Some sectors seem to excite investors more than others, but Warren Buffett is quick to remind investors that no matter the source all dollars are equal.
“A dollar earned from a horseshoe company is the same as a dollar earned from an internet company” Buffett said at the 1999 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. “It is not worth more, based on whether it comes from somebody named dot-com, you know, or somebody that named, you know, the Old-Fashioned Horseshoe Company. The dollars are equal.”
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