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RT @DimitryNakhla: This is a great question. And a fun one as well, appreciate you asking. Here’s what I would have done differently than Buffett🐐:
1. Steer clear of airline stocks entirely. Even Buffett’s admitted they’ve been a tough bet—look at his exits after in 2020. For me, it’s simple: their returns on capital (~4% on average) rarely justify the cost of capital (~8% on average), and I’d rather not touch a sector with extremely poor economics, no matter the price.
Even Buffett himself asserted that the sector should be avoided in his 2007 Shareholder Letter $BRK.B $BRK.A:
“The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money. Think AIRLINES ... The airline industry's demand for capital ever since that first flight has been insatiable.
Investors have poured money into a bottomless pit, attracted by growth when they should have been repelled by it. And I, to my shame, participated in this foolishness when I had Berkshire buy U.S. Air preferred stock in 1989.”
2. I’d also probably dial back a bit on commodity-heavy businesses—think oil or metals—where margins can get crushed by cycles. Instead, I’d lean harder into asset-light companies with wide & sustainable moats—that don’t need constant capital injections but still dominate their lanes (e.g. $SPGI $MCO $ICE $ADP / more $MA $V)
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RT @DimitryNakhla: This is a great question. And a fun one as well, appreciate you asking. Here’s what I would have done differently than Buffett🐐:
1. Steer clear of airline stocks entirely. Even Buffett’s admitted they’ve been a tough bet—look at his exits after in 2020. For me, it’s simple: their returns on capital (~4% on average) rarely justify the cost of capital (~8% on average), and I’d rather not touch a sector with extremely poor economics, no matter the price.
Even Buffett himself asserted that the sector should be avoided in his 2007 Shareholder Letter $BRK.B $BRK.A:
“The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money. Think AIRLINES ... The airline industry's demand for capital ever since that first flight has been insatiable.
Investors have poured money into a bottomless pit, attracted by growth when they should have been repelled by it. And I, to my shame, participated in this foolishness when I had Berkshire buy U.S. Air preferred stock in 1989.”
2. I’d also probably dial back a bit on commodity-heavy businesses—think oil or metals—where margins can get crushed by cycles. Instead, I’d lean harder into asset-light companies with wide & sustainable moats—that don’t need constant capital injections but still dominate their lanes (e.g. $SPGI $MCO $ICE $ADP / more $MA $V)
WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID INVESTING IN AIRLINES ⚠️
First, let’s take a look at the last 5-year returns of 4 major airlines:
1) $AAL -67% (American Airlines)
2) $UAL -32% (United Airlines)
3) $JBLU -63% (JetBlue)
4) $DAL -34% (Delta)
Why do airlines post such poor results for investors? It’s simple. On average, here are the economics of the sector:
COST OF CAPITAL: ~8%
RETURN ON CAPITAL (ROIC): ~4%
Would you want to own a business that pays $8 just to receive $4 in return?
Of course not. Airlines BLEED MONEY EVERY DAY.
As Warren Buffett asserted in his 2007 Shareholder Letter $BRK.B $BRK.A:
“The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money. Think AIRLINES ... The airline industry's demand for capital ever since that first flight has been insatiable.
Investors have poured money into a bottomless pit, attracted by growth when they should have been repelled by it. And I, to my shame, participated in this foolishness when I had Berkshire buy U.S. Air preferred stock in 1989.”
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Trump was reportedly set to announce it in his 9 PM ET address to Congress.
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