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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" 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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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
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Author: mungofitch ✹✺ SILVER
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Subject: Re: Adding zeros to Berkshire
Date: 02/18/24 6:24 AM
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Care to take a guess on how long the next zero will take? 70 years maybe? The train is definitely slowing....

Depends a bit on inflation.
e.g., it could be managed in 21 years of 7%/year real growth in value per share, inflation of 4.1%, and no change in valuation multiples.
That would be a bit optimistic on the value growth and bit pessimistic on the inflation, but the numbers work : )

Or 25 years of 6.5%/year real growth in value and inflation of 3.15%.
Or 30 years of 6%/year real growth in value and inflation of 2%. That one sounds possible.

Or 35 years of 4.8%/year real growth in value and inflation of 2%. Sounds like getting close to worst case, barring catastrophe.

Jim
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