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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: CapitalAlligator   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Hard to be a stock picker about now
Date: 12/15/25 10:54 AM
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In 1999 if you were an internet stock, you boomed, and if you weren’t, no one was interested. Much the same applies today to AI.

For me it's been harder to find value than in 1999, when general disdain for "old economy" stocks meant that a lot of them got left for dead. Back then I remember buying small moaty industrials with ROEs in the 20s at 10x real earnings. Now they're at a P/E of 20. I'm not saying there are no value opportunities in the U.S. market, it just feels like the whole market is bloated, across sectors (real estate and construction possibly excepted). International -- the UK, Europe generally, eastern Europe in particular -- seem to be target-richer environments for value, with the additional advantage that you can avoid or distribute some of the risks that come with the, um, new regime in the U.S.

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