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You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out. — Warren Buffett

Open letter · Letter

You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.

Warren Buffett
2001
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InvestingThe stock market
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Metaphor, analogy and simile
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Open letterLetter
Time
2001
Person
Warren Buffett
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Buffett, Warren. Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders. 2001.

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