For nearly six full decades, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has been putting on a show for Wall Street. Whereas the benchmark S&P 500 has gained a healthy 33,000%, including dividends, since the affably named “Oracle of Omaha” became Berkshire’s CEO, Buffett has overseen just shy of a 5,000,000% aggregate return in his company’s Class A shares (BRK.A), as of the closing bell on April 25.
As you can see, there’s a very good reason why investors pay close attention when Warren Buffett has anything to say about investing, the stock market in general, or the U.S. economy.
Although Berkshire’s $373 billion portfolio contains stakes in 45 stocks and two index funds, not all of the Oracle of Omaha’s holdings are considered equal.
In Warren Buffett’s latest annual letter to shareholders –…
