Buffett's Alpha: An Interview with Andrea Frazzini

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Buffett's Alpha: An Interview with Andrea Frazzini

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Andrea Frazzini talks about the article “Buffett’s Alpha,” Graham and Dodd winner in 2018 from the Financial Analysts Journal. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway returns appear to be neither luck nor magic but, rather, a reward for leveraging cheap, safe, high-quality stocks.

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Buffett's Alpha: An Interview with Andrea Frazzini

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