Being in Warren Buffett shoes | Think like Warren Buffett

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Invest in Warren Buffett Way in stock market

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Legendary Investor Warren Buffett has a very simplistic approach for investing in stocks, In this post I would expalin the Warren Buffett way of investing in details, If one has to become a very good investor he should stick to these 4 step approach for choosing stocks and then becoming millionaire from it. We all know that Warren Buffett has made a fortune of 56 billion from stocks and share market investing. We are seeing Buffett type investments being done by some big indian investors already. So definitely this Warren Buffett way of investing would be helpful to potential investors and new investors who want to make a career in stock investing. Remember that one doesnot have to follow thick investment banks manuals because as Buffett says "there is nothing scientific about valuing a stock".

The whole Warren Buffett way of investing would be covered in four posts where each post represents one step for investing in Stock markets. Remember these steps are for pure investors and speculators or short term investors please excuse.

These four steps are:

 Step 1 : Turn off stock market
Step 2 : Don't worry about the economy
Step 3 : Buy a business, not a stock
Step 4 : manage a portfolio of businesses

 Follow these steps one after another and dont skip any step while purchasing a business. If the company fits well after all these steps then go ahead and buy that business. HAPPY INVESTING!

The Warren Buffett way of investing

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Legendary Investor Warren Buffett has a very simplistic approach for investing in stocks, In this post I would expalin the Warren Buffett way of investing in details, If one has to become a very good investor he should stick to these 4 step approach for choosing stocks and then becoming millionaire from it. We all know that Warren Buffett has made a fortune of 56 billion from stocks and share market investing. We are seeing Buffett type investments being done by some big indian investors already. So definitely this Warren Buffett way of investing would be helpful to potential investors and new investors who want to make a career in stock investing. Remember that one doesnot have to follow thick investment banks manuals because as Buffett says "there is nothing scientific about valuing a stock".

The whole Warren Buffett way of investing would be covered in four posts where each post represents one step for investing in Stock markets. Remember these steps are for pure investors and speculators or short term investors please excuse.

These four steps are:

 Step 1 : Turn off stock market
Step 2 : Don't worry about the economy
Step 3 : Buy a business, not a stock
Step 4 : manage a portfolio of businesses

 Follow these steps one after another and dont skip any step while purchasing a business. If the company fits well after all these steps then go ahead and buy that business. HAPPY INVESTING!

Warren Buffett Way : Turn off stock market

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According to legendary investor Warren Buffett this first step is the most difficult step to take by the investor, So try understanding it in minute detail and one should understand it very deeply. It reads : TURN OFF STOCK MARKET. reading it one might think this is weird how can a stock market investor turn the stock market news/movements off....but it is the most essential requirement while purchasing a business. I think once you read this full post you will definitely agree with this step and would feel that it is not that difficult to implement but requires sheer analytic ability.

Remember that stock market is manic-depressive, Sometimes it is wildly excited about future prospects and sometimes it is unresonably depressed(like 1929 and 2008-2011), Such times are best for grabbing the oppurtunity to invest in shares of outstanding businesses which are probably undervalued in these depression times, But as you would not take direction from an advisor who has manic-depressive tendencies, you should also allow stock market to dictate you actions to take. The stock market is not a preceptor, it exists merely to assist you with the mechanics of buying or selling shares of stock. If you believe that stock market is smarter then you are, give it your hard-earned money by investing in index funds. If you have a sound understanding about the business you want to invest in then TURN THE STOCK MARKET OFF.

If a potential investor plans to own shares of an outstanding business for long term then what happens in stock market on daily basis is rather inconsequential. You will rather be surprised that in this way your portfolio weathers nicely without constantly looking at the market. You can give a test to trust this way of investing. Turn off the stock market for 48 hours, don't check newspaper, business channels or any other business media related to stock market. If after 48 hours your investments are holding good then turn off the market for 3 days than for a week and gradually you would feel that looking stock market daily is a fools game. The bottom line is that Stock market should not dictate price of your stocks. The same holds for institutional investors and individual investors also. You need to see stock market only when you are ready for next investment and want to know "Has anybody done anything foolish lately that allows you an oppurtunity to buy another good business at great price".

Step 1 : Turn off stock market
Step 2 : Don't worry about the economy
Step 3 : Buy a business, not a stock
Step 4 : manage a portfolio of businesses

Warren Buffett Way : Don't worry about economy

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The second step in Warren Buffett way of investing is DONT WORRY ABOUT THE ECONOMY. This is related to first step as Buffett says worrying about both stock markets and Economy are inconsequential. Investors should not worry about whether economy is growing or in recession, interest rates are growing or falling. If you do then stop it immediately, don't waste your energy in analysing the economy. There are two reasons for this: First: No one has economic predictive powers any more than they have stock market predictive powers. Second: If a person selects stock which would benifit by particular economic environment then he is inveting speculation.

Always look for business that has potential to profit from any economic environment, only percent returns may vary to a little extent. One should spent quality time while analysing the business.

