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Author: rnam   😊 😞
Number: of 48466 
Subject: Magnificent 7 + BRK
Date: 10/28/2023 5:45 PM
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The "Magnificent Seven" should be expanded to include Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, one investment chief says.

The group of seven mega-cap growth stocks ' Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, and Nvidia ' have blown past the wider market this year, pulling the benchmark S&P 500 index into positive territory. Investors have wagered those select few companies are resilient enough to weather challenges such as elevated inflation, higher interest rates, and recession fears, and will emerge as some of the biggest beneficiaries of the artificial-intelligence boom.

Berkshire commands a larger market capitalization than Tesla or Meta, but it's not counted as a member of the Magnificent Seven because it's not a fast-growing technology company. Including it would provide significant diversification to the group of high-flying stocks, Worden said.

https://stocks.apple.com/AxpM6vx_lQSedab4aF70PZQ

A portfolio of 30% BRK and 10% each of the Magnificent 7 may work out well. Since Apple is such a big part of BRK, maybe a little less of Apple, say 7% and BRK 33%.
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Author: mungofitch 🐝🐝🐝🐝 SILVER
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Subject: Re: Magnificent 7 + BRK
Date: 10/29/2023 12:48 PM
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A portfolio of 30% BRK and 10% each of the Magnificent 7 may work out well...

That's an open question.

It certainly would have worked out well in the recent past to hold only the very largest firms. Since 2015, say. (other than the 2.5 years ending Dec 2022)
But it would have been a guaranteed way to underperform the cap weight index in the prior many years. Statistically the very largest firms have been terrible picks through history...till recently.
Random example: an equally weighted portfolio of the 8 biggest US-domiciled firms would underperformed the S&P 500 by 2.7%/year in the 19 years to end 2015.

So, you have to decide whether the outperformance of the biggest giants is the new rule, or just a passing cycle.
I definitely don't know the answer, but I would be very hesitant to build an investment strategy around the assumption one way or the other.
Especially right after the giants have been on a tear.

Jim
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