Warren Buffett's 4 Foundational Criteria for Major Investments, Revealed
For nearly 60 years, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has been dazzling Wall Street with his investing prowess. Though he's not perfect -- no investor is, for that matter -- the Oracle of Omaha has overseen an aggregate gain of 3,787,464% in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) through the end of 2022. For context, that's 153 times the return of the broad-based S&P 500 over the same time frame, including dividends.
Warren Buffett's long-term success has earned him quite the following from individual and professional investors eager to unlock his secrets to long-term outperformance. But little do these investors know that Buffett spilled the beans on what he looks for in major investments nearly a half-century ago.
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