Question: has warren buffett beaten the market?
Answer: For starters, there has been a lot of beating the market. Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK. A) stock—a proxy for Buffett's stock selection as well as his ability to buy good businesses for reasonable prices—has outperformed the S&P 500 in 37 of the past 55 years, or about two-thirds of the time.