Even the best investors in the world get it wrong sometimes.
Legendary investor and billionaire Warren Buffett is lamenting his failure to seek a second opinion before investing in his latest annual letter to shareholders.
Telling the story of a decision to invest in the debt of Energy Future Holdings (EHF), losing his company nearly $900m (£537m), he admits he should have first sought the opinion of his long-serving collaborator Charlie Munger.
“Next time I’ll call Charlie,” said Buffett, after explaining EHF will almost certainly file for bankruptcy in 2014.
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