The Motely Fool rides Buffet like a horse to get clicks and hopefully new paying members. All their “articles” are just ads for themselves.
After reading what they write I always think, “Just buy Buffet and get it over with.”
Indeed. If you want to invest like Buffett, just save your time and effort and buy BRK-B. But keep in mind, that for basically any stretch of the last 15 years, Buffett has either just tracked the market or underperformed it...
Versus S&P 500...
15 years:
SPY: 679%
BRK-B: 607%
10 years:
SPY: 234%
BRK-B: 224%
5 years:
SPY: 99%
BRK-B: 102%
1 year:
SPY: 28%
BRK-B: 26%
Buffett may be the greatest stock market guy of all time but he’s certainly capable of screwing up in a huge way... e.g., selling his huge McDonalds stake 20 years ago, and since then...
MCD: 1,707%
BRK: 612%
He’d be 3x richer if he’d sold BRK and bought MCD