Quotes by Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

… but the important thing is that when you do find one where you really do know what you are doing, you must buy in quantity…. Charlie and I have made a dozen or so very big decisions relative to net worth, although not as big as they should have been. And in each of those, we’ve known that we were almost certain to be right going in.

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… not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.

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… the best way to own common stocks is through an index fund.

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[Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.

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[People] have seen the credit market seize up. They’re worried about money market funds, although the latest proposition from government should take care of that. They’ve seen eight percent of the bank deposits in the United States get moved very skillfully, I might say, within the last couple of weeks from institutions that they thought were fine a few months ago to other institutions. They are not wrong to be worried.

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[The U.S. Treasury] can borrow basically unlimited amounts. They can stay there for years and years. These assets will be worth more money over time. So when Merrill Lynch sells a bunch of mortgage-related assets at 22 cents on the dollar like they did a month or so ago, the buyer goes – is going to make money, and he’s going to make a lot more money if it happens to be an institution like the U.S. government which has very, very cheap borrowing costs.

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[W]e think the very term ‘value investing’ is redundant. What is ‘investing’ if it is not the act of seeking value at least sufficient to justify the amount paid? Consciously paying more for a stock than its calculated value — in the hope that it can soon be sold for a still-higher price — should be labeled speculation (which is neither illegal, immoral nor — in our view — financially fattening).

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A bull market is like sex. It feels best just before it ends.

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A CEO’s behavior has a huge impact on managers down the line.

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A Company should be viewed as an unfolding movie, not as a still photograph

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Quotes by Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

… not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.

… the best way to own common stocks is through an index fund.

[Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.

A bull market is like sex. It feels best just before it ends.

A CEO’s behavior has a huge impact on managers down the line.

A Company should be viewed as an unfolding movie, not as a still photograph

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