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Punoxysm comments on Look for the Next Tech Gold Rush? - Less Wrong Discussion

34 Post author: Wei_Dai 19 July 2014 10:08AM

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Comment author: Punoxysm 22 July 2014 06:32:54PM 2 points [-]

Berkshire and Goldman don't just buy-and-hold though; they are a large holding company that actively manages its largest investments and a premier financial services provider respectively.

Genius stock picks are only a part of the story. The more imitable part is finding a genuine business angle that earns the premium.

Comment author: [deleted] 23 July 2014 03:39:15PM 0 points [-]

I never said they buy-and-hold (although sometimes they do -- see Coca Cola and See's candy, for example). The fact that they actively manage their portfolio shows that they are able to pick winners. What they are doing is working.