Post #20062 by Baybrooke on the Berkshire Hathaway board

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Now above 7200.

Looking at the past 15 years, I have done well with Berkshire, Brookfield, etc. However, during this period, buying into the narrative that the index was overvalued, and therefore not aggressively investing into it, has been an Epic Blunder.

Below are Real SP500 annual earnings and price since 1988. Inflation adjusted using latest March 26 CPI of 330.213. Q4 25 and 2026 are estimated/forward earnings. Everything else is actual GAAP as-Reported (not Operating) earnings. Price is of course actual nominal price adjusted for inflation.

YEAR	REAL	REPORTED
        SP500	REAL
	YEAREND	ANNUAL
	PRICE	EARNINGS

2026	----	$290.54 (forward estimate)
2025	6976	$252.01 (q4 estimated)
2024	6154	$220.72 
2023	5135	$208.11 
2022	4272	$193.93 
2021	5645	$239.68 
2020	4762	$119.74 (covid dip) 
2019	4152	$179.89 
2018	3295	$173.94 
2017	3581	$147.78 
2016	3062	$129.79 
2015	2854	$120.38 
2014	2895	$142.57 
2013	2619	$141.78 
2012	2051	$124.23 
2011	1840	$127.35 
2010	1895	$116.99 
2009	1705	$78.14 
2008	1419	$21.61 (housing bubble burst)
2007	2309	$105.27 
2006	2321	$133.33 
2005	2095	$117.75 
2004	2103	$102.14 
2003	1992	$87.30 
2002	1606	$50.62 
2001	2146	$46.04 (internet bubble burst) 
2000	2506	$95.60 
1999	2883	$95.31 
1998	2447	$76.34 
1997	1987	$81.63 
1996	1542	$81.34 
1995	1325	$73.49 
1994	1013	$67.98 
1993	1056	$49.96 
1992	1014	$44.86 
1991	999	$38.70 
1990	815	$53.77 
1989	925	$60.82 
1988	761	$66.07

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