Warren Buffett says global economy slowing with problems in Europe and decline in Asia
OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Wednesday that the global economy is definitely slowing because of continued problems in Europe and the decline in Asia.
But he said that the U.S. economy is still improving modestly and business will improve regardless of who wins the presidential election.
But he said that the U.S. economy is still improving modestly and business will improve regardless of who wins the presidential election.
October 24, 2012
Warren Buffett's Timeless Advice: 'Don't Make This Mistake'
So, get into a bunch of wonderful businesses and stay with them...
The following chart shows Berkshire Hathaway stock adjusted for inflation.
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This is not a prediction. As a follower of trend failures and a believer in slowing growth theories, I simply ask a serious question. Peak Warren Buffett?
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Yahoo: BRKA
St. Louis Fed: CPI
As a side note, be sure to only get into the wonderful businesses.
ReplyDeleteHow will you know if they are wonderful? Using hindsight, the stock price will be much higher when you look to sell them, lol. Sigh.
I'm assuming that things won't turn up until after unsustainable debts are cleared or defaulted upon: there's a fair chance that another plunge down might occur before then. Whether we get stagnation or depression it's not likely that price inflation will fall to zero (at least not in the UK).
ReplyDeleteI don't think that hyperinflation would be adopted as government policy, though it could happen as an unintended consequence of some other government policy. In fact, many of the greatest risks that you might foresee could come about by government cock-up.
EVERY investment process/scheme/formula eventually fails for three reasons.
ReplyDelete1. It works and thus loses margin.
2. It gets copied and thus loses advantage.
3. Input conditions adjust to minimize discrepancies.
dearieme,
ReplyDeleteIf I had to guess...
1. We'll stagnate with 2% inflation.
2. The UK will stagnate with a bit more inflation.
That seems to be the trend anyway.
Rob Dawg,
ReplyDeleteAnd from a mathematical point of view, every exponential trend must eventually fail too. There are no exceptions.
This was actually the premise of one of my first posts.
ReplyDeleteSeptember 25, 2007
Exponential Growth and Immortality!
I should probably mention one thing required when it comes to exponential growth before we break out into a song of sheer ecstasy.
I lost all respect for Buffett during the 2008 financial crisis.
ReplyDeleteHere's a guy I never had any respect for:
Hedge Fund Guru
If a coin comes up heads six times in a row, then we just know it will keep coming up heads in the future. It's so freaking obvious.
mab,
ReplyDeleteFrom your link...
His frustration with Paulson is such that he's pulling out of a broader fund-of-funds platform entirely just to remove his capital from Paulson - even though the platform contains other funds he likes, such as DE Shaw's Oculus Fund, which is up by double digits so far this year.
I wonder what it is about DE Shaw's Oculus Fund that he likes right now. I guess it will remain a mystery, lol.
That's what I love about the whole industry. There are always going to be winners and losers, especially when mutual funds OUTNUMBER the actual stocks in the stock racket.
Um, I meant market, not racket. No idea where that came from. ;)
As a side note, it is difficult to lose money if you only invest in the best* companies and avoid the worst* companies.
* Best being defined as the companies, in hindsight, that performed the best, and worst being defined as the companies, in hindsight, that performed the worst.
I wonder what it is about DE Shaw's Oculus Fund that he likes right now.
ReplyDeleteOrdinarily, I'd guess he likes the past performance - it's not easy to find lucky pennies, even for financial "professionals". Maybe the fund has really high fees, that's always a good sign. Then again, maybe it's the catchy name ........... "Oculus"
From the movie Wayne's World
Tiny: Wayne. How you doin'?
Wayne: Hey, Tiny, who's playing today?
Tiny: Jolly Green Giants and the Shitty Beatles.
Wayne: Shitty Beatles? Are they any good?
Tiny: They suck.
Wayne: Then it's not just a clever name.
mab,
ReplyDeleteBrilliant!
Your comment got me to laugh from the first sentence and continued to build until the last one, lol.
Stag,
ReplyDeleteHere's a little Wayne's World trivia. In a scene shortly following the above quote, you can see some guys dressed up as jolly green giants in the backround. No joke, they're dressed just like the jolly green giant guy on the canned food.
You just know the writers and directors had a lot of fun detailing that movie.
mab,
ReplyDeleteI'll have to look for that next time I see the movie!