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Lessons From Warren Buffett: First, Don’t Go Broke

While Warren Buffett is always looking to buy stocks and whole businesses that are undervalued, he always keeps in mind that you need to maintain enough reserves to have adequate liquidity.

“We know we don’t want to go broke,” Warren Buffett said at the 2012 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting. “I mean, we start with that. And we know you can’t go broke if you’ve got a fair amount of liquid reserves around and you don’t have any near-term debts and so on.”

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Disclosure: David Mazor is a freelance writer focusing on Berkshire Hathaway. The author is long in Berkshire Hathaway, and this article is not a recommendation on whether to buy or sell the stock. The information contained in this article should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.