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My job is essentially just corralling more and more and more facts and information, and occasionally seeing whether that leads to some action.

Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
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Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
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In my view, [the trade deficit] will create political turmoil at some point...Pretty soon, I think there will be a big adjustment.
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Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.
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Paradoxically, when 'dumb' money acknowledges its limitations, it ceases to be dumb.
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Diversification may preserve wealth, but concentration builds wealth.
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I wouldn’t mind going to jail if I had three cellmates who played bridge
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It will be good for us in the long run, and I mean there are, you know, six and a half billion people in this world. And it's great for 300 million to keep enjoying more and more property, but I think it's terrific if, you know, the remainder do.
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Long ago, Ben Graham taught me that Price is what you pay value is what you get. Whether we're talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.
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A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
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Investment decision should be made on the basis of the most probable compounding of after-tax net worth with minimum risk.
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Would your reply possibly be this? Well, it all depends on what my tax rate will be on the gain you're saying we're going to make. If the taxes are too high, I would rather leave the money in my savings account, earning a quarter of 1 percent. Only in Grover Norquist's imagination does such a response exist.
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Never get too hung up on mistakes.
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Most investors, both institutional and individual, will find that the best way to own common stocks (shares') is through an index fund that charges minimal fees. Those following this path are sure to beat the net results (after fees and expenses) of the great majority of investment professionals.
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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
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If you invested in a very low cost index fund - where you don't put the money in at one time, but average in over 10 years -you'll do better than 90% of people who start investing at the same time.
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Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation.
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The fact that people will be full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable.
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The 19th century belonged to England, the 20th century belonged to the U.S., and the 21st century belongs to China. Invest accordingly.
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Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking prices.
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If the reason for doing something is that everyone else is doing it, it's not a good enough reason.
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I like to go for cinches. I like to shoot fish in a barrel. But I like to do it after the water has run out.
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