“Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.”
— Warren Buffett
The Warren Buffett investment philosophy calls for a long-term investment horizon, where a ten year holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASD: WBD)? Today, we examine the outcome of a ten year investment into the stock back in 2016.
| Start date: | 03/07/2016 |
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| End date: | 03/04/2026 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $28.06 | ||||
| End price/share: | $27.95 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 356.38 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 356.38 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | -0.39% | ||||
| Average annual return: | -0.04% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $9,960.08 | ||||
As shown above, the ten year investment result worked out poorly, with an annualized rate of return of -0.04%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 10 years ago into $9,960.08 today (as of 03/04/2026). On a total return basis, that’s a result of -0.39% (something to think about: how might WBD shares perform over the next 10 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
Another great investment quote to think about:
“The four most dangerous words in investing are: ‘this time it’s different.'” — Sir John Templeton
