The Tech Stock Warren Buffett Wishes He'd Bought [Yahoo! Finance]
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He elected not to buy shares because of his friendship with Bill Gates, who also served on Berkshire's board of directors. Buffett wanted to avoid the appearance of impropriety. 10 stocks we like better than Microsoft › Warren Buffett will step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year, and his track record is unimpeachable. But even a legendary investor like Buffett has missed out on some opportunities. Based on comments he has made, a tech stock he would've liked to have bought is Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) -- and there's a surprising reason why he didn't. Microsoft has been one of the largest companies in the world for decades. At Berkshire's 2018 annual meeting, an audience member asked Buffett why he never bought shares, especially considering Berkshire's investments in Apple He answered that in the earlier years, he simply missed out (in his own words, "the answer's stupidity"). Buffett's investment strategy is to only invest in what you understand, and
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