Monday, January 02, 2012

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Beaten by Flat S&P in 2011


BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY STOCK VS. S&P 500 INDEX
  ANNUAL GAINS
YearBRK.A CloseBRK Pct. ChangeS&P CloseS&P Pct. Change
2011114,755-4.7%1257.600.0%
2010120,450+21.4%1257.64+12.8%
200999,200+2.7%1115.10+23.5%
200896,600-31.8%903.25-38.5%
2007141,600+28.7%1468.36+3.5%
2006109,990+24.1%1418.30+13.6%
200588,620+0.8%1248.29+3.0%
200487,900+4.3%1211.92+9.0%
200384,250+15.8%1111.92+26.4%
200272,750-3.8%879.82-23.4%
200175,600+6.5%1148.08-13.0%
200071,000+26.6%1320.28-10.1%
199956,100-19.9%1469.25+19.5%
199870,000+52.2%1229.23+26.7%
199746,000+34.9%970.43+31.0%
199634,100+6.2%740.74+20.3%
199532,100+57.4%615.93+34.1%
199420,400+25.0%459.27-1.5%
199316,325+38.9%466.45+7.1%
199211,750+29.8%435.71+4.5%
19919,050+35.6%417.09+26.3%
19906,675-23.1%330.22-5.8%
19898,675+84.6%350.67+26.3%
19884,700+59.3%277.72+12.4%
19872,950+4.6%247.08+2.0%
19862,820+14.2%242.17+14.6%
19852,470+93.7%211.28+26.3%
19841,275-2.7%167.24+1.4%
19831,310+69.0%164.93+17.3%
1982775+38.4%140.64+14.8%
1981560+31.8%122.55-9.7%
1980425+32.8%135.76+25.8%
1979320+110.5%107.94+12.3%
1978152+10.1%96.11+1.1%
1977138+55.1%95.10-11.5%
Average+26.5%+8.6%

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Lunch is for wimps
It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another.