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Warren Buffett's advice for staying calm when stocks are falling comes from a 130-year-old poem: 'Keep your head'

Warren Buffett speaking (Credit: Getty Images—J. Countess)
  • Warren Buffett in 2017 offered sage advice for when the stock market is falling: “Keep your head.” It comes from Rudyard Kipling’s 1895 poem “If.” Some investors have warned the U.S. economy is inching toward a correction, and Buffett had said “no one can tell you” when these major market moves may happen.

The U.S. stock selloff continues this week as investors question how much President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs and other policies could impact the economy. Some investors have even questioned whether Trump’s moves could spiral the economy into a recession. 

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