According to @charliebilello, including dividends, the S&P 500’s total return has exceeded 1,300% from the March 2009 low while seeing 31 pullbacks greater than 5% (source: @charliebilello on X). The accompanying Peter Lynch quote emphasizes that trying to anticipate corrections often destroys more capital than the corrections themselves (source: YouTube clip linked by @charliebilello). For trade and allocation decisions, this dataset favors staying invested and using rules-based rebalancing over preemptive market timing during routine drawdowns (source: long-run total return series shared by @charliebilello and the cited Peter Lynch commentary).

According to @charliebilello, $1 invested in the S&P 500 in 1964 would be $455 today, while $1 invested in Berkshire Hathaway would be $60,883, underscoring Berkshire’s multi-decade outperformance versus the index for long-horizon investors, source: Charlie Bilello on X, Jan 2, 2026; Video: youtube.com/watch?v=RVigGUYFU64. He characterizes the moment as The End of an Era, signaling a historical context for BRK.A and BRK.B relative returns against the S&P 500, source: Charlie Bilello on X, Jan 2, 2026. No cryptocurrencies were referenced in the source and no direct crypto market impact was cited, source: Charlie Bilello on X, Jan 2, 2026.