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Old 10-03-2007, 09:51 PM
QuarterTon QuarterTon is offline
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Default Berkshire Hathaway why dont more people buy into it?

Hi, I'm an investing n00b, i really know nothing about anything in this field. I've been doing as much reading as possible and it seems like bershire hathaway has produced something like 25% annual gains on average in the last 25 years... why dont more people buy into this? Do people not sell very often?

I realize the class A shares are like 120K per share but what about the class B shares that are about 1/30 the price (~4K)?
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Old 10-03-2007, 10:09 PM
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Default Re: Berkshire Hathaway why dont more people buy into it?

Recently preformance hasnt been much greater then the S&P 500 as a whole. Its harder to make 25% on 100 billion then it is on less amounts of money.
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Old 10-03-2007, 10:25 PM
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Default Re: Berkshire Hathaway why dont more people buy into it?

ah ic that makes a lot of sense. thanks 4Aces

so does that mean that its generally considered not a good investment nowadays?
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Old 10-03-2007, 10:47 PM
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Default Re: Berkshire Hathaway why dont more people buy into it?

I think in the recent past it has beat the S&P by a few % annualized. so it might still be good.

some people say there is to much unknown about what happens when buffet leaves.
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Old 10-03-2007, 11:28 PM
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Default Re: Berkshire Hathaway why dont more people buy into it?

When is buffet leaving?
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Old 10-03-2007, 11:30 PM
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Default Re: Berkshire Hathaway why dont more people buy into it?

When he dies or gets very sick?
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Old 10-04-2007, 12:08 AM
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Default Re: Berkshire Hathaway why dont more people buy into it?

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When is buffet leaving?

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I think he's delayed his retirement:

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ZOMG! Have you seen the price of heating oil these days?

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Old 10-04-2007, 07:29 AM
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Default Re: Berkshire Hathaway why dont more people buy into it?

Wasn't he looking for a protege fairly recently?
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Old 10-04-2007, 09:08 AM
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Default Re: Berkshire Hathaway why dont more people buy into it?

still is I think. And yeah, its much harder to turn 100 billion into 500 billion than 20 into 100.
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