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1.
If a company does not have sustainable competitive advantages over others, then it is easier to estimate the value of its future cash flows.
False. It is harder, not easier, due to the unpredictability of its business.
2.
How does Warren Buffett determine a company's value?
He estimates the company's future cash flows and discounts them at an appropriate rate. His method is actually common among investment professionals, and is very accurate.
3.
Warren Buffett rejects the idea that diversification is helpful to informed investors.
True. He actually thinks it is likely to lower your returns and increase risk.
4.
Warren Buffett has written that he _______ when he misses out on big returns in areas he doesn't understand.
Isn't bothered. Rather, he sticks to what he knows, despite new trends.
5.
All of the following statements about Warren Buffett are false except _______.
Buffett believes that he has never made a good deal with bad people. Though the economics of a business is the most important factor, Buffett believes it's important to work with competent, honest managers. He believes that he has never made a good deal with a bad person.
6.
In investing, a margin of safety is the difference between a company's estimated fair value and its stock price, where the price is lower than the fair value.
True. But whether that margin of safety is acceptable is a different issue.
7.
To Warren Buffett, a stock is a candidate for purchase if its market price is _______.
Below the discounted cash-flow calculation of fair value. The ones to buy are those that are in this range.
