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13 sats \ 2 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 9 May \ on: There Will Never Be Another Buffett (WSJ, Jason Zweig) econ
I struggle with Buffet. He’s worked how many years in his life? Investing since 15? When do you enjoy life? Work till you die? He has outperformed the S&P over the past 85 years by 10% yearly, but ethically? When people were losing their houses in the 08 financial crisis he got bank stocks cheaper than the general public with insider deals. For every winner there is a loser…
S&P price appreciation is roughly the inflation rate, isn't it?
So he did outperform inflation which isn't the case for many and I'd guess most investors.
About the enjoyment: I think he found plenty of enjoyment thanks to the kind of work he did.
He basically considered reading books a part of his job, and he loved reading books, so he very much enjoyed his work which was basically to better understand the world and the economy which is what he wanted to do anyways.
About the "for any winner there is a loser"; I don't see it that way. In many cases there's winners on all sides.
We're all different, often want different things and value things differently and that scenario opens up win-win transcactions where we both feel we both win.
Zero sum scenario's, scenario's where one winning necessarily means another loses also exist I think that's true, and I think it's a good idea for humanity to avoid these kinds of situations where we can
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Oh here you go, Buffett is the single-greatest asset allocator in the history of financial markets.
Yet when you tally up the score, all Buffett essentially did was match the performance of gold over the past 25 years.
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