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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: rrr12345   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Value, when to buy
Date: 07/05/25 10:16 PM
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"and I say—stop."

I take it you're not a fan of tactical asset allocation. :) I'm not either, but even Buffett sells when the price is too far above fair value, as he did with AAPL. I considered trimming a little BRK.B when the P/B was 1.78 on May 2nd, but I didn't. I would have trimmed if the P/B had been 2.0. Too bad I didn't trim, though. Trimming would have saved me a 10% loss on the shares that I would have sold. And if BRK.B had risen 10% from May 2nd instead of fallen 10%, I would have been OK with that. I just have to buy, sell or trim when I think the expected return indicates doing so. It's too late to trim now, imo, as I think that BRK is selling at about fair value, not 15% above fair value. When the expected return on BRK.B or SPY or whatever is less than the expected return on T-Bills, it's time to at least think about trimming. I would definitely trim SPY, or VOO, now. Now is not the time to be heavily invested in the S&P 500. So much for 90% S&P 500/10% short term treasuries. Even though over the long term the S&P 500 will outperform short term treasuries, almost anyone will do better holding less SPY right now.
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