Here’s just a sampling:Don’t lose moneyBuffett is best known as a value investor – someone who buys companies he believes are undervalued. “If you buy things for far below what they’re worth and you buy a group of them, you basically don’t lose money,” he explained on Adam Smith’s Money World. It’s the same advice he said he gave to the trustee of money he was bequeathing to his wife. He regularly advises that one of the keys to a happy life is sharing it with the right person. “Greatness does not come about through accumulating great amounts of money, great amounts of publicity or great power in government,” he wrote.

Source: CNN December 22, 2025 11:03 UTC