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Prediction: Buying Berkshire Hathaway Today Will Set You Up for Life

The Motley Fool

All told, these businesses produced operating earnings of $47.4 For perspective, Berkshire's stock portfolio is only worth about $280 billion right now, which means the market's collectively valuing all of these privately owned business at a little more than $500 billion at this time.) That's outperform the S&P 500.

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Berkshire Hathaway's Beating the Market, But Its Biggest Holdings Aren't. What Gives?

The Motley Fool

Something doesn't add up for Berkshire Hathaway Anyone reading this likely already knows that while Berkshire holds about four dozen different stocks, it's not a particularly well-diversified fund. Its three biggest positions account for around 60% of Berkshire's entire stock portfolio. of Portfolio 4-Year Chg. 3-Year Chg.