Name: The 3 Rules Of Investing That Billionaires Follow
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When you think about investing. The first thing that comes into your mind is this complicated

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world of the stock market where no one seems to clearly understand what's going on. Because

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whenever things seem to go in the right direction, we end up facing a financial disaster.

But unlike everyone else, one gentleman seems to know a secret formula when it comes to

investing. Over his life, he continuously made successful investments over and over

and he is considered by many, as the greatest investor of all time.

He was so good that just by the age of 16, he already made over 53K thousand dollars.

It still surprises me, how Harvard didn't accept him, they probably regret it now.

But that doesn't matter, because what we are going to focus on this video is, how does

a lot of people out there are eager to invest but they don't know which companies to invest

in? So I thought, How about we take a look at a step by step process of how Buffett's

picks a stock. He doesn't randomly invest, if you take a look at all the companies he

has ever invested, you will realize that they are interconnected?

They have similar traits, similar values, and function in a similar way, so let's find

out why does he prefer one stock over the other? why does he picks this company over

Warren Buffett is a long term investor, he couldn't care less about how the company

is going to perform today or tomorrow or even next year. His primary concern is, where the

company is going to be 10 years from now or 15 years from now. But its quite difficult

to predict that if the company is too complicated. So he just looks for businesses that are simple

and direct. This is the product, these are the customers and this is why they are going

to buy it, you don't have to be a genius to understand their business model, its so

simple that even a little kid would understand it. That's what Buffett loves, because, the

simpler the business model, the easier it gets to predict if their products are going

to stay relevant 10 years from now. 2. will the customer buy the product again

The second trait is, will the customer buy the product again and why? And this is remarkably

important because if you have the kind of a product that would sell once and the client

wouldn't need it anymore, then your market is limited. A great product is when your clients

would keep coming back for it, every day or every week or even every year.

Like bread, if you are selling bread, you would expect the exact same customers to come

back tomorrow or next week over and over and 10 years from people would still need bread.

You might sell it in a different way, or a different form, you might improve the quality,

package it fancier, but it's still the same product that people would keep coming back

for. And that's what makes iPhone by the way,

one of the greatest products in history because people kept coming back for it every September

even though it's not a necessity like bread.  In fact, that's the reason behind the subscription

business model, where the businesses would charge you a little fee every month like Netflix

for example or ever year like amazon prime. because its a more sustainable strategy.

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And the 3rd component is the brand. People have the tendency to buy from the companies

that they feel connected to or familiar. Whos sneakers would you buy, the first ones

are from a brand that you have never heard of and the second ones are good old Nike's.

Even if they look fancier or, you probably would hesitate to buy them because you simply

haven't heard of that brand before.  On the other side, you easily recognize Nike, its

a well-established brand, you easily recognise it and they are known for making great sneakers.

You might already be wearing a pair of Nike shoes, so what would you chose.

And that's why Buffett pays such important attention to how powerful is the brand name

before throwing his billions into that company. He understands how big of an of influence

it's going to have on the consumer's decision. In fact, if the brand is strong enough, consumers

would buy almost anything that company produces.

Warren Buffet is one of the major investors in Coca-Cola. In fact, he started investing

in Coca-Cola back in 1988, and his investments since then have grown by over 16 times.

And coca-cola one of the few companies that have all the traits Buffett look at before

considering investing. First of all, their business model, it's so

simple that anyone would understand it. what do they sell, a drink!

who are their potential customers? pretty much anyone who is thirsty! the entire

world! Is it a one-time product or their clients

would keep coming back for it every now and then? Of course they will keep coming back,

some people drink 4 or 5 cans a day. its a product that satisfies one of our most important

needs! and once you get used it, its addictive, its not easy to quite even if its unhealthy!

However, it has a lot of competitors, I mean the shops are filled with endless number of

soft drinks, they are so many of them that it seems like there is a new soft drink company

emerges every other day! but the coca cola brand name is so powerful that out of 20 or

30 options, you easily recognise it. Most people would probably pick Coca-Cola without

even thinking. and if its out of stock, you probably would

go to another store instead of choosing one of the 30 other options they have.

Think about it, 1.8 billion cans are sold every single day. If the company will earn

a single penny out of every can that why sell, that's 18 million dollars a day, or 6 570M

a year. But with such a powerful brand that they have, they can charge more than a penny

Thats why Buffett bought 1 billion dollars of coca cola shares back in 1988. Its his

biggest investment, he was confident that 10, 20 or even 30 years later, this company

will just keep growing, regardless if the economy will crush, or another financial crises

is on a horizon. Let's take a look at another example. In 1989,

Warren invested 600 Million dollars in Gillette. The company that makes razors. If you give

it a closer look. Gillette holds the exact same position in its industry as Coca-Cola

does in beverages.  They are like twin brothers.

Regardless of what happens, people will still shave. And their products are just filling

that basic human need. You don't need to have an IQ of 150 to understand why people

are buying razors or while they will keep coming back for that product even 10 years

from now. But of course, Gillete isn't the only company

in its insutry , it has a ton of competitors, however, if you ask people to name a razor

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