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Risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings.

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The ideal business is one that earns very high returns on capital and that keeps using lots of capital at those high returns. That becomes a compounding machine.

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When Berkshire buys common stock, we approach the transaction as if we were buying into a private business.

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Remember that the stock market is manic-depressive.

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Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.

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Money is not everything. Make sure you earn a lot before speaking such nonsense.

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We really can say no in 10 seconds or so to 90%+ of all the things that come along simply because we have these filters.

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The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient.

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One of the ironies of the stock market is the emphasis on activity. Brokers, using terms such as 'marketability' and 'liquidity,' sing the praises of companies with high share turnover... but investors should understand that what is good for the croupier is not good for the customer. A hyperactive stock market is the pick pocket of enterprise.

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The best business returns are usually achieved by companies that are doing something quite similar today to what they were doing five or ten years ago.

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A hyperactive stock market is the pickpocket of enterprise.

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

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We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a conduit through which our shareholders own assets.

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By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals.

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I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.

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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

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All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good companies.

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A prediction about the direction of the stock market tells you nothing about where stocks are headed, but a whole lot about the person doing the predicting.

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Our stay-put behavior reflects our view that the stock market serves as a relocation center at which money is moved from the active to the patient.

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We like to buy businesses, but we don't like to sell them.

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