alt Hacker NewsBerkshire has outperformed Nasdaq and SP500 from the IPO (May 9, 1996), 10y, 5y, 1y time periods and he has now $340B in cash.
All this with low risk holding lots of cash. He has not missed anything.
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dehrmann • 05/03/2025
Just because it beat indexes doesn't mean it couldn't have done better.
From 2017:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/06/warren-buffett-admits-he-mad...
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His only miss was actually buying Berkshire. He estimates that he lost out on well over $200B had he never bought Berkshire.