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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
Financier
Investor
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Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
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A bull market is like sex. It feels best just before it ends.
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The best thing I did was choose the right heroes.
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I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.
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Be fearful when there is greed and be greedy when there is fear.
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Investors have to remember: corporate profits are going up, but stocks are going up faster. How can that continue indefinitely? Investors can only earn what companies themselves can earn the government or the markets themselves don't kick anything in. How can you get anything more out of a farm than what it grows?
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The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
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You have to understand accounting and you have to understand the nuances of accounting. It's the language of business and it's an imperfect language, but unless you are willing to put in the effort to learn accounting - how to read and interpret financial statements - you really shouldn't select stocks yourself
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The best way in my view is to just buy a low-cost index fund and keep buying it regularly over time, because you'll be buying into a wonderful industry, which in effect is all of American industry... People ought to sit back and relax and keep accumulating over time.
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With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least ten per cent of your net worth in that stock
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I did not think I would see the day when, you know, an AIG would not be able to have its checks clear.
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If you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you're going to turn out in life.
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We've got more productive capacity now than we ever have.
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If you do smart things and use leverage and do one wrong thing along the way, it could wipe you out, because anything times zero is zero. But it's reinforcing when the people around you are doing it successfully, you're doing it successfully, and it's a lot like Cinderella at the ball.
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