Berkshire Hathaway as an alternative to an ETF?

DazedInPontoon said:
I have generally considered this a positive and not a negative. World's strongest market and world's reserve currency.
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the world's reserve currency can have huge falls, it went from an exchange rate of $0.9 to 1 euro in 2001 all the way down to $1.47 to 1 euro in 2008 thats a huge fall for international investors. Remember 2001 was also the height of the first US tech bubble which resulted in huge falls for both US stock markets and dollar, very painful for international investors. I was an investor in US stocks back in 2011, and it was great buying them when priced in cheap dollars back then.
Of course the Trump tariff thing is having a short term positive for US dollar but that is actually going to make the US even more expensive and uncompetitive, its very early days in the Trump thing. Every dog has its day
 
Not arguing with what you're saying, I just see greater risk in the other direction. You're always taking risk, you have to weigh the potential reward against it.
 
Brendan Burgess said:
people are looking for an alternative to ETFs and an investment trust or Berkshire Hathaway has been suggested.
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Just to be clear, there are also other large US/EU conglomerate companies that offer similar diversification in a single share that might be considered as a possible alternative to certain ETFs while not suffering from the relatively penal tax treatment.

For example:


 
mmclo said:
Access to small cap companies?
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I don't really understand the question. Maybe you can clarify?

- Investing in Berkshire Hathaway provides greater exposure to small cap companies that ETF's don't? It's a question really, I've seen suggestions that small cap can be an ignored area
 
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