Notes today:

Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class A

 $535           in 1982

$610,086     in 2024

 

• $1 in 1982 has the same purchasing power as $3.12 in 2024. Over the 42 years this is a change of $2.12. The average inflation rate of the dollar between 1982 and 2024 was 0.15% per year.
• Berkshire  Shareholder Letters

Problem with these notes: some tend to run up against a deeply rooted feature of human cognition - the desire not to think about anything unpleasant…Sorry about that.

Btw, humans can only think about 4 things at once – according to the research team led by University of Oregon psychology professors Edward Awh and Edward Vogel. So, to help, we limit notes. 😉