The Motley Fool

JULY 13, 2024

Over that 59-year stretch, he steered the conglomerate to average annual returns of 19.8%, which is nearly twice the average annual return delivered by the S&P 500 index over the same period. In dollar terms, $1,000 invested in Berkshire stock in 1965 would have grown to $43 million by the end of 2023. Apple: 44.8%

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The stock market is coming off of four positive weeks, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the dividend-paying stocks on this list. These stocks have been having a lousy time lately, but their underlying businesses keep putting up consistently positive results. Both are down near 52-week lows.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Another big Berkshire stock holding is Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). Buffett acquired the stake in Bank of America through warrants he acquired by investing in preferred shares of the stock in 2011. That allowed him to buy a lot of common stock in 2017 at the bargain price of $7.14 Should you follow Buffett?

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

But it can also attract some unwanted attention if Buffett and Berkshire start to sell a stock. That's the position Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has found itself in after the conglomerate unloaded more than $7.2 billion of the stock over the past two months. That's more than what's being held at the Federal Reserve.

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Mr. Money Mustache

AUGUST 22, 2020

Since the Dawn of Mustachianism in 2011, the same question has come up over and over again: “MMM, I see your point that index fund investing is the best option. The stock market isn’t the whole economy, it’s just the publicly traded companies, which are the big ones.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 29, 2024

In Fiscal 2011, which starts at the end of January, we think they're probably shooting too low. Nvidia is an absolutely classic example of a Rule Breaker as a company and of a Rule Breaker stock for Rule Breaker investors. The stock market after all goes down one year in every three. That's not split adjusted by the way.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 22, 2024

has crushed the returns of stock market benchmarks like the S&P 500 index. For retail investors, the conglomerate's massive stock portfolio can be a great place to start looking for investing ideas. The stock has outperformed in 2024 thanks to the company's strong earnings, delivering a 44% return year to date.

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