BRK vs SPX

Stocks A to Z
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Period	BRK	S&P
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1	**-5%**	-12%
3	30%	**33%**
5	57%	**65%**
10	225%	**232%**
15	**270%**	224%

Dollar cost average.

If you are working, increase your 401k allocation.

Another tip. Set limit buy orders e.g. GOOG at $1100 or BRK at $180. 
During panic, these price points are touched for fleeting moments.
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dividends:

I’m assuming the s&p numbers are inclusive of the dividend. Is there a place on the web to get these total return numbers so easily?

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I’m assuming the s&p numbers are inclusive of the dividend. Is there a place on the web to get these total return numbers so easily?

Yahoo. You have to look at the “adjusted price” and do your own math.

Portfolio Visualizer
ex: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-portfolio?s=y&a…

Modified to go back further:

https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-portfolio?s=y&a…

Day-am! BRK beats the pants off of SPY.

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Here’s a nice graphical view which will allow you to capture each those periods individually with just a few clicks. Hit the Ytd,1,3,5,10,15,20 yrs at the top…then scroll down slightly until you see the total returns for S&P 500 and BRK highlighted in red. There isn’t a table that I can find on here which aggregates returns for all the periods in one glance. You have to select each period individually and jot down the results, if you want to create a table and view them collectively. It’s still pretty easy.

https://www.financecharts.com/compare/BRK-B,SPY

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