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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: Mark   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Buffett, will he shock most of us ?
Date: 02/24/25 9:56 AM
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What do you think Buffett thinks of this, “ arbitrage play”. Can’t they let Charlie rip for a while? It’s legal and fully disclosed but Buffett would eat a salad with low cal dressing before he would bless this nonsense.

I think he despises such things. Remember his adage about the big block of gold in his letter a few years/decades ago? And furthermore, I think that he "feels" that such things can never end well. When there is no true economic value, eventually there is no true financial value. I suppose there will always be uninformed investors out there to be taken advantage of by clever folks who want to get rich without providing true economic value.
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