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Ask a Fool: The Most Underrated Part of Buffett's Genius

By Buck Hartzell - Apr 12, 2013 at 7:30PM

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NYSE: BRK.B

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Market Cap

$671B

Today's Change

(0.73%) $2.21

Current Price

$306.36

Price as of May 20, 2022, 1:38 p.m. ET

This part of Buffett's brilliance doesn't get nearly as much attention.

In the following video, Motley Fool analyst Buck Hartzell takes a question from a Fool reader, who asks, "What do you think is the most underrated part of Buffett's genius?"

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

BRK.A

$459,780.56 (0.82%) $3,749.55

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