Warren Buffett Broke One of His Most Important Investing Rules, and It's Cost Berkshire Hathaway $16 Billion (and Counting)

We've officially entered uncharted territory for one of only 12 public companies to have ever reached the $1 trillion market cap plateau. As of Jan. 1, Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) Warren Buffett has retired from his role as CEO -- a post he held for well over a half-century.During the Oracle of Omaha's tenure as Berkshire's overseer of day-to-day operations, he led his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) to a scorching-hot aggregate return of nearly 6,100,000%. These eye-popping returns are the result of Warren Buffett holding true to his investing principles in every economic climate.Berkshire Hathaway's now-former CEO, Warren Buffett. Image source: The Motley Fool.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool