Warren Buffett
Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway since 1965, and its majority shareholder; wrote its annual shareholder letters himself for six decades.
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Their wordsThe bottom line: When trillions of dollars are managed by Wall Streeters charging high fees, it will usually be the managers who reap outsized profits, not the clients. Both large and small investors should stick with low-cost index funds.
↗Berkshire Hathaway 2016 Chairman's Letterberkshirehathaway.com
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Investors do better over time in a low-cost index fund than in a group of hedge funds, on average.
Their wordsInvestors, on average and over time, will do better with a low-cost index fund than with a group of funds of funds.
↗Berkshire Hathaway 2016 Chairman's Letterberkshirehathaway.com
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Their wordsMy advice to the trustee could not be more simple: Put 10% of the cash in short-term government bonds and 90% in a very low-cost S&P 500 index fund. (I suggest Vanguard’s.) I believe the trust’s long-term results from this policy will be superior to those attained by most investors – whether pension funds, institutions or individuals – who employ high-fee managers.
↗Berkshire Hathaway 2013 Chairman's Letterberkshirehathaway.com