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Buy American. I Am.

Warren Buffett · 2008

"Amid GFC panic, US stocks are cheap; be greedy when others are fearful."

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At the darkest depths of the 2008 financial crisis, Warren Buffett published a New York Times op-ed declaring he was buying American stocks with his personal money. He reminded the world that 'be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.'

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