Borrowing Money for Investments

In this chapter, the speakers discuss the topic of borrowing money for investments and share personal stories of their experiences with leveraging. They also discuss Warren Buffett's approach to leveraging through buying insurance companies and using float to invest.

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Kyle Grieve chats with Mary Buffett and Sean Seah about Warren's aversion to financial leverage and how he used float as a viable alternative, simple ways to find new ideas, why Warren loves monopolies so much, the way Buffett thinks about and eliminates commodity-type businesses, Buffett’s thought process on holding Coca-Cola when it was overpriced, how to develop patience and discipline, and a whole lot more!

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

02:07 - How Warren shuns leverage but found a way to use a different kind of leverage via insurance floats.

07:38 - The importance of simple investments.

09:59 - Simple ways to find new investing ideas.

12:33 - Why Warren Buffett loves monopolies.

36:14 Strategies for learning patience and discipline.

40:38 - The power of meditation for investing.

And much, much more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

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