[ethanbond]

Oh so all you've gotta do is pick cheap, safe, quality stocks.

Got it.

[oli5679]

Low beta just means low historic correlation with market returns. It can be computed mechanically with no subjective judgement needed

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_asset_pricing_model

If you had invested in low beta stocks, leveraged at the same level as Buffett you would not have performed much worse.