Few investors command the attention of a room quite like Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett. A little more than a week ago, the Oracle of Omaha, as he's come to be known, hosted Berkshire Hathaway's latest annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. In a half-century, these gatherings have grown from a couple dozen people to well in excess of 30,000 shareholders/investors.

Investors listen to Warren Buffett because of his track record. While he's not infallible, he does have a history of running circles around the benchmark S 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). Since taking the reins in the mid-1960s, Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares (BRK.A) have lapped the total return of the S 500, including dividends paid, 153 times.

But even the world's greatest investors run into conundrums.

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