Buffett, Berkshire, Blue Chip and Bad Businesses

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Rupert Hargreaves
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In Spring 1991, as part of a series of lectures to students of the Notre Dame University, Warren Buffett made an interesting statement. When discussing the sort of businesses that make suitable long term investments, Buffett warned students away from “some of the businesses I’ve been involved with like trading stamps.” If you’re looking for value stocks, and exclusive access to value-focused hedge fund managers, check out ValueWalk’s exclusive value newsletter, Hidden Value Stocks. The Oracle of Omaha was referring to Blue Chip Stamps in this statement. Q1 2023 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The turnaround of Blue Chip…


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Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for ValueWalk