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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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Stocks A to Z / Stocks D / Dollar General (DG)
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Author: rnam   😊 😞
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Subject: Compare DG, BRK, MSFT
Date: 10/25/23 5:42 PM
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Some 3.5 years ago, in April 2020, I had created a poll on TMF BRK board to select which of the three stocks: BRK,DG OR MSFT would perform best. Coincidentally, the share prices of all three were trading with a few cents of each other in the high $160s. I owned all three.

In April 2020, MSFT and DG appeared to be big beneficiaries of Covid lockdowns, WFM and government stimulus payments. In contrast, BRK was probably hurt overall.

Fast forward 3.5 years, BRK and MSFT were both trading around $339 midday, and DG at $119.

I expected BRK to outperform the other two, but I am surprised by how much DG underperformed. Maybe the pendulum has swing too far in the other direction?

Maybe it is time to rebalance, but as all my holdings are in a taxable account, and all, including DG, have significant LT cap gains, I am staying put.

I am writing this from memory, as I don't know how to find my TMF post and quote the exact numbers.
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This community has written 284 posts about Dollar General. The article-length ones it recommended most:
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