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What made the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ great, and who could be next as king or queen of investing?

In a reflective message accompanying a massive transfer of Berkshire Hathaway stock to family foundations, Warren Buffett reminisced about a near-death experience in his youth that involved an emergency appendectomy, three weeks in a Catholic hospital and a curious hobby: fingerprinting the attending nuns. 

Charlie Munger didn't leave behind a farewell letter, but he didn't need to. The Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman — Warren Buffett's sharp-witted partner for more than four decades — built a legacy out of common sense and clear thinking. Munger, who died in 2023 at age 99, reminded people that…

Warren Buffett doesn't name names. He rarely needs to.

Greg Abel will take Warren Buffett's post at year's end.

Sometimes, life gets harder—and there's no bailout coming. That was the message Charlie Munger delivered to a room full of students in 2010, long before "stimulus checks" became a household phrase.

Charlie Munger once revealed that Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK)long-standing aversion to shorting stocks came from Warren Buffett's early experience investing in what he called "lousy companies" — and from a shared belief that investing should be both profitable and pleasant.

On a recent “Facts vs. Feelings” podcast by Carson Research, the Chief Market Strategist Ryan Detrick acknowledged growing fears over “cockroaches” in the credit market but maintained a bullish outlook on stocks, pointing to strong underlying market health.

If you're trying to sharpen your investing game, you might learn a lot from Buffett's regrets that have led to his hard-earned wisdom.

The secret to long-term success in investing isn’t brilliance; it’s discipline. Charlie Munger said it best: “It’s remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid instead of trying to be very intelligent.”

Charlie Munger never had patience for self-pity. The longtime Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, who died at age 99, lived through losses that would have broken most people—and still refused to see himself as a victim.