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01 Oct 2023 ‘Dumb Money’ Exposes the Baffling Allure of Bad Investment Advice

“ Retail investors have a well-established track record of destroying their own wealth. Studies have shown that individual traders somehow have the opposite of skill — they manage to do worse than they would by picking stocks at random.”
29 Sep 2023 Billionaire investor Bill Ackman channeled Warren Buffett when he bet big on Alphabet this spring - Portfolio

"I've been a kind of Warren Buffett devotee, he's been my unofficial mentor for many years.“
28 Sep 2023 Jensen Investment Management: Now May Be the Time To Look At Quality Mid-Cap Stocks - Portfolio

"In 2023, the fortunes of the S&P 500 have become heavily influenced by the performance of a relatively small number of large, predominantly technology-focused companies: Apple, Alphabet Inc., Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Nvidia and Tesla. Together these seven companies (eight stocks, incorporating both Alphabet share classes) comprise more than 30% of the index weight as of July 31, 2023, despite representing roughly 1.5% of the total number of companies in the index."
20 Sep 2023 American Express’s CEO called Warren Buffett to warn him about pandemic losses—but he didn’t even flinch, and offered him advice instead - Portfolio

“The most important thing to take care of is your customers and your brand. It’s hard to get customers back. And once you damage the brand, it’s damaged.”