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raesene9today at 11:53 AM1 replyview on HN

You might find some areas to criticize Berkshire Hathaway but I don't see being lazy as one of them. This is one of the most successful investment companies of all time and they got that way by being better than most at judging when the right time to get in and get out of the market, and by putting in the work on researching where/when to buy.

Might there be opportunities they miss? I'm sure there will be, but perhaps finding those is just too risky at the moment, so they've looked at the options and decided not to invest.


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ywvcbktoday at 12:10 PM

> This is one of the most successful investment companies

It was for a long time. There is not a lot of evidence that's still the case (so far at least but even if the crash comes but its not big enough its not guaranteed they will outperform S&P 500 over a several year period).

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