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How to navigate the unknown

i’ve been re-reading a few of the columns I have written over the years, focusing on those that look at the older (more experienced) long-term investors in order to try and get an idea of how they handle a crisis filled with severe uncertainty. In the process I came across an old quote by Warren Buffett in a 1996 annual letter.

“What an

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