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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
21 Apr 2021 Acquired Berkshire Hathaway Part I
“I think that the classic Warren Buffett aphorism, “Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful,” springs to mind, where it’s easy to say this guy shut down his investment partnership when everyone else was being greedy.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
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- Recorded
- 21 Apr 2021
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Berkshire Hathaway Part I
Transcript context
…Which maybe is a reason why, as painful as it is to go back and talk about it, maybe is why Buffett investing in Intel and technology would have never worked in the first place. He just wasn’t in a mindset to be able to think like that. It is a completely different way of thinking. Speaking of not being in the right mindset, Buffett’s spinning down the partnership after it’s very best year ever. This is like there’s a boom time going on and that’s a terrible time for Warren to be buying. I think that the classic Warren Buffett aphorism, “Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful,” springs to mind, where it’s easy to say this guy shut down his investment partnership when everyone else was being greedy. When he returned 50% plus that year.…
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