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Re:A Professor Who Was Right About Index Funds All Along by gist on Saturday October 22, 2016 @02:23PM (#12769883)
Often overlooked is the fact that Buffett has used celebrity to his advantage. [1]

Buffett gets to do deals (on better terms no less) that others can't as a result of his celebrity and this has been the case for a long long time.

[1] In the same way Trump has but with a much better track record.

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Re:A Professor Who Was Right About Index Funds All Along by harryh on Saturday October 22, 2016 @03:15PM (#12770124)
Yup.

http://www.mercenarytrader.com/2015/03/we-prefer-the-origina...

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Re:A Professor Who Was Right About Index Funds All Along by aczerepinski on Saturday October 22, 2016 @08:53PM (#12771317)
His returns were better in his early days before he was famous enough to benefit from this, so its hardly the reason he got so rich.
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