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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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Author: tedthedog   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Current Peak Book Value
Date: 03/15/23 6:22 PM
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From the PickTrader thread
The S&P 500 index showed knees at about the same times, with growth rates of 1.4%/yr, 13.0%/yr and 5.3%/yr during the periods 1965-1981, 1981-1999 and 1999-2020 respectively.
Knees in what quantity, please?

The later knee in the plot of log(BRKbook) versus time occurred around end of 1998 i.e. about time of the GenRe acquisition. I wondered if that was the start of a structural change in BRK, or given the comment above, if this knee was reflecting BRK's participation in general market conditions.
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