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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: Mark   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: I bet against BRK
Date: 07/22/24 3:39 PM
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I'm trying to understand your reasoning here, and I have a few questions.

I will never ever have a margin account.

Having a margin account versus having a cash account doesn't mean that you are required to actually USE the margin facility. For example, I have an account at one of the largest brokers for over 40 years, and it is a margin account, and I think I only used margin once (for a very small amount for 3 days while waiting for some securities to be delivered, DTC didn't exist yet so things were much slower) a few decades ago.

Betting? Yes.
Even Betting big? Yes.
Betting the Bank? Never.


Are you conflating having a margin account with "betting the bank"? Because that's not the case, even for people who use margin periodically it's not the case. Now, overuse of margin and stretching yourself to the limits is "betting the bank" in many cases.
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