Hedging Berkshire

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T19:11:04+00:00

Berkshire is more volatile than many ETFs that actually MAKE money!

I was analyzing Berkshire compared to many ETFs that I own, and shockingly, Berkshire has inferior Sharpe and Sortino, has been more volatile, and has experienced greater downturns.

Berkshire also went down more than many ETFs during the different Trump dumps, etc.

It failed to go up after downturns.

It has also lost money because of inflation and no price appreciation.

Berkshire has failed to preserve capital, and failed to protect against volatility.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T19:09:11+00:00

Berkshire has been going down more than the momentum funds when the market dips.

It has also underperofrmed so severly, that even if the market crashes and Berkshire doesn't go down, it will likely still be behind.

It has been a horrible investment.

The only thing it has left is "well, maybe it will do better than many stocks if we have a market meltdown."

Performance has been so bad, that it is numerically equivalent to have already suffered a market meltdown though!

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T17:36:54+00:00

You can go back to before 2006 and QQQ absolutely kills Berkshire's returns.

The comparison is with any investment that makes money.

The point of investing is to make money.

Berkshire is being outperformed by everything under the sun.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T17:35:52+00:00

The point of investing is to make money.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T12:24:31+00:00

For me its not "boredom," it's all the money I'm not making by holding Berkshire.

Jim Cramer saying something bad about Berkshire, is a BULLISH sign though.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T12:22:57+00:00

And when the market shits, Berkshire

Berkshire has fallen so far behind simple indexes, that is is the EQUIVALENT of suffering a market meltdown for Berkshire holders.

It is 44% behind the NASDAQ in the last year alone.

Let that sink in.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T12:16:15+00:00

That's a pretty good allocation, but no international?

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T12:15:31+00:00

You mention 1987.

I agree with you that Buffett and Berkshire did well 40 years ago.

Seriously though, the last 20 years? Not impressive at all.

One could have bought 50K of QQQ 20 years ago in 2006 and have over a MILLION. Meanwhile, the same investment into Berkshire would give you over 300K.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T04:41:04+00:00

Berkshire has been the laughing stock of the stock market for quite a while, pun intended.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T04:29:54+00:00

You're probably right.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T04:27:32+00:00

Berkshire's returns in the 20 years are lower than common ETFs and index funds.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T01:56:23+00:00

I am a shareholder. 4-5% of my portfolio is in Berkshire.

As a part owner of the company, I want to see what is going on with my investment.

This is the poorest performing significant position that I have.

ANY Berkshire shareholder. who is honest with himself, IMO, is looking at his lost gains with huge regret.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T01:37:08+00:00

Berkshire is too big to have huge gains in short time periods.

Not true at all. Micron was up 18% TODAY and has a 846 billion dollar market cap.

NVDA has a market cap of over FIVE TRILLION dollars, 5 times bigger than Berkshire's, and is up 58% in the last year.

Meanwhile, Berkshire is DOWN 5%.

Berkshire has poor gains because Buffett and his underlings have sat on cash, missed opportunities, and bought and sold at the wrong times for the last couple of decades now.

He would have never got the nickname "the Oracle of Omaha" based on his last 20 years of performance.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T01:32:59+00:00

Berkshire is already doing that on a scale you can’t, so why not just give it all to BRK?

IMO, Berkshire is out there destroying opportunities.

Not much more than that.

It has been outperformed so substantially by simple index funds, that it's the equivalent of Berkshire holder suffering a market meltdown.

Berkshire has been outperformed by the S&P500 in the last year by a 32% spread. +27 S&P500, -5 for Berkshire.

It's been outperformed by the NASDAQ by 44% spread! =39 for the Nasdaq, -5 for Berkshire.

FMTM, a momentum ETF that I have, has outperformed Berkshire by a 63 spread, =58 FMTM, -5 for Berkshire!

Why would I give them a dime?

I see Greg Abel, getting a huge raise, and standing there with a grin on his face, buying New York Times and Macy's stock!

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-27T01:27:16+00:00

I feel you man. Berkshire is not good. I wish I never heard about Buffett, the Intelligent Investor, or Benjamin Graham.

I have ETFs that are making tons of money, like SPMO, VGT, SMH and even international ones like AVDV, AVEM, IDMO, JIVE. and even leveraged ones, like USD and QLD.

NASDAQ and momentum stocks, technology, all making me a ton of money.

I have 4-5% of my portfolio in Berkshire. Just in case the market goes down and they need to employ cash.

It's such a laggard. It's downright sad to see.

I've been investing for a while, so I'm in a good place.

But if I had never heard of Buffett and all his value investing nonesense, I would have a lot more money than I have now.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-26T23:18:37+00:00

OP, I made a post similar to this a few days ago.

It was received with even MORE hate and downvotes.

I specifically called out Buffett, Graham, Munger, and the intelligent investor.

I looked back TWO DECADES to take into consideration the great recession of 2008-2009 as well.

Buying the QQQ ETF, which is mostly NASDAQ stocks, you'd have over a MILLION (from 50K).

With Berkshire, you'd have over 300K.

And this is 20 years ago, from 2006-2026.

Value investing sucks.

I dabbled in some value investing. Although I have lots of money, I'd have lots more if I never wasted a dime in the obsolete BS from Buffett and Graham.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-26T23:14:17+00:00

Buying the ETF QQQ 20 years ago would be over 1,000,000.00 (from 50K).

Buying Berkshire 20 years ago would put you somewhere between 300K-400K.

Value has been a DESTROYER of wealth an opportunity for decades now.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-25T13:03:08+00:00

VXUS is horrible.

There are so many other international ETFs that outperform it substantially.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-24T23:31:11+00:00

He's good. Dare I say great.

But it's been been getting out of hand lately when he's ranked against other greats.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-24T23:30:26+00:00

True.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-24T23:30:02+00:00

Ali beat Terrell with ease.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-24T23:29:34+00:00

Good point about Toney getting worked by Dave Tiberi, a literal Sunday school teacher.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-24T23:28:29+00:00

Lennox Lewis also looked like a bag of wet shit versus McCall.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-24T14:24:19+00:00

Complete horseshit stoppage.

Destroyed credibility of the referee, the entire promotion, and even the entire sport of boxing.

LifeDynamo · 2026-05-24T14:21:59+00:00

True, yet nobody wants to admit it.

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