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Warren Buffett's 'simple rule' for investing during the financial crisis—you can still use it today [CNBC]

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B) 
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Company Research Source: CNBC
In the fall of 2008, global markets were failing. Lehman Brothers, an investment bank with $600 billion in assets , filed for bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15 of that year, an inflection point in the economic slowdown that brought unemployment rates as high as 10 percent . Two weeks later, during a single day on Sept. 29, the U.S. stock market lost $1.2 trillion in value as the Dow dropped 778 points, nearly 7 percent. You just felt like the world was unraveling, a senior equity trader named Ryan Larson told The New York Times that day. People started to sell and they sold hard. It didn't matter what you had — you sold. But there was one big investor who had a different outlook: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. In fact, Buffett was buying. I've been buying American stocks, Buffett wrote in a an opinion piece for The New York Times on Oct. 16, 2008 . Berkshire Hathaway also made big investments during the crisis , backing General Electric Show less Read more
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