What Warren Buffett thinks about management

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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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2 dated positions, 2014 to 2017, in their own words. Our reading of what Warren Buffett has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 25 Feb 2017

   Our readingWhen trillions of dollars are managed by high-fee Wall Street managers, it is the managers who reap the outsized profits, not their clients.

   stock marketinvesting

   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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3. 28 Feb 2014

   Our readingHis advice to his own estate's trustee is the same advice he gives everyone: almost all of it into a low-cost S&P 500 index fund, not with a high-fee manager.

   governmentstock marketinvesting

   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