Warren Buffett during bear markets?

[crgarcia]

What Warren Buffett, and other top money-managers who prefer to buy and hold, do during bear markets?

Are they able to anticipate bear markets?

 

[99atlantic]

Year Buffett %
1966 -8
1967 15.7
1968 82.7
1969 13.5
1970 -7.1
1971 79.5
1972 14.3
1973 -11.3
1974 -43.7
1975 -5
1976 147.3
1977 46.8
1978 13.8
1979 102.5
1980 32.8
1981 31.8
1982 38.4
1983 69
1984 -2.7
1985 93.7
1986 14.2
1987 4.6
1988 59.3
1989 84.6
1990 -23.1
1991 35.6
1992 29.8
1993 38.9
1994 25
1995 57.4
1996 6.2
1997 34.9
1998 52.2
1999 -19.9
2000 26.56
2001 6.47
2002 -3.77
2003 16.04
2004 4.12
2005 0.82

 

[crgarcia]

Is it the yearly performance of BRK Berkshire Hathaway?

Is it true that Buffett also has a hedge fund?

 

[dhpar]

Warren sometimes posts here - his nickname is congoboy

 

[ByLoSellHi]

1974. Ouch.

1979. oooh.

 

[chauncey1]

If that numbers are right.

The conclusion is that anyone can have 3 bad years and came up huge finally.