warren buffett investment philosophy

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When it comes to stocks, Berkshire Hathaway looks for wonderful companies

March 7, 2017

“Woody Allen once explained that the advantage of being bi-sexual is that it doubles your chance of finding a date on Saturday night,” Warren Buffett said in his FY2015 letter to Berkshire Hathaway. Why did the Berkshire Hathaway chairman say this? “In like manner – well, not exactly like manner – our appetite for either…

Investment philosophy

Fear is the foe of the faddist, but the friend of the fundamentalist

December 5, 2014

A Bloomberg report (Buffett Broadens Portfolio by Spending $23.9 Billion in Quarter) dated Nov 7, 2011, said that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc invested US$23.9 billion in the third-quarter, the most in at least 15 years, as he accelerated stock purchases and broadened the portfolio beyond consumer and financial-company holdings. “Buffett, 81, drew down Berkshire’s…