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Re: Be greedy when others are fearful...
by
boksoon
on 23/08/2018, 04:01:46 UTC
Quote
I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.
-Warren Buffet


This quote is constantly bandied about as justification to invest in Bitcoin, and especially now that there has been some nice price movement in the upward direction. But this Warren Buffet quote is only relevant with the proper context, which is that Warren Buffet only invests in things he has a fundamental understanding of and can quantifiably value. You can confidently be greedy when others are fearful if you have a sound investment thesis and are a fundamental value investor. This is how he turns his investments into home runs, he knows what he's buying and what it's worth and can weather the negative sentiment until the market learns what he already knows. This doesn't apply at all to a speculative investment like crypto. Following this advice willy-nilly is gonna get you burned because you're misunderstanding the intent and the application.

Don't not buy Bitcoin if that's what you want to do, but don't fool yourself into thinking you're following Warren Buffet's advice. Warren Buffet doesn't speculate, and if you're buying crypto, you're speculating.


Two different kinds of emotion that actually really felt to all bitcoin user, first they had to be greedy because they have a large capital to invest whatever happen they don't experienced going to crack down because they are rich person 2nd there is a time that people has a capital but not enough to invest they felt that if they proceed their investment the question is? is there a good return if i proceed? what will going to happen if my investment is not worth it... thats the big circumstances that people really scared if their capital is enough for their daily needs.