Warren Buffett On Probabilistic Investing 

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Rupert Hargreaves
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Over the past seven decades, one basic principle has been at the core of Warren Buffett’s investing philosophy. Buffett has been using basic elementary probability to evaluate potential investments as well as valuing insurance contracts for decades. As the future is uncertain, investors should always think in probabilities rather than guarantees as this is more reflective of the real world. True subjective probabilistic thinking The Oracle of Omaha told this to students of Wharton as part of a wide-ranging Q&A session on his investment strategy and thoughts about the economy in 2004. When one student asked Buffett if he could…

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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