Warren E. Buffett the amazing long term investment manager
What makes Warren E. Buffett such an amazing long-term active investment manager? The table below is nothing short of extraordinary.
Berkshire per-share market value overall gain from 1964 to 2016 is 1,972,595%. The S&P 500 with dividends included overall gain for the same period is 12,717%.
Annual percentage change | ||
| Year | Berkshire | S&P 500 |
| 1965 | 49.5 | 10.0 |
| 1966 | -3.4 | -11.7 |
| 1967 | 13.3 | 30.9 |
| 1968 | 77.8 | 11.0 |
| 1969 | 19.4 | -8.4 |
| 1970 | -4.6 | 3.9 |
| 1971 | 80.5 | 14.6 |
| 1972 | 8.1 | 18.9 |
| 1973 | -2.5 | -14.8 |
| 1974 | -48.7 | -26.4 |
| 1975 | 2.5 | 37.2 |
| 1976 | 129.3 | 23.6 |
| 1977 | 46.8 | -7.4 |
| 1978 | 14.5 | 6.4 |
| 1979 | 102.5 | 18.2 |
| 1980 | 32.8 | 32.3 |
| 1981 | 31.8 | -5.0 |
| 1982 | 38.4 | 21.4 |
| 1983 | 69.0 | 22.4 |
| 1984 | -2.7 | 6.1 |
| 1985 | 93.7 | 31.6 |
| 1986 | 14.2 | 18.6 |
| 1987 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 1988 | 59.3 | 16.6 |
| 1989 | 84.6 | 31.7 |
| 1990 | -23.1 | 3.1 |
| 1991 | 35.6 | 30.5 |
| 1992 | 29.8 | 7.6 |
| 1993 | 38.9 | 10.1 |
| 1994 | 25.0 | 1.3 |
| 1995 | 57.4 | 37.6 |
| 1996 | 6.2 | 23.0 |
| 1997 | 34.9 | 33.4 |
| 1998 | 52.2 | 28.6 |
| 1999 | -19.9 | 21.0 |
| 2000 | 26.6 | -9.1 |
| 2001 | 6.5 | -11.9 |
| 2002 | -3.8 | -22.1 |
| 2003 | 15.8 | 28.7 |
| 2004 | 4.3 | 10.9 |
| 2005 | 0.8 | 4.9 |
| 2006 | 24.1 | 15.8 |
| 2007 | 28.7 | 5.5 |
| 2008 | -31.8 | -37.0 |
| 2009 | 2.7 | 26.5 |
| 2010 | 21.4 | 15.1 |
| 2011 | -4.7 | 2.1 |
| 2012 | 16.8 | 16.0 |
| 2013 | 32.7 | 32.4 |
| 2014 | 27.0 | 13.7 |
| 2015 | -12.5 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 23.4 | 12.0 |
As you can see from the table Warren E. Buffett is such an amazing long-term active investment manager.