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Why You Should Invest Like Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett is one of the few investors in the world that has consistently succeeded where others failed. Part of his success is due to his common sense approach to the stock market. Investors have mocked Buffett for his old fashioned approach to investing when he sat out the dot com era bubble. But Buffett had the last laugh when others lost out during the bust.

Buffett also managed to largely avoid the major losses investors faced when they invested in securities dependent on subprime lending practices. In fact, he managed to profit from it.

Here are some principles Warren Buffett follows and investors would be wise to model:

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