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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: carolsharp   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Hard to be a stock picker about now
Date: 12/17/25 10:26 AM
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I've been thinking of starting a thread about how best to make a few bucks if markets behave unpleasantly in the next (say) 2-3 years. Say, allocating 1.5% of my portfolio to an asymmetrical bet: heads I win a lot, tails I don't lose much. It's hard to say where the worst pain will be, AI exuberance or private credit.

I like the asymmetrical bet idea. What about:

SPXS: 3X inverse S&P 500
SQQQ: 3X inverse Nasdaq 100

If those indexes fall 10% you gain 30%. Fall 20% you gain 60%. Fall 30% you gain 90%.

Actually, that doesn't seem that lucrative.
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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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