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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: mungofitch 🐝🐝🐝 GOLD
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Subject: Re: Numbers
Date: 07/02/25 9:05 PM
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General weakness in markets & financial conditions would be better for BRK holders. It gives a chance for Warren & Greg to put that large stash to work.

Indeed. No matter how hard it would be emotionally, the best thing for the value of a share of Berkshire would be a deep decade-long deep bear market like the early 1980s.

Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for, as this would likely affect the price of Berkshire shares as well, despite being good for value growth. I found the stretch of precisely zero real price change from 2007-12-10 to 2013-05-07 (5.41 years) sufficiently trying. I remember much gritting of teeth.

Jim
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This community has written 21,448 posts about Berkshire Hathaway. The article-length ones it recommended most:
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