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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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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
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Author: sutton   😊 😞
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Subject: I bet against BRK
Date: 07/19/24 4:52 PM
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Well, kind of.

I'm leaving almost all (well over 98%) of my BRK untouched, as always.

But as I outlined here ( sutton writes on I'm thinking this is the third time ) a few weeks ago, I have a smallish orphan IRA from way back in the day that is a no-tax-considerations tradable account that in no way represents $ I count on for my retirement. It's sat holding nothing but BRK.B for at least twenty years.

...and for reasons outlined in the linked post, last week I went ahead and traded this milk cow for some magic beans: 50:50 LLY:NVO. (Details here: sutton replies on I'm thinking this is the third time )

I'll report back in at least two/no more than five years as to how it worked.

One of two outcomes is possible:

1) I will have made more money than I would have otherwise,

or

2) I will have added further confirmation of Pascal's Other Law: “All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”

--sutton
who probably should have just spent the time reading.
Lord knows there are enough books piled up around here.
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This community has written 21,448 posts about Berkshire Hathaway. The article-length ones it recommended most:
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