Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
Best Of BRK.ABest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of BRK.ABest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd


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.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (30) |
Author: knighttof3   😊 😞
Number: of 21938 
Subject: Re: Ot scaling back stocks
Date: 01/09/25 8:18 AM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 0
if the price pops up 10% the prospective return goes down, so a move to own 10% fewer shares isn't entirely illogical. ...
This equates to a strategy of a constant dollar allocation unless/until there is a change in estimated IV. i.e., the number of dollars of market value you keep in a given asset rise no faster than the value per unit of that asset.


This is gambler's fallacy.

Let's say the base assumption is that stock price = IV + a random number between -100% and +1 million % (not uniformly distributed) of price.
Short term, IV stays the same, price pops up by a random number. Why should it go back to IV? Slot machines have no memory.
Never mind that ANY price movement is a combination of actual change on IV (which can be sudden due to new information) amd a random walk.
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to knighttof3 here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
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
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (30) |


Announcements
Berkshire Hathaway FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Best Of BRK.A | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community