Berkshire Billionaire’s Secret Sauce

Warren Buffett’s Secret Sauce [The Motley Fool] Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and a sesame seed bun. The iconic Big Mac sandwich. Now imagine this unfortunate scenario: Two all-beef patties,......................, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and a sesame seed bun. Sounds like any old burger you’d throw on the grill at home, right? Frankly, a Big Mac without the special sauce just isn’t a Big Mac. This secret sauce might be the most crucial ingredient in fast food, and has put the Big Mac on the map. But it doesn’t just stop at food. Stay with us here. What if we told you Warren Buffett has a secret sauce too…and it’s led to almost 20x growth in some of his most important investments ever. Inside Berkshire’s Secret Sauce Buffett’s Secret Sauce has led Berkshire investors to massive profits since he took over the helm in 1965. Just how massive? Try 3.7 MILLION percent gains. That’s outpacing the market by a measly 146x as of March 14, 2023. And while we can’t go back to 1965 and invest at the ground floor, the next best thing we can do is learn from Buffett and emulate his incredible strategy. Which is why we don’t day trade, and instead, focus on Buffett’s Secret Sauce. In his annual letter, Buffett outlined exactly what this Secret Sauce entails, and how it’s helped to lead to this incredible wealth. And we’ll outline it for you right here. Right now. Now, we know it’s a long time ago, but let’s go back to 1994, when Buffett made one of his most important investments, in Coca Cola, a stock that is almost synonymous with Berkshire and Buffett. What started as a $1.3B investment is now a healthy $25B. And this is where Buffett unveils specifically what his Secret Sauce is. “The weeds wither away in significance as the flowers bloom. Over time, it takes just a few winners to work wonders.” “Over time.” Buffett’s Secret Sauce is Buy and Hold investing. Or as he succinctly put it: “We seek out good long-term investments and stubbornly hold them for a long time.” This Buy and Hold strategy has worked wonders for us here at The Motley Fool, allowing us to uncover winners like: - Netflix, recommended in December 2004, now up 18,200% - Amazon, recommended in September 2002, now up 13,232% - Nvidia, recommended in April 2005, now up 16,460% - Booking Holdings, recommended in May 2004, now up 10,798% But we would add something to Buffett’s Secret Sauce. Because Buffett invests in great companies over the long term…and gets paid in the meantime. When Buffett bought Coca Cola in 1994, he collected a dividend check for $75M. In 2022, that check was over $700M! Or how about American Express. That dividend check has grown from $41M to over $300M. 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