Warren Buffett: The Billionaire Opportunist

05Jan2023January 5, 2023

Warren Buffett: The Billionaire Opportunist

Warren Buffett is known as a long-term investor. Indeed, the billionaire investor once said, “Our favorite holding period is forever.”

While it is true that the largest and most profitable positions of his career are Berkshire Hathaway's long-term holdings, such as American Express, Coca-Cola, and the insurance group GEICO, the Oracle of Omaha has also made billions from short-term opportunistic trades as well.

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Rupert Hargreaves

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

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