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  "id": 4398497,
  "title": "Berkshire Hathaway Roughly Tripled $10,000 in a Decade. Did It Beat the Market?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/berkshire-hathaway-roughly-tripled-10-000-in-a-decade-did-it-beat-the-4398497",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-29T08:01:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
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    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/berkshire-hathaway-roughly-tripled-10-080101469.html"
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  "account": "In 2016, shares of Berkshire Hathaway (B shares) closed at $148.64, representing a $10,000 investment. By 2025, the same number of shares had grown to $504.32. Berkshire Hathaway does not pay dividends, so the entire return is reflected in the share price.\n\nOver the decade, a $10,000 investment in Berkshire Hathaway B shares grew to approximately $33,900. However, when compared to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), which includes dividend reinvestment, the same $10,000 would have grown to about $41,300, reflecting an average annual return of around 15%.\n\nBerkshire Hathaway's growth primarily came from its operating businesses, including insurance, freight, and power. The company's operating earnings more than tripled from $17.6 billion in 2016 to $44.5 billion in 2025. However, the share count decreased by about 13%, leading to a nearly tripling of per-share operating earnings.\n\nDespite this impressive growth, Berkshire Hathaway did not outperform the broader market over the same period. The SPDR S&P 500 Trust grew to about $41,300 on $10,000, about $7,400 more than Berkshire Hathaway. The company's stock is trading near its 52-week high of $537.74, with a market value of about $1.1 trillion, which is roughly 21 times its operating earnings.",
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