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Well, he admits it...

Well, he admits it...

He was born at the right time, a time - where you did not have to invest into TECH in order to potentially (!) outperform the stock market over a certain stretch of time. The logic truth may also be: The more predominant the TECH-Sector is becoming, the less...

S&P 500 Sector weights from 1990 until 2017

...chances Mr. Buffet and the elder regime will get...

In the overview above >> showing the evolution of each sector weigthings in the S&P 500 (US-Stock Market Index) during the last decades it is easy to see, that TECHNOLOGY was only ranked Number 9 out of 10 sectors in the year 1990.

In the meantime, the Tech-Sector overtook all other sectors until eventually reaching and holding its number one position from the year 2008 onwards! Currently more than a fifth of the S&P 500-moves are driven by Tech-companies.

Final Remark: The person this short posting was referring to in the start is the real Warren Buffet (who is 'still' trying to avoid tech as an investment for his stocks-portfolio, but well: his "new" colleagues bought some stocks which are eventually exposed to the tech-universe!).

links:
www.smh.com.au/business/motley-fool

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