Risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
As far as you are concerned, the stock market does not exist. Ignore it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
What's nice about investing is you don't have to swing at every pitch. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We don't get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long we'll wait, we'll wait indefinitely. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
A pin lies in wait for every bubble and when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think the biggest thing we need is to unclog the credit markets, and we may need another stimulus - if we… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's not debt per say that overwhelms an individual corporation or country. Rather it is a continuous increase in debt in relation… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you have more than 120 or 130 I.Q. points, you can afford to give the rest away. You don't need extraordinary… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The fact that people will be full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Investing is the greatest business in the world because you never have to swing. You stand at the plate; the pitcher throws… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The greatest investment a young person can make is in their own education, in their own mind. Because money comes and goes.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in understanding the math of things and understanding as much as I can about all aspects of business. And… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's easy to identify many investment managers with great recent records. But past results, though important, do not suffice when prospective performance… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I've made money over the years by buying into good companies, run by good people, at attractive prices. And I don't try… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You don't need to be an expert in order to achieve satisfactory investment returns. But if you aren't, you must recognize your… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I make no effort to predict the course of general business or the stock market. Period. However, currently there are practices snowballing… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The best way in my view is to just buy a low-cost index fund and keep buying it regularly over time, because… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The value of market esoterica to the consumer of investment advice is a different story. In my opinion, investment success will not… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There is one thing of which I can assure you. If good performance of the fund is even a minor objective, any… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It is obvious that the performance of a stock last year or last month is no reason, per se, to either own… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you expect to be a net saver during the next 5 years, should you hope for a higher or lower stock… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We will continue to ignore political and economic forecasts, which are an expensive distraction for many investors and businessmen. Thirty years ago,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There is no question that an important service is provided to investors by investment companies, investment advisors, trust departments, etc. This service… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Ben's Mr. Market allegory may seem out-of-date in today's investment world, in which most professionals and academicians talk of efficient markets, dynamic… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Well, one time some attractive woman sat next to Charlie and asked him what he owed his success to, and, unfortunately, she… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
An investor needs to do very few things right as long as he or she avoids big mistakes. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you can eliminate the government as a 39.6% partner, then you will be much better off. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Buy stocks like you buy your groceries, not like you buy your perfume. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Investment ideas, like women are often more exciting than punctual. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet. — 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
