When it comes to the world's greatest investors, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett is, arguably, in a class of his own. Since taking over the CEO role in 1965, the Oracle of Omaha (as he's now known) has overseen an aggregate gain in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) of better than 4,100,000%, as of June 14, 2023. Further, on an annualized basis, Berkshire Hathaway has doubled up the total return, including dividends paid, of the S 500.

Buffett's more than half-century of outperformance is why new and tenured investors look to him for guidance on what's to come for the U.S. economy, and even what stocks they should be buying. But therein lies the Oracle of Omaha's greatest dilemma at the moment.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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