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by YVoyiatzis 598 days ago
He’s set to scoop everything up at a steep discount—a textbook example of patience and gut instinct rewarded when passive-investing.
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This is passive?
Well, if he told the management of Apple and the Bank of America what to do, I didn't notice. Which is quite plausible, I might very well not. But did you?
Passive investing usually refers to buying index-only funds or investing with no voting powers.
Buffett is pretty much the definition of an active investor, in that he picks companies rather than putting money into everything.
It also refers to investing where you don't try to exercise powers, despite having the ability. And if you invest a ten-digit sum, you do have the ability. Money talks.