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1962: Warren Buffett Attacks Real Estate Companies

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Rupert Hargreaves
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In 1962, Warren Buffett penned a letter to the editor of financial magazine Barron’s Following an article the paper had recently run on publicly traded real estate companies. In the letter, Buffett attacks these businesses for their “Advanced accounting techniques,” which were being used to boost income and justify higher valuations.

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Warren Buffett Attacks Real Estate Companies

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