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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: DTB   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: More OXY. Less Liberty.
Date: 06/18/24 12:02 PM
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Even if Berkshire bought $60m worth of Oxy every day of the year, with 250 trading days in a year, that would be only $1.5b.
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Seems like you are missing a zero there



You're right, a million shares a day for 250 days would be $15b, not $1.5b. The whole market cap of Occidental is $54b, so $15b more would be another 28%; if he stops at 15% more (for a total of 50% of the company), that would be 7 more months at this rate.

So I got the time limit right, but in fact the $15b a year pace would sop up almost half of Berkshire's operating earnings, so there's hope Buffett could find alternatives!

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