Even Warren Buffett Can't Time the Market

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which senior analyst Anand Chokkavelu, CFA, discusses topics across the investing world.

Timing the market is a dangerous game. Whether it's the housing market or the stock market, making prudent fundamentals-based decisions is better than trying to go "all-in" when situations look favorable. In his latest shareholder letter, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett shows how difficult predicting the timing of the market is with a failed housing market prediction from last year. Anand explains.

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