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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-11 10:59 PM
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Buffett Says 'Bet Heavily' Against Double Recession


Please note that this is three weeks old but it's still interesting to listen to:

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/72153912/
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-11 01:44 AM
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1. I'd trust Warren Buffet over many experts. n/t
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girl gone mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-11 02:29 AM
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2. Never take investment cues from billionaires.
Edited on Wed Aug-03-11 02:30 AM by girl gone mad
They can afford to ride out bad times and bad decisions a lot longer than you can.

Buffet was a major beneficiary of the bailouts.
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MedicalAdmin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-11 06:53 AM
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3. He also love him a fire sale.
And assets are cheap and getting cheaper and he'll be picking them up dirt cheap for the next 10 years while lots o' folks suffer.

He's a fucking billionaire. It's timesike these him and his ilk LIVE for. It's raining soup and he's got one of the few buckets in town.
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-11 07:05 AM
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4. If the stock market was a poker game, would you take advice from the other players?
They say "buy the rumor, sell the fact" and double dip is looking like a fact.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-11 07:07 AM
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5. From a stock market point of view maybe.
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-11 07:12 AM
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6. Plus if enough if us "bet heavy" his stock would go up
And he'd rake in a few more million
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GeorgeGist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-11 04:47 PM
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7. Phuck Buffett ... eom
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renate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-11 05:07 PM
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9. just curious, but why?
He's a good guy who's repeatedly pointed out how the rich don't pay their fair share in taxes.
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amborin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-11 05:03 PM
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8. he was slow to recognize and dismiss an insider trader
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