market valuation, if he has any.

Just for fun: Shiller PE Ratio:
multpl.com - Shiller pe

Current Shiller PE Ratio: 41.97
Max: 44.19 (Dec 1999)
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This community has written 21,448 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 · 57 recs · 2023
Summary of 2Q 2026 · 54 recs · 2026
3Q Summary · 53 recs · 2024
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