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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: Baybrooke ✸  😊 😞
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Subject: IBM Crash
Date: 07/14/26 10:55 PM
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Not exactly OT since Berkshire used to own IBM.

IBM crashed 25% today (July 14):
Yahoo Finance: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Stock Price, News, Quote & History

It's a sharp reminder of the perils of single-stock concentration. Many here are heavily concentrated in Berkshire. Of course, Berkshire as a conglomerate, is orders of magnitude more diversified than IBM. Still, it makes you wonder: on unexpected, company-specific bad news, how much would Berkshire decline? Not as part of a broader, market-wide drop caused by an exogenous event, but rather on company-specific news like what happened to IBM today. Listing the kinds of negative surprises that could potentially occur may help us be better prepared if any were to actually materialize.
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