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Billionaire businessman Warren Buffett recently gave his legendary annual address to shareholders—where he stated that his preferred financial strategy was to buy a variety of stocks and hold on to them.Summary
This article by Jason Koebler, writing for Vice, makes the following points:
- Buffett’s point was that it’s difficult to pick winning stocks, and financial advisers take fees from clients that often eat a sizable portion of any investment gains.
- Buffett famously bet $1 million that the S&P 500 index fund of the top 500 companies in the United States would outperform a hedge fund’s active trading strategy over ten years—he won the bet.
- Buffett is considered a kind of deity among many financial media who use what he says as the basis for the advice they give to millions of people.
References
References from the Web:
- MAY 2022 Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger called out stock-market gamblers, dismissed bitcoin as worthless, and underlined the risks of inflation—Markets Insider
- MAY 2022 Warren Buffett says ‘monkeys’ could do as good a job investing as Wall Street financial advisors—CNBC
Source Information:
- Article Source: Vice Magazine
- Media Check: Vice - Media Bias Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)
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