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Investment Quotes by Warren Buffett

92 Investment quotes by Warren Buffett

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Investment advice highlights that pessimism can create low‑price opportunities, and that focusing on what is important and knowable beats chasing trends. The quotes favor simple, low‑fee index funds and warn that past records alone do not guarantee future success. Patience and a hands‑off attitude are presented as key habits.

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The best investment you can make is in yourself

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You can't buy what is popular and do well.

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Lethargy, bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style.

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I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then.

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Optimism.. is the enemy of the rational buyer

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Investment must be rational; if you can't understand it, don't do it.

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Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.

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Benign neglect, bordering on sloth, remains the hallmark of our investment process.

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You don't need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the…

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The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself...The more you learn, the more you'll earn.

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It takes 150 years to build an investment bank and only five minutes to convince you to sell me preferred stock in…

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The most important investment you can make is in yourself... nobody can tax it or take it away from you.

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With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least ten per cent of your…

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If, when making a stock investment, you're not considering holding it at least ten years, don't waste more than ten minutes considering…

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The critical investment factor is determining the intrinsic value of a business and paying a fair or bargain price.

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Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.

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Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and…

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It is unquestionably true that the investment companies have their money more conventionally invested than we do. To many people conventionality is…

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I have pledged - to you, the rating agencies and myself - to always run Berkshire with more than ample cash. We…

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Goldman Sachs saying they might be interested in such an investment. I'm familiar with the company. I've known the management, the current…

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I am not in the business of predicting general stock market of business fluctuations. If you think I can do this, or…

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I have worked with investors for 60 years and I have yet to see anyone - not even when capital gains rates…

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Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. And if they insist on trying to time their participation in equities,…

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The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We…

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The commission of the investment sins listed above is not limited to 'the little guy.' Huge institutional investors, viewed as a group,…

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But, surprise - none of these blockbuster events made the slightest dent in Ben Graham's investment principles. Nor did they render unsound…

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The idea that you try to time purchases based on what you think business is going to do in the next year…

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To invest successfully, you need not understand beta, efficient markets, modern portfolio theory, option pricing or emerging markets. You may, in fact,…

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The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently…

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Charlie and I decided long ago that in an investment lifetime, it's too hard to make hundreds of smart decisions. That judgment…

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I understand Goldman Sachs businesses. We do lot of business with him, and GE has been - I think it's the longest…

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As I have mentioned before, we cannot make the same sort of money out of permanent ownership of controlled businesses that can…

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Never invest in a business you can't understand

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Investment ideas, like women are often more exciting than punctual.

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The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.

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Activity is the enemy of investment returns.

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A great investment opportunity occurs when a marvelous business encounters a one-time huge, but solvable problem.

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So if you are evaluating others (or yourself!) in the investment field, think out some standards - apply them - interpret them.

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What you really want to do in investments is figure out what's important and knowable. If it's unimportant or unknowable you forget…

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The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're…

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I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't.

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…

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