How Warren Buffett Has Used Borrowed Money To Increase Investment Returns – ValueWalk Premium
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14Jul2021

How Warren Buffett Has Used Borrowed Money To Increase Investment Returns

Warren Buffett likes to say he has never borrowed, nor ever will borrow, a lot of money.

Q2 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more

For example, in 1991, Buffett was asked by a Notre Dame student about Donald Trump's money troubles. He said Trump failed because he borrowed too much:

"I've seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage – leverage being borrowed money. Donald Trump failed because of leverage. He simply got infatuated with . . .

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