Comments on: Warren Buffett’s Single Most Important Piece Of Advice For Stock Market Investors

By: John Saari

John Saari — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:21:39 +0000

Mr. Buffett Can you please tell me why you don’t create a ground swell. We need gov represented by the majority. Gov is much too large. Pick the most easily accomplished change and get a lot of us to agree. JohnS

By: John Saari

John Saari — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:12:15 +0000

Hello Mr. Buffett I just saw your interview on TV. You are assuming a little too large of a responsibility. Ease-off. A good idea to chew on: What does a Society pay their garbage collectors?
John Saari Wexford County Commissioner
P.S. Work at the smallest mangeable…….

By: Draco

Draco — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:49:58 +0000

Amen to that! Warren Buffett may not always be right – investment wise, but the man is a sage when it comes to wisdom. It’s almost always true – it’s best to “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful”

….absolutely without a doubt, the most crucial investment advice anyone can ever give. College and university investment courses should start this at the beginning of every class. Finance professors ought to start the school year preaching this mantra more.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Sun, 03 May 2009 10:30:05 +0000

The reality of long term investing is that no one can really predict the short term direction of the markets at any given time. Not even so-called financial gurus like Warren Buffett are endowed with those powers. During the current 2008-2009 financial collapse, even Buffett’s portfolio and his Berkshire Hathaway company have taken severe punishment dealt out by the current economic recession.

But while short term uncertainly abounds, there is always long term profit and bets to be had. I’m sure Warren Buffett knows that and is steadily placing his wagers for the next few decades. If he is no longer able to enjoy the ultimate fruits of his successful investment choices today, his estate will likely reap the gains many years down the road. Just a little financial mumbo jumbo philosophy.

By: Techzone12

Techzone12 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:56:45 +0000

Did he rush to buy stocks of Bear Sterns or Coutrywide? There is difenitly a lot of fear there. But apparently he is not in a hurry to buy. Why?
In my opinion, it is becuase there is way too much risk involved.
Right now, There is some fear in the Market in general, but there is no panic yet. When there is panic, you are going to have a stampede to the exit door. This is the fear that Warren is talking about. Every stock will suffer. Warren, will go and pick and choose the ones that, he thinks, are sound businesses. Stocks that are on sale, and in his opinion, are not justified to go down. This is far from being an easy task!!

By: Micaiah2004

Micaiah2004 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:38:38 +0000

Thank you for the article. Using the Fear-Greed continuum, it allows for analysis of “sentiment”. Today, there is some fear but not the wet your pants fear that surrounds true serious correction. Likewise, although much speculation has been wrung out of the mkts, there still is a good residue left in terms of greed/speculation/premature bottomfishing. So Greed is somewhat there yet. What does this portend? As for the mkt, it will haltingly go up yet in high volatility until the
real capitulation correction arises, then FEAR with be on the high level and GREED squeezed out of the mkt, and it will be time to buy…but that is still down the road yet.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:36:45 +0000

Techzone 12, Have you read "A Random Walk Down Wall Street", written by Burton Malkiel? It's one of the recommended books in my best personal finance book blog post. Basically, the gist of the book review is that a single blindfolded monkey has just as good of a chance at picking the top performing stocks of the future as a platoon of Harvard educated MBA's and financial experts. It's a bit extreme, but well worth a read. Pretty thought provoking. Sometimes I do wonder if there is much neglected truth in this random walk theory of stocks - that stock performance truly is truly irrational and random in nature, such that it's nearly impossible to predict its movement, both short term AND long term.

By: Techzone12

Techzone12 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:08:50 +0000

The key to Buffet success in my opinion is knowing that he can not know the future. So he would use what he knows now, rather than trying to predict the future. Being greedy when others are fearfull is not easy to do. You also have to be selective. People are fearfull of financial stocks right now, but I don’t think Buffet is in a hurry to buy them. Because there is too much risk. Too many aknowns.
Another concept is to learn how to preserve capital. You shouldn’t take too much risk, where you would be wiped out (if things go wrong). If you take too much risk, in anticipation of big rewards, then you are gambling, not invetsing. If you become too greedy as to demand high returns from investments, then you are more likely to lose everthing.

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How to invest in stocks — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:16:45 +0000

Warren Buffett’s is great adviser of stock market. He had written several tips how to invest money in stock market in smart manner.

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Good Stock To Invest In — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:38:22 +0000

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By: Raymond

Raymond — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:26:04 +0000

GL,

I haven’t read the book, but it looks very promising. I’m definitely a Warren Buffett fan. It’s rare you find someone with such an admirable mix of wealth and humility. True anti-lemmings always garner my respect.

By: G.L.

G.L. — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:07:06 +0000

Great to see another Buffett fan! :^D Have you reda his (unofficial) biography “Warren Buffett: the making of an American capitalist” by Roger Lowenstein? It’s a great book and well worth reading. Buffett will publish his autobiography (ghost-written, of course) later this year, and his second-in-command Charlie Munger (a genius in his own way) has a brilliant book called “Poor Charlie’s Almanack” which is a must-have for all investors, even though it has a hefty price tag. :^)