Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
時は優良企業にとっては味方だが、普通の企業にとっては敵である。
If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.
Our favorite holding period is forever.
Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.
I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn't that a little like saving up sex for your old age?
Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they're doing.
The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don't have to swing at everything — you can wait for your pitch. The problem when you're a money manager is that your fans keep yelling, "Swing, you bum!"
A truly great business must have an enduring 'moat' that protects excellent returns on invested capital.
I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.
遅かれ早かれバカが社長になるので、バカでもできるビジネスの株を買う
Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can't buy what is popular and do well.
Success in investing doesn't correlate with I.Q. once you're above the level of 25. Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing.
普通の知性があるなら、必要なのは衝動を抑える能力だ
The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it's going up.
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