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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: Numbers
Date: 07/03/25 4:43 PM
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If you're interested in circles, don't buy a square.

And in particular, if you DO buy a square, don't keep asking for rounding the corners.

Dividends are like hats. The company can let its stock go up in price. You can sell some, and buy a hat you like, cheap or expensive or none at all. Or the company can pick a single hat that they think will suit every shareholder, and mail the same hat to everybody whether they want it or not, without any consideration of the fit or cost.

Dividends are either too big or too small an amount for almost everybody.

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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