Chart of the week: The rising cost of Berkshire Hathaway shares
The price of shares in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has passed the $2,000 mark. The shares could have been bought for under $10 in the early 1960s.
Shares in Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's holding company, are now worth over $200,000 each. Berkshire, which invests in businesses from insurance to rail freight, could be bought for under $10 in the early 1960s.
It is so expensive because it has never undergone a stock split. A pricey stock is harder to buy or sell, but Buffett says that weeds out short-term speculators and encourages the kind of long-term investor he wants.
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