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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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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
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Author: Uwharrie   😊 😞
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Subject: BRK, MKL, ???, ???
Date: 03/18/23 2:39 PM
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We own shares in BRK and MKL. We nearly bought into Allegheny a few years ago as it had the features listed below. The following is a crowd sourcing question for this esteemed board:

Do you know of other publicly traded companies small, medium or large having similar characteristics to Berkshire and Markel? The salient characteristics are:
1. Demonstrated reinvestment of funds generated by operations and/or, say, insurance float, at high ROE performance over a long period
2. Management predominately buying their own stock rather than selling
3. Management having the discipline to strike when the world is fearful and to not buy when the world is greedy.
4. In short, companies run headed by and run by C-suites in the manner of Berkshire and Markel.

I welcome any company names based in the USA or abroad. A future Teledyne in the making would be nice, but a maturing Markel-like company would similarly be appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Uwharrie
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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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