Saturday, February 22, 2025

Buffett — February 22, 2025

Locator: 48411BUFFETT. 

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He says he did better than he expected last year. I think BRK-B appreciated about 15% last year; the market overall did about 25%? For me this is incredibly bothersome:

"In 2024, Berkshire did better than I expected though 53% of our 189 operating businesses reported a decline in earnings," Buffett wrote. "We were aided by a predictable large gain in investment income as Treasury Bill yields improved and we substantially increased our holdings of these highly-liquid short-term securities."

And this is why that paragraph is bothersome to me:


BRK is a great selection for those with a diversified large cap portfolio who want to "hedge their bets" and who want to sleep soundly at night. But ...

https://x.com/search?q=Buffett&src=typed_query&f=top

The letter

Picking the right 50 out of 500.


I've never understood the lure of an "unmanaged" ETF such as the "SPDR" vs a managed portfolio of the "top" 10% of thereabouts. Peter Lynch had a similar strategy.

The AI summary.

One word: incredible.

Two words: absolutely incredible.

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