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Max Rudolph

@maxrudolph

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Risk strategist, ERM, ALM, emerging risks, adjunct @Creightonbiz and @Nebraskabiz. Not investment advice.

Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Joined March 2009
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Max Rudolph
7 days
https://t.co/xFyOGgY7gf Decisions need to be made with less than perfect information - ambiguity is the A in VUCA. Using narrative scenarios to evaluate various futures can lead to better choices! #crossingthinice @dingramerm
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Max Rudolph
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https://t.co/i5f0ObiWwA Risk expertise evolves over time. I have updated a risk glossary over 20 years, capturing risk and opportunity along with their evolution.
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Max Rudolph
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https://t.co/ZQoXg7VuRg Each year I provide my thoughts about where we are going, not to predict but to be thought provoking. Here is the 2026 edition! (NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE)
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Max Rudolph
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https://t.co/GUZF2a7Yef Stability is a prerequisite for economic success. It is lacking today - in this article I present a number of ways that soft infrastructure is falling short of what is needed for growth.
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Max Rudolph
2 months
https://t.co/V2M385RCbU Many people believe Malthus was wrong and that we have conquered our food challenges, but nitrate contamination, aquifer depletion and our CTI podcast topic monoculture farming are all lurking risks. You might want to add this to your emerging risks list.
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Max Rudolph
2 months
https://t.co/FfubmEnYDl Each year I make predictions and describe scenarios of concern - at year-end I comment on how I did. 2025 was like the streaming series that takes an episode to develop plot lines that come back later. Check out my thoughts.
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Max Rudolph
3 months
In the first of a series of essays thinking about strategy, here I consider the V in VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity). Tools can help if just starting out or to make sure not to forget something important.
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Max Rudolph
4 months
https://t.co/nyyNcWoD6a An emerging risk that should be higher on our scenario list.
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Max Rudolph
5 months
https://t.co/EX2E5JdkfJ We posted at #CrossingThinIce an essay I wrote about the slowing AMOC ocean current. Short read!
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CCActuaries
6 months
In this CCA cross discipline webinar, presenters engage in a comprehensive discussion on emerging risk trends. Attendees gain valuable insights into the latest findings from the jointly sponsored SOA and CAS annual emerging risks survey. Additionally, the discussion will
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Max Rudolph
7 months
https://t.co/a1L8MLrood Regulators have a tough job - here are some thoughts about recent insurance practices.
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Max Rudolph
8 months
https://t.co/4HCt2AsQs6 I have been attending the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting for 30 years! Each year I share my thoughts about what I learned. Here is the version from May 2025. #brk2025
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Max Rudolph
9 months
https://t.co/VpCxX5jFJB I have set up a Substack account where I will post my annual predictions and some ad hoc book reviews and brain dumps. Please subscribe! @brettgardner_10
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Max Rudolph
11 months
(3 of 3) when the trade is with an insider or long time friend like the BHE shares Mr. Abel sold or the estate of Walter Scott?
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Max Rudolph
11 months
(2 of 3) other buybacks from long-time shareholders. It made me wonder what percentage of the buybacks were bought in the open market. Can you share approximate levels over the last few years and your process for determining the price for a non-public transaction, especially
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Max Rudolph
11 months
#brk2025 Question 2 of 2 (1 of 3) There is a cottage industry trying to decipher Berkshire’s buyback strategy, waiting with bated breath for any reports. Last year Mr. Buffett shared the touching story about Mrs. Gottesman’s donation to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and
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Max Rudolph
11 months
#brk2025 Question 1 of 2 Can I suggest that Greg Abel also write a letter to shareholders in future annual reports, to get us comfortable with his writing style and go more in-depth on some of the subsidiaries that Mr. Buffett is not as involved with? Would you be open to this?
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Max Rudolph
11 months
Anyone eligible for Social Security should download a personal copy of their earnings history so it can be recreated - May be up to us to “prove” benefits have been earned
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Max Rudolph
1 year
The new BRK proxy adds an age limit going forward for board members. I submitted a question in 2021 about the culture risk from a board quickly turning over as experienced members die. The roster was much older then. I wonder if Charlie's passing impacted this decision.
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Max Rudolph
1 year
https://t.co/qg5J8VnpYP Our 53rd podcast focuses on a few emerging risks and their current status. Are we ready for the next wave of challenges? @dingramerm and I share our thoughts on a few primary risks and how they could be mitigated.
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