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Warren Buffett Watch
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Warren Buffett Fans Explain Why They're Keeping the Faith
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I do understand why traders and speculators are nervous, however. They buy assets without doing any research on the business model and management of a company. The only gauge on performance is the price of the stock. Therefore when the price of the stock goes down, they figure they made a bad investment.
Investors don’t need faith during these tough (or good) times. Investors need to read the annual report before buying the stock."
- Wilko S., California
"Mr. Buffett is a genius with numbers/money/business. That is his gift in life and he is very, very good at it. He knows what he is doing. He has stated that the market has value in some stocks and whilst he cannot predict a bottom by the exact number, I would be surprised if he committed his money and his reputation, if he was not very confident in his comments...
Mr. Buffett is my hero and I would listen to him any day. So should everyone. Does any one really think they have the upper hand of an absolute genius like him?"
- Jonathan P.
"Smart? Obviously and amazingly so. Insightful? Of course. Lucky? Oh, my, yes.
I enjoy CNBC very much, and watch it every morning, and see it on the internet at work. But Warren Buffet is no messiah, and shouldn't be considered as one. Buffettwatch? Spare me. Sounds a lot like Brittanywatch or Bradwatch: long on celebrity, light on content.
The annual Haj to Nebraska has turned into a media/pop-culture event, not a sober, analytical meeting of cold-eyed investors. A festival, complete with all the distractions of a P.T. Barnum event. Ice Cream! Hot Dogs! Soft Beds! Come one, come all! Watch Warren oraculate on the yen-carry trade, and its implications on the forex markets! Hear Warren speak on the auto bailout! The Federal Reserve! Global Warming! Whales! Post Chaebol Korean Industrial Policy! Tune in to hear!
The Rock-Star treatment of this admittedly amazing investor makes me wonder why it is we must augment his investing success with a veneer of celebrity. Buffett is now just as slavishly drawn to the stage lights as the CNBC reporters are to his 'star power.'"
- Mark W., Texas
"It is premature to say that Buffett's governing principles of empire building are wanting or that he needs a new crystal ball. Nor should the effects of the short sellers be overrated. These are but blips reflecting economic realities and do not a trend make."
- Charles H.
"It is not a matter of faith but a matter of reason. I owned shares of Brk.a & b for the past years in the belief that the reason behind Buffett's investments was sound and over the years will pay off. I believe in his Philosophy regarding investments, which means reason prevails, not faith."
- Carlito M.
"There's no reason to lose faith in him. His investments this year are consistent with his core investing philosophy and it's worked for him so far. However, as transparent as he is, why not short his company's stock if it is apparent revenue will decrease in the short-term."
- Lukas A.
"The doubts currently being voiced about Warren Buffett's investment approach--and the recent hammering of Berkshire Hathawy's stock--say more about the prevailing trader mentality than it does about the actual soundness of his fundamental principles...
Anyone who would discard Buffett's ideas now, in this time of deleveraging, financial distress, and general confusion overall, had simply never fully adopted the philosophy in the first place. Fifty years of guidance and experience from one of the greatest investors the world has ever seen should not be discarded because of difficulties experienced in the short term. To paraphrase Buffett himself, if your principles change along with your circumstances, they aren't principles."
- Brian W., New York State
"I went with the 'experts' during the dot com or tech 'irrational exuberance' era at the advice of my stock broker and was severely burned. I should have listened to Warren Buffet. I am now buying Berkshire on every dip and plan to do so for the long haul this time. Warren Buffet is still here, and much wealthier I might add then Egghead.com or even Merrill Lynch. I would say Berkshire is a buy, buy, buy. Booyah Jim Cramer."
- Tom S., Florida
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