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Sunday 1 March 2015

Buffett recommends investing in stocks but avoiding mistakes


OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett says owning stocks is the key to building wealth over time, but investors must avoid the common mistakes of trading too often and paying high investment fees. 

The billionaire investor says there's every reason to expect stocks to perform well long-term, even if prices are volatile. 

Buffett says his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. conglomerate benefited over the past 50 years from the S&P 500's growth from 84 to 2,059.

He says no commentator or investment adviser can predict the stock market. He said "market forecasters will fill your ear but will never fill your wallet." 

Buffett isn't immune from investing mistakes. He told Berkshire shareholders the company lost $444 million on its investment in British retailer Tesco largely because he was slow to sell the $2.3 billion stake. 








2 comments:

  1. We just need to win more than we lose then we are safe and create wealth from the stock market

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  2. NEW YORK: Warren Buffett wants to buy more businesses to add to Berkshire Hathaway Inc's "sprawl," but cautioned it may not keep the company he has run for 50 years from evolving into something rarely used to describe it up until now: average.

    In his annual letter to shareholders, Buffett on Saturday said Berkshire's huge balance sheet gives him the power to funnel capital to some of the more than 80 operating units that deserve it, while its decentralized structure makes it the "home of choice" for many businesses looking to sell.

    "Berkshire is now a sprawling conglomerate, constantly trying to sprawl further," Buffett wrote. "In an operating sense, Berkshire is not a giant company, but rather a collection of large companies."

    That sprawl, including 9-1/2 businesses that would on their own make the Fortune 500 - Berkshire owns half of ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co for instance - may limit its power to outperform.

    Indeed, that power has been waning.

    Berkshire's book value per share, Buffett's favored growth measure, has after taxes risen less than the Standard & Poor's 500 index including dividends, pre-tax, in five of the last six calendar years, after dwarfing the index in the prior 44 years.

    Its stock price has also slightly lagged the index since the end of 2008, the company said.

    "The bad news is that Berkshire's long-term gains - measured by percentages, not by dollars - cannot be dramatic and will not come close to those achieved in the past 50 years," Buffett wrote. "The numbers have become too big. I think Berkshire will outperform the average American company, but our advantage, if any, won't be great."

    MORE ACQUISITIONS

    Buffett still wants Berkshire to make acquisitions in the US$5 billion to US$20 billion range. And purchases could be even bigger if he teams with partners, such as Brazil's 3G Capital.

    That firm bought the rest of Heinz and got US$3 billion from Berkshire to help its Burger King unit buy Canadian donut chain Tim Hortons, creating Restaurant Brands International Inc .

    Buffett said he expects to work with 3G on more activities.

    Still, Berkshire is sitting on US$63.27 billion of cash and its most recent purchases have been comparatively small.

    They have included the AltaLink electric transmission unit in Canada, and Van Tuyl Automotive, the fifth-largest U.S. auto retailer. Berkshire also plans to acquire Procter & Gamble Co's Duracell battery unit later this year.

    Once in Berkshire's stable, those companies will likely stay.

    Though Buffett does shed or give up some businesses - the textile company that gave Berkshire its name was closed in 1985 - Buffett said spinoffs "make no sense," citing tax reasons and a belief that businesses are worth more within Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire than on their own.

    Buffett said his eventual successor at Berkshire, whenever he or she takes the job - "gender should never decide" - will need to monitor those businesses closely, and as Berkshire grows larger fend off the "arrogance, bureaucracy and complacency" that can destroy seemingly indestructible companies.

    "For very good reasons, business owners and operating managers with values similar to ours will continue to be attracted to Berkshire as a one-of-a-kind and permanent home," Buffett wrote, italicizing "permanent" for emphasis.

    (Editing by Jennifer Ablan and David Holmes)

    - Reuters

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