Warren Buffett's lessons for Kiwi investors
Sharesies co CEO Leighton Roberts at Omaha last year, with Warren Buffett on the stage in the background.
THREE KEY FACTS
This time last year, I joined 40,000 investors in making the annual pilgrimage to Omaha, Nebraska – a small Midwestern US city that becomes the global capital of investing for one weekend each year.
The Berkshire Hathaway Annual General Meeting (AGM), hosted by investing sage Warren Buffett
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