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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: mungofitch 🐝🐝🐝 GOLD
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Subject: Re: DG on sale today
Date: 08/17/23 4:08 PM
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Current price $160.95. I just bought a bit more.
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Puts look juicy as well.


I tend to go for put writing when I like the stock, but it's not QUITE cheap enough to make me jump. ATD.TO might count on that front for me, as an example.
But I don't find that problem for DG at this juncture...upside looks very solid to me.
I bought some Jan 2026 calls. The implied interest rates are unpalatable at something like 6.4%/year, but hey, life needs entertainment.

Here's a really really bad way to invest: the shares of growing firms will hit fresh all time high prices from time to time. After a bubble it will be a very long wait, but otherwise a more moderate time frame.
How well would you do on a stock if that happened within N years, for various values of N?
For DG, a return to the all time high from last year would get you a nominal 17.7%/year return if it took 3 more years to be revisited, and 8.5%/year if it took 6 more years.

Jim
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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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