Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Wow, Wow, Wow -- BRK Gained Nearly 17% Y/Y -- November 21, 2023

Locator: 46130NVDA.

From CNBC today:

Berkshire owns a vast array of well-established businesses, ranging from its crown-jewel Geico insurance to BNSF Railway to about 6% of Apple.

Shares of the conglomerate have gained nearly 17% this year after hitting an all-time high in September.

Wow, wow, wow, shares of BRK have gained nearly 17% this year after hitting an all-time high in September. Think about that. Seventeen percent in one year. A genius.

Let's look at Nvidia:

Yup, that 17% is pretty impressive. 

It gets tedious.

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