Warren Buffett’s Stock Investment Strategy

Warren Buffett believes that when you’re selecting stocks to put your money in, you shouldn’t be looking at the stock to make that decision. You should be looking at the business. Buying stocks is investing in businesses. When Warren considers buying stocks, he looks at the underlying business. He considers what the business does, if it’s consistently profitable, if it has brand loyalty, if it’s durable. He considers these factors of the business for the past 10 years up to today.

Warren only buys good businesses that are profitable and will continue to be in the future for as long as he can see. He doesn’t even consider buying shares of a business that he does not understand. His reasoning is that if you don’t understand what the business does, how can you make an informed decision as to whether or not it is a good business?

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When Does Warren Buffett Buy Stocks?

We now know what type of businesses that Warren Buffett likes and how to determine if the business is in good financial health but even buying a winning stock at a high price can be disastrous. Warren Buffett only buys when it is a bargain to buy shares of stock in a company he really likes. He does his homework and identifies profitable businesses, and then he waits patiently for the perfect buying opportunity to snatch up shares of these profitable companies. In this section, we will discuss some of the events that can cause a bargain buy-in opportunity.

Temporary Problems

Once in a while, even a great company will get into some unfortunate event which will generate negative news. As a result of the negative news, the short-sighted majority of people will sell their shares. The challenge is to determine if the unfortunate trouble that the company has stumbled upon is a temporary problem or a long-term one. If you determine that it is temporary and the business can recover, then swoop in and buy all the shares of that company’s stock that you can. When the situation corrects itself, the stock price will rise again. This skill is something that comes naturally with practice and experience.

Stock Market Corrections

Sometimes when the stock market goes through a correction, the crowd panics and sells like crazy because they are nervous of another stock market crash. Unless it is near the end of the bull market bubble, these price drops are temporary and will rise again when the crowd regain their senses. The correction essentially hasn’t changed the underlying core business of companies but now their stock prices are at bargain prices equating to fantastic buying opportunities for value investors.

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