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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: Mrg5a   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: OT: Bitcoin FOMO
Date: 11/15/24 8:55 AM
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I do think it is a rather useless asset and does represent some awful impulses: greed, corruption, lack of transparency etc. But this populist movement seems to only be gaining momentum sadly.

If only a part of a larger basket of securities, I think why not allocate a sliver to calm the FOMO? Some stock picks have utterly failed, yet we do not seem to judge them in the same way we would buying bitcoin.

On the contrary, a 1-2% allocation to BTC becomes only 10-20% of the portfolio w a 10x, so it does become challenging allocating any sort of meaningful size. Only at larger allocations does it actually begin to make life changing gains (assuming it reaches the adoption they proclaim)
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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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