{"id":3927,"date":"2015-03-01T10:03:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T10:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=3927"},"modified":"2015-03-01T10:03:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T10:03:31","slug":"buffett-recommends-investing-in-stocks-but-avoiding-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/buffett-recommends-investing-in-stocks-but-avoiding-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffett recommends investing in stocks but avoiding mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Warren-Buffett.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3928\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Warren-Buffett.jpg\" alt=\"Warren Buffett\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>Billionaire Warren Buffett says owning stocks is the key to building wealth over time, but investors must avoid the common mistakes of trading too often and paying high investment fees.<br \/>\nThe billionaire investor says there\u2019s every reason to expect stocks to perform well long-term, even if prices are volatile.<br \/>\nBuffett says his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. conglomerate benefited over the past 50 years from the S&amp;P 500\u2019s growth from 84 to 2,059.<br \/>\nHe says no commentator or investment adviser can predict the stock market.<br \/>\nHe said \u201cmarket forecasters will fill your ear but will never fill your wallet.\u201d<br \/>\nBuffett isn\u2019t immune from investing mistakes. He told Berkshire shareholders the company lost $444 million on its investment in British retailer Tesco largely because he was slow to sell the $2.3 billion stake.<br \/>\nBerkshire Hathaway Inc.\u2019s fourth quarter profit slid 17 percent because of declines in the paper value of its investments and derivative contracts.<br \/>\nBuffett\u2019s company released its latest results Saturday along with his letter to shareholders.<br \/>\nBerkshire\u2019s quarterly net income declined to $4.16 billion, or $2,529 per Class A share, on $48.3 billion revenue. That\u2019s down from $4.99 billion, or $3.035 per share, on $47 billion revenue last year.<br \/>\nThe biggest factor was investment and derivative gains of $192 million this year compared to $1.2 billion last year.<br \/>\nBuffett says operating earnings, which exclude investments, are often a better measure. Those were $3.96 billion, or $2,412 per share, up from $3.78 billion, or $2,297 per share.<br \/>\nThe four analysts surveyed by FactSet expected operating earnings per of $2,655.09 on average.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/buffett-recommends-investing-in-stocks-but-avoiding-mistakes\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Warren Buffett says owning stocks is the key to building wealth over time, but investors must avoid the common mistakes of trading too often and paying high investment fees. The billionaire investor says there\u2019s every reason to expect stocks to perform well long-term, even if prices are volatile. 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