In a live interview with CNBC's Becky Quick a few minutes ago, Warren Buffett predicted "enormous divergence" ahead in the stock performance for financial companies. In response to a question about whether financials might be the best-performing stock sector next year, Buffett advised against buying financials as a group. He said some will do well but others have done some "really dumb things."
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He also tells Becky that while there has been enormous weakness in housing, so far it hasn't been felt in the employment market. But, he says, there are a lot of "dominoes" that could fall in the economy should housing weakness spread. The result, he fears, could be a recession.