Warren Buffett Just Offered 4 Billion Additional Reasons for Investors to Be Cautious

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett is truly in a league of his own when it comes to investing. Since taking over as CEO in 1965, he's overseen an aggregate return in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) of nearly 4,000,000% as of May 14, 2023. On an annualized basis, as of Dec. 31, 2022, Berkshire Hathaway stock has doubled-up the total return, including dividends paid, of the broad-based S 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) over the past 58 years (19.8% vs. 9.9%).

Although the Oracle of Omaha is just as fallible as any other investor, this incredible track record earns him an audience of more than 30,000 people at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.

However, this vast audience of shareholders and investors, along with Wall Street, may not be thrilled with what they heard from Warren Buffett during the latest annual meeting.

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