If AIG had tried to unwind their derivatives books. I don't know. It would have hit every institution in the world. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We have provided capital here with a couple of institutions recently. The Federal government did that in the '30s for the RFC… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It isn't given to man to be able to run a financial institution where different interest-rate scenarios will prevail on all of… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think you'll have plenty of scrutiny as how the money's invested. I mean, just like the RFC. When the RFC operated,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The commission of the investment sins listed above is not limited to 'the little guy.' Huge institutional investors, viewed as a group,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If some institution wants to sell you a billion dollars worth of mortgages, they might have to sell 100 million in the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
That's been lost. It's a huge problem. What you have is you have the major institutions of the world all wanting to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Can you know you can have institutions that put curbs on that in various ways, and actually what the banks, you know,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
[People] have seen the credit market seize up. They're worried about money market funds, although the latest proposition from government should take… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think it's been, you know, kind of like a tragic play to this point. But at this point, I think it's… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
But 300 million Americans, their lending institutions, their government, their media, all believed that house prices were going to go up consistently.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Confidence in markets and in institutions, it's a lot like oxygen. When you have it, you don't even think about it. It's… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You've got the right - you've got a wonderful person with Sheila Bair, most of the viewers have never heard of Sheila… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
For example: (1) As if governed by Newton's First Law of Motion, an institution will resist any change in its current direction;… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
[The U.S. Treasury] can borrow basically unlimited amounts. They can stay there for years and years. These assets will be worth more… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett Copy Share
Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
We set no volume goals in our insurance business generally-and certainly not in reinsurance-as virtually any volume can be achieved if profitability standards are… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I've read about all the sales today. If you're an auto dealer, you're feeling it. If you're a furniture retailer like we are, you're… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We want to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
What you really want to do in investments is figure out what's important and knowable. If it's unimportant or unknowable you forget about it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I mean the truth is, I've never had it so good in terms of taxes. I am paying the lowest tax rate that I've… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
![“[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…” quote by Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cf1/warren-buffett-183_care_people-have-seen-the-credit-market-seize_628648.png)
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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…” quote by Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a2a/warren-buffett-183_amount_the-u-s-treasury-can-borrow-basically-un_2051464.jpg)
