Warren Buffett observed in the late 1970s that investing professionals were making costly capital allocation mistakes.
Incorporating these 3 lessons from his observations will inspire millennial investors make million-dollar decisions no matter if the market is up or down.
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Buffett says that pension funds in 1970 put over 100% of their money into stocks because they were "wild about stocks."
Stocks were roaring and they were buying at high prices.
But by 1978, when stocks were at record lows, they were only putting 9% of new money into stocks.
This mistake was made b/c people:
"Behave peculiarly in terms of their reactions.
[This is] because they’re human beings and they get:
• Excited when others get excited
• Greedy when others get greedy
• Fearful when others are fearful.