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The range of derivatives contracts is limited only by the imagination of man (or sometimes, so it seems, madmen). Say you want to write a contract speculating on the number of twins to be born in Nebraska in 2020. No problem-at a price, you will easily find an obliging counterparty.
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The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be
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Managers that always promise to 'make the numbers' will at some point be tempted to make up the numbers.
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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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Working with people who cause your stomach to churn seems much like marrying for money - probably a bad idea under any circumstances, but absolute madness if you are already rich.
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We can afford to lose money - even a lot of money. But we can't afford to lose reputation - even a shred of reputation.
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Accounting consequences do not influence our operating or capital-allocation decisions. When acquisition costs are similar, we much prefer to purchase $2 of earnings that is not reportable by us under standard accounting principles than to purchase $1 of earnings that is reportable.
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In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable 'moats'.
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Getting fired can produce a particularly bountiful payday for a CEO. Indeed, he can 'earn' more in that single day, while cleaning out his desk, than an American worker earns in a lifetime of cleaning toilets. Forget the old maxim about nothing succeeding like success: Today, in the executive suite, the all-too-prevalent rule is that nothing succeeds like failure.
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The greater the potential for reward in the value portfolio, the less risk there is.
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There is seldom just one cockroach in the kitchen. You know, you turn on the light and, all of sudden, they all start scurrying around.
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August 30, 1930
(age 93)
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Warren Edward Buffett is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is the most successful investor in the world.
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Thoughts of Chairman Buffett (1998)
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