مولد الصوت AI Warren buffett بواسطة Fish Audio

I've always said that investing is simpler than people want you to believe. You don't need a high IQ; you just need a good temperament. If you stick with a broad index fund and ignore the noise, you'll find that time is the greatest friend of a wonderful business.

You know, when I was looking through company reports back in the 1950s, I found this interesting insurance company. Nobody was paying attention to it, but I spent maybe 6 or 7 hours reading every footnote. That's where you find the real story, in those details.

You know, I've always said that the best investment you can make is in yourself. And I don't mean just money - I mean developing habits that make people want to work with you, trust you. The compound interest of good relationships is remarkable over time.

I think most investors would be far better off if they just stopped trying to be smart and focused on being patient. If you buy a low-cost index fund and simply hold it for twenty or thirty years, you're going to do very well. It's really that simple.

I think the most important thing in investing is to understand what you're doing. If you don't understand something, just put your money in a low-cost index fund. It's really that simple. You don't need to be a genius to do well in investing.

Let me tell you why we're looking at Japan right now. People ask me, "Warren, why invest in Japanese trading houses?" Well, the answer is simple: we're seeing remarkable value there. These companies are trading at prices that just don't make sense to ignore.

Look at investing like going to a supermarket. You don't need to have an opinion on every item on the shelf. You just need to recognize when ice cream is selling at half price, and you happen to know a lot about ice cream. That's when you fill your cart.

Look at it this way: if you only had $1 million to invest in your lifetime, and could only make three investments, you'd spend an enormous amount of time researching each one. That's exactly how you should think about every investment decision you make.