Investing

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You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.

Warren Buffet

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Investing The stock market

Author

Warren Buffet

Source

Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders

Medium

Open letter Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Buffett, Warren. Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders. 2001.

Buy stocks like you buy your groceries, not like you buy your perfume.

Warren Buffet

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Investing The stock market

Speaker

Warren Buffet

Source

Fortune

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Buffett, Warren. Quoted in "Meet Investing's Newest Stars." Fortune Magazine, 9 Mar. 1992.

How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?

Alan Greenspan

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Topic

Financial panics and bubbles The stock market Investing

Speaker

Alan Greenspan

Source

The Challenge of Central Banking in a Democratic Society

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Greenspan, Alan. "The Challenge of Central Banking in a Democratic Society." The Annual Dinner and Francis Boyer Lecture of The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. 5 Dec. 1996, Washington, DC, USA.

October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.

Mark Twain

Pudd'nhead Wilson

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The stock market Investing

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Pudd'nhead Wilson

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. "Pudd'nhead Wilson." The Century Magazine, Nov. 1893-Oct. 1894.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "Pudd'nhead Wilson." Pudd'nHead Wilson and Other Tales, edited by R.D. Gooder. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.

Warren Buffett

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Topic

Financial panics and bubbles Investing Greed Fear

Author

Warren Buffett

Source

Buy American. I am. The New York Times

Genre

Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Buffett, Warren. "Buy American. I Am." The New York Times, Oct 16, 2008.

It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

Warren Buffett

1989 Letter to Shareholders

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Topic

Investing Business

Author

Warren Buffett

Source

1989 Letter to Shareholders

Medium

Letter

Genre

Letter to shareholders

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Buffett, Warren. Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders. c. 1989.