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Stop Worrying, and Learn to Love the Bear

By admin - Posted on July 15th, 2008
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Take It From Graham and Buffett, These Miserable Markets Are A Gift From the Financial Gods.

This May, at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, Warren Buffett boiled down what it means to be an intelligent investor into two startling sentences: "If a stock [I own] goes down 50%, I'd look forward to it. In fact, I would offer you a significant sum of money if you could give me the opportunity for all of my stocks to go down 50% over the next month." Knowing he owns good businesses, Mr. Buffett wants prices to go down, not up, so he can buy even more shares more cheaply before the bounce back.

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