Post #8240 by Baltassar on the Berkshire Hathaway board

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certain tech and media companies will be out of favor

I have spent some time thinking about this as well. Since I don't invest in individual companies at this point, my issue has more to do with asset classes as represented by ETFs. Robbie's "synthetic" S&P going back to 1927 suggests that, with some basic timing (e.g. BCC > 3, which is really just DBE), you could have done OK in the great depression; though it would have been a rough ride, and you'd still have lost half your money along the way.

Here's hoping that's the worst case scenario.

Baltassar

PS: By way of imagining the great depression, keep in mind that American unemployment never fell below 14% from the end of 1929 to the middle of 1940. Hard times indeed.

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