The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it's going up. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When they get their ego involved, people do things they shouldn't do. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Benign neglect, bordering on sloth, remains the hallmark of our investment process. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think the worst mistake you can make in stocks is to buy or sell based on current headlines, — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Investing is forgoing consumption now in order to have the ability to consume more at a later date. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow ... As 'bandwagon' investors join any… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Managers and investors alike must understand that accounting numbers are the beginning, not the end, of business valuation. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
What's hot today isn't likely to be hot tomorrow. The stock market reverts to fundamental returns over the long run. Don't follow… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Investors... can't pick stocks that are better than average. Stocks are a good thing to own over time. There's only two things… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In our view, though, investment students need only two well-taught courses-How to Value a Business, and How to Think about Market Prices.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I have no use whatsoever for projections or forecasts. They create an illusion of apparent precision. The more meticulous they are, the… — 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
Our system works. Over time, people will live better and better. We have a system that unleashes human potential, and now China… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
A market downturn, doesn't bother us. For us and our long term investors, it is an opportunity to increase our ownership of… — 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… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I never buy anything unless I can fill out on a piece of paper my reasons. I may be wrong, but I… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
But, surprise - none of these blockbuster events made the slightest dent in Ben Graham's investment principles. Nor did they render unsound… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When Berkshire Hathaway laid out three billion dollars for GE today, we didn't spend it, we invested it. When the Federal government… — 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
The idea that you try to time purchases based on what you think business is going to do in the next year… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
To invest successfully, you need not understand beta, efficient markets, modern portfolio theory, option pricing or emerging markets. You may, in fact,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The problem with commodities is that you are betting on what someone else would pay for them in six months. The commodity… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. Anything that improves your own talents; nobody can tax it… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
With enough insider information and a million dollars, you can go broke in a year. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Ignore the stock market, ignore the economy, and buy a business you understand. — 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 Image
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
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 Image
I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
