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Warren Buffett’s Best Advice for 2015. Essentially a good review of and reliving the post 2008 GFC.

Published on 26 Dec 2014

Warren Buffett’s Best Advice for 2015

Warren Buffett says:

“My advice to the trustee could not be more simple: Put 10% of the cash in short-term government bonds and 90% in a very low-cost S&P 500 index fund. (I suggest Vanguard’s.) I believe the trust’s long-term results from this policy will be superior to those attained by most investors — whether pension funds, institutions or individuals — who employ high-fee managers.”



Comment:

Listening to this video gives you a good review of financial crisis and stock market volatilities post-2008 GFC.  The video is a collection of live interviews of Buffett during this period and gives a good review of the unfolding crisis with Buffett's live responses to the crisis as it unfolded.

Were you frightened out of the market or you embraced the market during this period?

Warren Buffett shared his thinking of the stock market and other asset classes during this crisis period generously, and today, in 2015, his approach and philosophy are sound, safe and first class;  proven to be absolutely right and rewarding.

A lot of great lessons to learn in this video.


For those looking at buying first single family home, here was Buffett's advice in 2012.
This was the best time for you to buy.   Maybe different in 5 years from then.
Certain conditions need to be fulfilled:
- you should know where you are going to live.
- you must have a reasonable income.
- single family home can be bought with a 30 years mortgage at low interest rates of 4%.

Don't buy:
- if you are going to move in 6 months time.
- if you are uncertain about your job situation.

These are simple and common sense first class advice from Buffett.

Buffett is optimistic that single family homes will double in value over a very short period during his interview.
He is tempted to do this business but it would be extremely difficult to manage so many single units of homes and also dealing with so many people with difficult behaviours.

(@1.40 of video)



Additional note:

For those who are in their 50s or more, you may ponder over this particular fact.  Buffett first invested in shares at the age of 11 years old.  His present networth is about $70 billion.   1% of his wealth were acquired in the first 50 years of his life; the other 99% after his 50th birthday.

Once you have your initial capital and is on the growth path, the power and magic of compounding over many years can do wonders.

Always buy income generating assets as they will definitely beat any non-income generating assets over the long term and less subjective to prices offered and set by another based on sentiment (speculating).



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Warren Buffett started investing at 11yo and he regrets not starting earlier!!! What is also not widely known is that he made 95% of his money after the age of 65 years old!!! There is hope for us, old folks. Hahaha. But then again, we can't all be Warren Buffett.

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Think for a moment that you had the right to buy 10% of one of your classmates for the rest of their lifetime. Are you going to give them an IQ test or pick the one with the best grades? Probably not. If you thought about this for an hour, you would probably invest in the person who has the type of leadership qualities, the type of person who has the ability to get other people to do what they want. By the same token, if you had to go short on one of your classmates, then you would also look for qualities like dishonesty and cutting corners.

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Warren Buffett is not a macro guy. But you can borrow money in Japan at 1%. You would think that you could make money if you can borrow money at 1%. However, he is having trouble finding anything. It is hard to make a lot as an investor if the business you are interested in doesn't make a large return on equity. However, you could take the cigar butt approach to investing. If you are looking for a free puff, then you can purchase a lousy business at a discount. Time is the friend of the wonderful business and the enemy of the lousy business. Japan had an incredible market without a lot of incredible businesses.

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If you are not a professional investor, then you should be extremely diversified and you should do very little trading. However, if you want to bring an intensity to the game, and you are going to value businesses, then diversification is a terrible mistake. If you really know business, then you shouldn't own more than 6 businesses. Very few people have gotten rich on their 7th best idea. You'd be much better off putting more money into your best idea.

Proctor and Gamble is a good business. But if you are going to go away for 20 years, would you rather own Coca-Cola or Proctor and Gamble? Proctor and Gamble wouldn't be bad, but Coca-Cola has much better pricing power. They sell 1 billion units per day. If they charge a penny more, they will make another $10 million per day.

McDonald's has a lot of things going for it. But it is a tougher business. People do not want to eat at McDonald's every day. If someone drinks 5 Cokes today, they will probably buy 5 more tomorrow. The fast food business is tough, and they don't win taste tests. They are also competing on price more than they used to, and they give away toys in order to sell more product. It is better to own a business with a product that can stand alone absent promotions and price appeals. But it is a very good business. Not as good as Coca-Cola, but then again very few businesses are.

The utility industry is tough to understand because there are so many regulations. Obviously the guy who produces energy more cheaply has an advantage, but it is hard to predict how much of the profits he will be allowed to keep and whether he can sell his energy outside of his geographic area. A lot of money will be made in utilities, but it is hard to be able to tell who is going to make it.