Master Investor Warren Buffett: "Stay Away" From Bitcoin
Master investor and chairman, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett, isn't shy about his financial opinions. Appearing on CNBC Friday to discuss an NCAA-related contest, Buffett weighed in on a number of topics, including bitcoin. "Stay away from it," he was quoted as saying in a transcript. "It's a mirage basically." He said that the idea bitcoin might have "intrinsic value is just a joke." On a positive note, Buffett did acknowledge that bitcoin was "a very effective way" of transmitting money, but added that so were checks and money orders. This isn't the first time Buffett has....
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When Warren Buffett speaks, like the old EF Hutton commercials used to say, people listen. Older people at least. He is nothing less than a master investor, with an unparalleled history of success and influence. And since people tend to follow leaders, and need to be led, he can banish a stock or industry to junk bond status at any time. His recent comments for the coming year now include Bitcoin, and his commentary is not pretty. Also read: 2014 - The Best and Worst Year for Bitcoin So Far. Warren Buffett: Stay Away From Bitcoin. A little background on Warren Buffett. He seems to have a....
Renowned investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett spoke out about bitcoin for the second time in as many weeks, calling the digital currency "a mirage" in an interview with CNBC on 14th March. The comments follow Buffett's first statements on bitcoin on the network on 3rd March, when he suggested that bitcoin was not a currency, writing it off as a passing fad. Buffett was similarly dismissive of bitcoin again in his latest interview, at least as an investment opportunity, advising investors to "stay away from it". He added: "It's a mirage basically." Buffett did however allude....
Warren Buffett hardly needs an introduction - the legendary 83-year-old investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has a résumé that can put just about anyone to shame. However, you're unlikely to find the phrase "bitcoin believer" on this particular CV. Speaking to CNBC, Buffett touched on many issues, from the crisis in Crimea to his eventual successor and even bitcoin. What the 'most successful investor of the 20th century' had to say about the latter is not very encouraging, however. Bitcoin won't be around in a decade or two. Buffett brought up bitcoin in a curious context. He argued that....
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