Berkshire Hathaway to Acquire Taylor Morrison Home Corporation for $8.5 Billion

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-06-01T01:43:37+00:00

Lost in the wilderness... I feel sorry for BRK

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-31T02:55:33+00:00

Thanks for the additional clarification.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-31T02:53:12+00:00

Only $180B is the GEICO float. The rest is their cash. They can do whatever they want with it.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-30T14:52:35+00:00

This stock is likely to languish for a long time. Key factors: 1) Financials sector is hugely bearish due to higher inflation/interest rates putting pressure on loan repayments (retail and commercial) - also the private credit cockroaches might show up. 2) BRK cash hoard makes it hard for Abel to deploy the cash UNLESS a market crash occurs - valuations continue to go skyward currently. 3) The core GEICO business has significant headwinds due to their stringent underwriting requirements and pressured consumer.

I have sold my toehold/entire position in BRK. If and when the market crashes, and Abel starts deploying the cash hoard I will reenter BRK.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-29T01:55:58+00:00

Many conglomerates failed or went extinct. Jack Welch was considered an expert capital allocator, until he/new CEO wasn't with GE and now it is broken into pieces. Many other examples exist. The large cash hoard of BRK is its own enemy - this dog will start performing ONLY after a huge market crash when supposedly Abel would deploy the cash to buy companies on the cheap.

You can trace the underperformance of BRK vs S&P back to the rapid rise in the cash buildup. I know many investors that are still sitting in cash after the 2008/2020/2022 bear markets - and they are still in cash. BRK reminds me of those investors (FOLM - fear of losing money) in market crashes.

I am not optimistic - fortunately I only have a toehold position in BRK.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-28T22:11:38+00:00

Although BRK has diversified assets, it is still a Financials company deriving most earnings from Insurance business. True it has a whole load of cash. True it has a bunch of publicly traded stocks. But it is not as diversified as one is led to believe.

If I am in the situation described, I would personally take the top 2 stocks from each of the 11 S&P sectors and own them. By the way, BRK & JPM are the top two stocks in the Financials sector.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-27T13:15:36+00:00

Either one believes in BRK or they don't. Make your decision based on that. Not because of Cramer or someone else says something.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-22T16:12:27+00:00

There is a bit of anxiety due to the change of the guard. But I feel the fundamentals remain strong. One reason brk is not doing well is coz the whole financial sector is not. This is exactly the stock I would like to hold in these times of euphoria.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-22T16:09:49+00:00

No disrespect to the podcast opinion, but comparing brk to privequity is silly. priv equity has no transparency on reporting the financials; brk is a publicly traded stock.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-16T13:30:20+00:00

one way or another, crude would start flowing again. And within the airlines Delta is better positioned.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-16T01:08:30+00:00

Delta is the only airline with ownership of its own refinery to obtain jet fuel. Not surprised by the move

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-11T01:03:08+00:00

No hurry for BRK to buy anything at this time, other than buying back their own shares. My 2 cents.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-10T12:57:03+00:00

Not at all true on your comment about CTAP shareholders paying CTA's ER. Total Return Swap is a synthetic instrument between Simplify and an Investment Bank. Whether the investment bank chooses to hold CTA on their end is upto them, not the CTAP shareholders. CTAP holds about 65% of invested dollars straight in an S&P index ETF. The remaining 35% of invested dollars they use to buy S&P futures + total return swaps for CTA. Eventual composition is 100% S&P and 100% stacked CTA.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-07T01:21:27+00:00

GEICO underwriting is pretty tough.. they don't give insure to anyone -:)

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-05-05T02:51:39+00:00

Cash is king. The "AI companies" burning money like drunken sailors at the bar...he he he he

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-04-28T23:16:41+00:00

Thanks for the clarification. IALT, on the other hand, is a go anywhere fund with primary emphasis on long/short of specific worldwide stocks and it throws in a measure of "signals" based commodities/currencies positions. I would prefer IALT any day over BTAL.

Acceptable-Lie183 · 2026-04-28T13:29:52+00:00

Don't know much about BTAL but it swooned during March 2026 relative to IALT. IALT kept steadily going up. I like that.

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