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1197: The Fundamentals of Investing From Warren Buffett's 2013 Letter by Phil Town of Rule One Investing on Value Stocks

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🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Phil Town of Rule One Investing shares the fundamentals of investing from Warren Buffett's 2013 letter. Episode 1197: The Fundamentals of Investing From Warren Buffett's 2013 Letter by Phil Town of Rule One Investing on Value Stocks Phil Town's portfolio has been ranked No. 1 by the American Association for Individual Investors when it produced a 50% rate of return. He has a passion for investing that is hard to beat and he wants to share it with you. Phil has written three New York Times #1 Best-Selling Investment Books, Rule #1, Payback Time, and Invested, and he's been invited to speak on TV shows on CNBC, FOX, and MSNBC. The original posts are located here: https://www.ruleoneinvesting.com/blog/how-to-invest/warren-buffetts-2013-letter/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is optimal finance, episode 1197.

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The Fundamentals of Investing from Warren Buffett's 2013 letter by Phil Town of Rule 1 Investing.

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com.

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And I'm your host and narrator of the show. My name is Dan and I am here every single

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day reading to you from some of the best personal finance blogs on the planet. And for this Friday,

0:51.1

I'm going to keep things nice and short for you on the intro side, so let's get right to our post and start optimizing your life.

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The Fundamentals of Investing from Warren Buffett's 2013 letter by Phil Town of Rule 1 Investing.com

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In the 2013 Berkshire Hathaway Chairman's letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett writes about

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quote certain fundamentals of investing, end quote. These fundamentals form the nucleus of the

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Rule 1 investing philosophy.

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Because of this, I've included selections from his letter regarding these key points,

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along with my own comments. I hope my thoughts help to amplify the point he's making.

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If you follow what we're saying here, you can be a very successful investor.

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You don't have to be an expert.

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Quote, you don't need to be an expert in order to achieve satisfactory investment returns, but if you aren't, you must recognize your own limitations and follow a course certain to work reasonably well. Keep things simple and don't swing for the fences.

1:55.3

When promised quick profits, respond with a quick no."

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End quote.

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