If You'd Invested $250 in Berkshire Hathaway 5 Years Ago, Here's How Much You'd Have Today
A $250 investment can go a long way. If you had invested this sum in Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) back in 1980, you'd have more than $500,000 today.
Time travel isn't possible, but what if you had invested in Berkshire stock more recently? Are shares still rising as fast as they did in 1980?
Berkshire is a lot bigger today than it was in 1980. Back then, its market cap was under $5 billion. Today, the company is worth nearly $900 billion. Getting bigger, naturally, means growth rates have slowed. After all, it's significantly harder to double in size as a $900 billion company than as a $5 billion company.
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