Today marks the final trading day for what's been a phenomenal year for the bulls. As of the closing bell on Dec. 22, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average, broad-based S 500, and growth stock-fueled Nasdaq Composite were higher by 13%, 24%, and 43% for the year, respectively.

It hasn't been a shabby year either for one of Wall Street's most prestigious investors, billionaire Warren Buffett. The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) has overseen a 17% gain in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) this year and a greater than 4,430,000% aggregate gain in those shares since taking the reins in the mid-1960s.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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