Here’s Who Americans Would Trust Most To Invest Their Money

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Here’s Who Americans Would Trust Most To Invest Their Money

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asking average Americans which entrepreneur they would most trust to invest their life savings:

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, Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, or others. The top three results were clear: 58% of Americans chose Buffett while 11% chose Musk, and 11% chose Cuban. So why is that? And, more importantly, which of the three would financial experts choose?

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Let’s begin with a deep ***** on each of Buffett’s, Musk’s, and Cuban’s investments and strategies. Then we’ll

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Warren Buffett

When it comes to investing, Buffett has a very ************* approach, choosing to stay away from complexity and fads and opting instead for solid, name-brand companies like Apple, Chevron, and Bank of America. “His portfolio often touches on necessities over all else […] things that all Americans rely heavily on,” stated Adam Ferrari, CEO at

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. He “has proven time and time again to have stability, long-term growth, and strong fundamentals.” Buffett advocates patience and level-headedness in prioritizing long-term gains over short-term wins. This approach is not always exciting or dramatic, but it gets the job done.

Robert Johnson, Chairman and CEO of

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, explained that a key principle in Buffett’s limiting risk ***** in his utilizing a margin of safety. “What margin of safety means is that one only invests in a company when its market price is substantially less than its intrinsic (or true) value.” Basically, Buffett shops for a good deal by recognizing companies that are inherently strong but have yet to fully take flight. “Therefore, if things don’t go to plan with a company, there is a large cushion before the investor suffers losses,” stated Johnson.

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Elon Musk

Musk, considered the opposite of Buffett, is known for taking big swings in uncharted waters. For this reason, his investments in innovative companies like Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly

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), as well as additional holdings in Bitcoin, are considered volatile and high-risk. However, they could have the potential for massive rewards.

Yet, it can be ******* to pinpoint Musk’s precise investment strategy because, rather than being driven specifically by the company’s performance, he is driven by his belief in the mission of a company (typically, rebellion against the status quo) and his subsequent confidence in running it. Instead of pursuing diversification, “he places large bets on companies he controls,”

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. Musk is quoted as saying, “It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”

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Mark Cuban

“Mark Cuban offers a middle ground between the ************* and the adventurous,” stated Stephen Greet, investment guru and Co-Founder at

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. “He’s made a fortune through a combination of traditional business acumen and a knack for spotting emerging opportunities.” While

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are in Cuban’s stock portfolio, most of his investments are outside the publicly traded markets. Examples include pharmaceuticals and (most notably) the Dallas Mavericks.

Cuban amassed most of his wealth during the dot-com ***** when he founded one of the first sports-centered internet radio companies, Broadcast.com, which sold to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in stock — a deal he protected by selling calls which ultimately safe-guarded him against the market ****** weeks later. Today, he is perhaps best known for his decade-plus run on Shark Tank where he invests in startups. Cuban could be seen as existing at the intersection between stability and innovation.

Who Do Experts Say Americans Should Actually Trust?

For the most part, financial experts agree that Americans got this one right. “In my mind, there is no doubt who Americans should trust most to invest their money, and that is Berkshire Hathaway CEO and Chairman, Warren Buffett,” stated Johnson. “His compound annual return from 1965 through 2023 has been 19.8% — nearly double the S&P 500 over that *******. The overall gain for Berkshire shareholders over that time ******* has been 4,384,748% compared to that of the S&P 500 at 31,223%.”

Ferrari agreed that Buffett would undoubtedly be the most trustworthy for safeguarding investments over the long haul, and David Kass, Clinical Professor of Finance at the

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, called Buffett the best investor in the past hundred years. “Although Elon Musk is a technological genius, some of his investments have not worked out well,” stated Kass. “His recent $44 billion acquisition of

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is now valued at about half that amount. Tesla has declined substantially over the past two years and is down by 16% in 2024 year-to-date as compared to the S&P 500, which is up 15% thus far in 2024.” Regarding Cuban, Ferrari emphasized that he may lack the finesse of a proven track record “which navigates through all kinds of market conditions in the way Buffett has.”

Still, other experts like Greet argued that the choice of who to trust with your money isn’t a one-size fits all, and may have more to do with individual “values, goals, and risk tolerance.” Jake Falcon, CEO at

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, similarly cautioned taking general investment advice from anyone not acting as a fiduciary on your specific portfolio.

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