Step 1 : Turn off stock market
Step 2 : Don't worry about the economy
Step 3 : Buy a business, not a stock
Step 4 : manage a portfolio of businesses

Warren Buffett Way : Buy a business, not a stock

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This step has a proper methodology to follow. Warren Buffett way says that a person should always buy a business and should not use stock or some other weird name. Invest in simple businesses: You should know how the business makes money, most of the investors put their money in companies without knowing how it earns money. One should have a clear answers of following questions relating to the business you want to invest in.
1. Is business simple and understandable?
2. Does the business have consistent operating history?
3. Does the business have favourable long-term prospects?

From company's management point of view following answers should be clear in one's mind
1. Is board of directors rational?
2. Is Board/management candid with shareholders?
3. Does management resist the institutional imperative?

 Investor should understand finances of the business and no doubt regarding same should be present
1. Management focus on equity, not earnings per share.
2. calculate "owner earnings"
3. Look for companies with high profit margins
4. For every rupee retained make sure the company has created at least one rupee of market value.

 Stock market valuation
1. What is the value of business, one should make sure that the business should be undervalued at time of purchasing.

Step 1 : Turn off stock market
Step 2 : Don't worry about the economy
Step 3 : Buy a business, not a stock
Step 4 : manage a portfolio of businesses

10 Stock Investing tips in Warren Buffett way

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From the time when my interests in Stock markets everincreased, I always wanted to know how the legendary investor Warren Buffett invested in stock markets. There are so many people who invest their money in stock markets but still none of them has come even closer to the future which Warren Buffett has made out of investing in Share markets in USA, There are few things which are different between today's normal investor's(In which all TV channels analysts and modern day investors come), and the other is Warren Buffett.

I have read the Book "The Warren Buffett Way" and recommend reading this book for all the fellow investors and followers. You can also gain some insight from best books for stock markets available today and my take from "The Warren Buffett way" book can be read here.

This post is dedicated to legendary stock investor Warren Buffett, and describes 10 stock investing tips which are non-failing and are followed by Warren Buffett or are derived from his life style and analysis of the stock markets, Do remember that his worth of >50 billion has come from investing in stock markets for long term.

So here are the 10 stock market investing tips or the Warren Buffett way of investing:

1. Be Self-Dependent : Stock investment is one field where a person should not depend on any body else for some sort of advice as there is no gurranteed advise in stock market investing, One should invest by following his/her own intellect/analysis and should remain away from stock market advisors as according to me they are sheer fools who dont know anything and put our hard earned money into risk.

2. Be Simple-live Simple - Extravagant lifestyles make a person a money guzzler, and chances of having such lifestyle are too high if in past you have made some fast bucks from stock markets thinking that you will always make profit out of it.
Warren Buffett is following a simpler lifestyle and focuses on investing in correct stock by sheer analysis and forgetting about all the worldly pleasures which are simply nothing but insane. Living a simple life would help in having more money for more investing.

3. Invest in stocks you know - Like the legendary investor Warren Buffett one should always invest in companies whose working is familiar to him/her, this reduces the risk of failure/loss while making the investment decision.

4. Make your own path - For making huge profits from the stock markets one should not go with the crowd, most of analyst out there are strictly short term once and nonreliable, dont simply do what all are doing and remember due to such shortsightness in stock markets the SENSEX come down to 14k levels couple of years back, just follow what your brain says without any concern about anybody.

5. Believe in Indian Economy - Anybody who wants to invest in Indian stock markets should not consider change of govt or any emergency as time to sell the stocks, always have faith in economy as the fundamentals of indian economy are very strong as grey economy runs alongwith legal economic data, this was the reason why indian Companies hardly went into any type of recession.

6. Buy when stock is undervalued - The best time to buy a stock for long term is when all others are selling it, this is time when the stock would be undervalued and you can make huge returns on your investment. Buffett doesn't pay much attention to earnings per share, a common measure of value. Instead, he likes to see companies with good return on equity, solid operating margins and reasonable or no debt.

7. Invest in Innovative company - According to Warren Buffett one should always look for companies which are very active innovator and have patents in their field, the problem with indian companies is that these are more copycats and no innovators but still invest in companies which are holding patents in their fields as such patents keep competitors at bay.

8. Purchase huge stocks - Most of the investment companies in india wants to do diversified stock investment for minimising the losses, but if a person has to make big bucks then he should keep on purchasing the stock which he has well analysed and should not diversify, this is again thinking different from the crowd.

9. Be a lifetime player - Whosoever said that stocks are meant to be sold is a fool, always keep on adding the stocks without thinking about selling, if you purchase a stock by keeping selling in mind then you would probably make mistake in both the tasks.

10. Wait for Stock market crash - One should always wait for the stock market crash and should think this as oppurtunity to purchase even more stocks, Market crashes bring the stocks to minimal levels thus making all of them undervalued just because of some temporary economic fluctuation, just wait for such time and purchase.