Economics Quotes by Warren Buffett

Never invest in a business you can't understand

— Warren Buffett

Ignore the stock market, ignore the economy, and buy a business you understand.

— Warren Buffett

In economics, you always want to ask 'And then what?'

— Warren Buffett

We've got a wonderful economic formula in this country.

— Warren Buffett

This economy doesn't work well without the lubrication of credit and trust.

— Warren Buffett

I don't read economic forecasts. I don't read the funny papers.

— Warren Buffett

Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy or elections.

— Warren Buffett

I think people - what people want to do is make [economy] get worse.

— Warren Buffett

Like I say, I don't think it'll be done perfectly. Maybe we'll end up with a little bit better [economy] system.

— Warren Buffett

We try to buy businesses with good-to-superb underlying economics run by honest and able people and buy them at sensible prices. That's…

— Warren Buffett

When a management team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation…

— Warren Buffett

When a management with reputation for brilliance gets hooked up with a business with a reputation for bad economics, it's the reputation…

— Warren Buffett

If you knew what was going to happen in the economy, you still wouldn't necessarily know what was going to happen in…

— Warren Buffett

We say we are trying to buy into businesses with excellent economics, run by honest and able people at a decent price.…

— Warren Buffett

I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a…

— Warren Buffett

I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a…

— Warren Buffett

So some guy may know how to make money in cocoa beans, but I don't so I just let him have that.…

— Warren Buffett

... it's important to have the right monetary policy. It's important for, to have the right fiscal policy. But it's nowhere near…

— Warren Buffett

I bought my first stock in 1942, in the summer of '42. I was 11 years old. And so 75 years have…

— Warren Buffett

There's always a mismatch. I mean, you know, as the economy evolves, it reallocates resources. Now, the real problem, in my view,…

— Warren Buffett

In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable 'moats'.

— Warren Buffett