“ ‘Think about what Apple is worth compared to John D. Rockefeller’s empire.’ ”
That’s Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A,
And it’s not just Apple’s nosebleed valuation. Munger, in a remote interview with the California Institute of Technology, was scratching his head on the entire bull run in the stock market.
“Nobody knows when bubbles are gonna blow up,” he explained. “Just because it’s the Nasdaq COMP,
Looking forward to the next decade, Munger doesn’t expect the kind of returns investors have enjoyed over the past 10 years. “Frenzy is so great, and the systems of management, the reward systems, are so foolish,” Warren Buffett’s longtime partner and friend said.
Like many market bears on Wall Street, Munger also questioned how long the Federal Reserve can keep supporting stocks. “We’re in very uncharted waters,” he said. “Nobody has gotten by with the kind of money printing now for a very extended period without some kind of trouble. We’re very near the edge of playing with fire.”
Watch the full interview:
Meanwhile, stocks continue to perform, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
