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Berkshire Hathaway’s Culture Runs Deep

For many of our shareholders, our stock is all they own, and we’re acutely aware of that. Our culture [of...

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Drowning in Cash

There are worse situations than drowning in cash and sitting, sitting, sitting. I remember when I wasn’t awash in cash...

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Tax Code Advantage

The tax code gives you an enormous advantage if you can find some things you can just sit with.

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Live Within Your Income

Live within your income and save so that you can invest.

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Arrogance in Investing

Most people who try [investing] don’t do well at it. But the trouble is that if even 90 percent are...

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Worry About Assets

The liabilities are always 100% good. It’s the assets you have to worry about.

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Consider Opposing Arguments

You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.

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Types of Investing Mistakes

There are two types of mistakes: 1) doing nothing, what Warren calls “sucking my thumb” and 2) buying with an...

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Making Money in Technology

Soros couldn’t bear to see others make money in the technology sector without him, and he got killed. It doesn’t...

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Stupid and Dishonest Accountants

The stupid and dishonest accountants allowed the genie of totally inappropriate accounting to descend on derivatives books.

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Economic Misery and Disruption

Hit the economy with enough misery and enough disruption, destroy the currency, and God knows what happens.

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Bankers Are Like Heroin Addicts

I do not think you can trust bankers to control themselves. They are like heroin addicts.

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Handling Headwinds and Tailwinds

We just keep our heads down and handle the headwinds and tailwinds as best we can, and take the result...

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Life’s Errors

A majority of life’s errors are caused by forgetting what one is really trying to do.

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Dangerous to Short Stocks

It’s dangerous to short stocks.

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Deferred Gratification in Investing

It’s waiting that helps you as an investor, and a lot of people just can’t stand to wait. If you...

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Large Capital Aggregations

All large aggregations of capital eventually find it hell on earth to grow and thus find a lower rate of...

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Our Biggest Mistakes

Our biggest mistakes, were things we didn’t do, companies we didn’t buy.

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Foolish Organizations

A rough rule in life is that an organization foolish in one way in dealing with a complex system is...

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Using Black-Scholes

Black-Scholes works for short-term options, but if it’s a long-term option and you think you know something [about the underlying...

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Borrowing Against Real Estate

In the 1930s, there was a stretch where you could borrow more against the real estate than you could sell...

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Correlation vs. Causation

Don’t confuse correlation and causation. Almost all great records eventually dwindle.

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Category Archives: Investing

Berkshire Hathaway’s Culture Runs Deep

Drowning in Cash

Tax Code Advantage

Live Within Your Income

Arrogance in Investing

Worry About Assets

Consider Opposing Arguments

Types of Investing Mistakes

Making Money in Technology

Stupid and Dishonest Accountants

Economic Misery and Disruption

Bankers Are Like Heroin Addicts

Handling Headwinds and Tailwinds

Life’s Errors

Dangerous to Short Stocks

Deferred Gratification in Investing

Large Capital Aggregations

Our Biggest Mistakes

Foolish Organizations

Using Black-Scholes

Borrowing Against Real Estate

Getting Richer Faster Than You

The Value of an Idea or Fact

Betting Selectively

Correlation vs. Causation