Buffett tells us that «[t] he blueprint he gave me was simple: Forget what you know about buying fair businesses at wonderful prices; instead,
buy wonderful businesses at fair prices».
The blueprint he gave me was simple: Forget what you know about buying fair businesses at wonderful prices; instead,
buy wonderful businesses at fair prices» Warren Buffett
«Forget what you know about buying fair businesses at wonderful prices; instead,
buy wonderful businesses at fair prices.»
Warren Buffett credits Charlie Munger for helping him see the benefits of
buying wonderful businesses at fair prices instead of fair businesses at wonderful prices.
Buffett has repeated often that it is better to
buy a wonderful business at a fair price than a fair business at a wonderful price, and Greenblatt tried to capture this mathematically by screening for companies that generated high returns on capital («ROC»).
Other examples on mis understood quotes — Quote from Charlie Munger — Cigar Butts vs
Buying wonderful business.
Being able to obey Rule # 1 of investing - not - losing - money, comes from «
buying a wonderful business at an attractive price.»
Warren Buffett credits Charlie Munger for helping him see the benefits of
buying wonderful businesses at fair prices instead of fair businesses at wonderful prices.
Warren Buffett added, «I became very interested in
buying a wonderful business at a moderate price.»
When one
buys a wonderful business, they can sit back and let the business grow over time; increasing value on its own.
«It's far better to
buy a wonderful business at a fair price than a fair business at a wonderful price»
He is about
buying wonderful businesses run by top - notch managers at a fair price instead of a mediocre business at a wonderful price.
Not exact matches
«I try to
buy stock in
businesses that are so
wonderful that an idiot can run them.
Searles says he kept a framed version of the Berkshire CEO's famous quote — «I try to
buy stock in
businesses that are so
wonderful that an idiot can run them.
I saw a
wonderful example of this principle on Monday when five teams of my «Foundations of Entrepreneurial Management» students at Babson College tried to convince their skeptical classmates to
buy from their
businesses.
While they aren't as good as a
wonderful business bought at a fair price, it's still an important lesson.
For example, if you have a
wonderful idea but due to tough economic times customers do not want to spend money to
buy your product, then your idea remains just that: an idea, not a
business.
Warren is famous for this approach at Berkshire Hathaway, where he
buys great
businesses run by
wonderful managers and then gets out of the way.
Potential is a
wonderful thing, but Sterling is doing more on the pitch than Chambo so maybe fans need to stop waiting for our young players to be the next Messi and
buy players we know are already doing the
business.
After meeting her and seeing what a
wonderful person she is it made me want to
buy her entire line just to support her
business.
Love your commitment to
buying from women - owned small
businesses, that is absolutely
wonderful!
Moreover, there are unscrupulous agencies running their
business on these girls, namely: they write
wonderful letters to Western men and
buy apartments and cars at the expense of Western men looking for Ukrainian women.
Dividend growth investing allows one to
buy shares in
wonderful businesses that reward their shareholders with a chunk of the growing profit these
businesses generate; as profit grows, so do the dividend payments.
But I know that continuing to acquire equity in
wonderful businesses means my snowball will roll downhill at ever faster rates, and when / if a correction does come, the passive income my portfolio throws off will
buy even more new shares than before.
My success simply hinges on my ability to find
wonderful businesses and
buy equity positions in these
businesses at attractive prices relative to their intrinsic value.
This involves
buying and holding shares in
wonderful businesses that send some of their growing profit back to the shareholders.
What I'm not doing though is
buying at a P / E of 20 and expecting the stock to one day trade at a P / E of 40 — even though, I know, there may come a time where Mr. Market gets overexcited with this kind of
wonderful business and really does give it a P / E of 40.
When one
buys a fair
business at a
wonderful price, they are relying on the stock market to generate their returns; hoping that the
business» valuation will rise.