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Adam J. Mead

@brk_student

Practicing capital allocator: meadcm.com;
Author of book on $BRKA $BRKB $BRK (brkbook.com);
watchlistinvesting.com
Not investment advice

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Is it deja vu at $BRKB? The BRK Renewables unit is forming a JV with $OXY to extract lithium from Berkshire's California geothermal wells. Back 30 years ago a similar project failed to commercialize zinc recovery. Let's hope better technology saves the day!

Is it deja vu at $BRKB? The BRK Renewables unit is forming a JV with $OXY to extract lithium from Berkshire's California geothermal wells. Back 30 years ago a similar project failed to commercialize zinc recovery. Let's hope better technology saves the day!
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Which (currently public) companies would you consider to be the best capital allocators? What's your top 3 or top 5? And what makes them special?

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Highly recommend reading this latest piece by Drew Estes on Commercial Evolution. It crosses biology with economics with investing. Enjoy! substack.com/home/post/p-14…

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What are your favorite stock screeners? I'm looking for one (preferably free) that allows downloads to Excel without limiting the # of rows, etc.

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Berkshire's market cap averaged about $20 million in 1965 (WB started buying at under $10 million). Buffett has presided over a 50,000x increase in Berkshire's market value. Here's the most incredible part: Outstanding shares have gone from about 1.08 million in 1965 to 1.4

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If you were to create a stack of $100 bills worth $1 trillion it would be 678 miles high. That’s higher than the International Space Station orbits the Earth! (Image from Dall-E.) $BRKA $BRKB

If you were to create a stack of $100 bills worth $1 trillion it would be 678 miles high. That’s higher than the International Space Station orbits the Earth! (Image from Dall-E.) $BRKA $BRKB
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There are many other things to say about Berkshire's financial accomplishments — the dollars and cents. What I’ve come to cherish most about Buffett, Munger, and Berkshire are the life lessons. I’m so much better a person because these men existed. Too many lay observers (and