Quotes About Investment

Our aversion to leverage has dampened our returns over the years. But Charlie and I sleep well. Both of us believe it is insane to risk what you have and need in order to obtain what you don't need. We held this view 50 years ago when we each ran an investment partnership, funded by a few friends and relatives who trusted us. We also hold it today after a million or so "partners" have joined us at Berkshire.

What's out of sight, however, should not be out of mind: Those unrecorded retained earnings are usually building value — lots of value — for Berkshire.

Leaving the question of price aside, the best business to own is one that over an extended period can employ large amounts of incremental capital at very high rates of return.

Of course, a business with terrific economics can be a bad investment if the purchase price is excessive.

if we aren't happy owning a piece of that business with the Exchange closed, we're not happy owning it with the Exchange open.

you should imagine market quotations as coming from a remarkably accommodating fellow named Mr. Market who is your partner in a private business. Without fail, Mr. Market appears daily and names a price at which he will either buy your interest or sell you his... Mr. Market has another endearing characteristic: He doesn't mind being ignored. p 209

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

My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.

Be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy

For 240 years, it's been a terrible mistake to bet against America.

My partner, Charlie, says that there's only three ways that a smart person can go broke: liquor, ladies and leverage.

I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. When I put them all together, I know I am a net loser.

If I had learned anything after years in the business, it was how little I could ever know about what the market would do tomorrow.

Embracing government activism, he asserted that the public benefit fully justified the government "in making expenditures in the direction that no private enterprise could afford to go.

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Aside from the people I love, there is little I value more than my education.

A ship is always very referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep her in paint and powder.

A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

The Indian government wants foreign investment but ignore the basic expectations that come with it. Hence

Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good.

To shorten winter, borrow some money due in spring.

Invest a few moments in thinking. It will pay good interest.

Dentists are medical professionals who help you put your money where your mouth is.

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.