Munger and Li struck up a conversation about stocks and were still talking a few hours later. It was the beginning of a partnership that would last 20 years. “He was a very intelligent, self-confident young man,” says Munger, who is 99 and still vice-chair of Berkshire.
Berkshire’s compound annual gain was 19.8% from 1965 through 2022, compared with 9.9% for the S&P 500. That’s an overall total return of 3,787,464% vs. 24,708% for the benchmark. Many Berkshire shareholders were made millionaires by Buffett’s shrewd moves and patient value philosophy over the years.
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To counteract the innate human talent for inventing reasons to hold on to their ideas despite bad or changing news, Baupost requires what it calls a “re-buy analysis.” When circumstances change, analysts use the new information to underwrite existing investments from scratch. Would they buy the same investments today? Baupost’s objective is not to hold investments forever; it’s to hold them until they’re no longer a good investment.