What Alice Schroeder thinks about investing
American financial analyst and writer; Berkshire Hathaway's leading insurance analyst at Morgan Stanley, then Warren Buffett's authorised biographer, author of The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (2008).
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2 dated positions, 2009, in their own words. Our reading of what Alice Schroeder has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsOn the other hand, if you are investing in your education and you are learning, you should do that as early as you possibly can, because then it will have time to compound over the longest period.
↗Interview With Alice Schroeder: Buffett's Cold Shoulder (The Motley Fool)fool.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Our readingThe biggest business misconception about Buffett is that he is a buy-and-hold-forever investor
Their wordsOn the business side, I think the biggest misconception about him is that he is a "buy and hold forever investor." He has never said that, but people take little snippets and slices of things that he said, and they turn them into mantras or slogans.
↗Interview With Alice Schroeder: One Big Misconception About Buffett (The Motley Fool)fool.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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