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On a CAGR basis that 5.5M percent works out to roughly 19.9% annualized over 60 years. The compounding math is what really stuns, not the headline number.

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Worth flagging: SPXTR is the right benchmark since BRK pays no dividend. From 2000, BRK compounded at ~10.4% vs SPXTR ~8.5%, about 1.8%/yr of alpha over 26 years. Much smaller than the price-only chart implies. And from 2006 the alpha is gone: 20 years! of BRK roughly matching the S&P total return, with the index slightly ahead now. How matching the index for 20 years considered great?

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