Don't Make the Same Investing Mistake as Warren Buffett

Energy and Capital editor Keith Kohl discusses one of the biggest investing mistakes Warren Buffett ever made, and how you can avoid making it yourself. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Energy and Capital. [Click here]( to manage your e-mail preferences. [Energy and Capital logo] Don't Make the Same Investing Mistake as Warren Buffett [Keith Kohl Photo] By [Keith Kohl]( Written Feb. 27, 2019 Sometimes all a successful investor needs is a little patience... and just the right amount of luck. Ask yourself what you were doing when you were about 11 years old. Perhaps you were stuck in a classroom with your friends counting down the seconds until the end of the day. Or maybe you had spent your last $0.40 hoping to find that 1990 Upper Deck card of Andres Galarraga that you’d been hunting. Maybe you were lucky to have a dad who was cool enough to take you to the [National Air and Space Museum](. For me, at least, I can safely say that the last thing on my mind was investing. I can’t say the same about Warren Buffett. At the tender young age of 11, Buffett bought three shares of a company for $38 apiece. Yet even the world’s most iconic investor isn’t immune to market volatility. In a short matter of time, young Buffett saw his position fall by more than 33%. So when shares rebounded back to $40, he took his money off the table and looked for his next target. It’s a shame he ran for the exit, too, because Buffett recently recalled that his $115 investment would’ve been worth $606,811 today. This $4 Stock Is Disrupting a $1.2 Trillion Industry In a few short years, every car, truck, plane, train, bus, boat, and drone could be powered by this new technology. And it's all thanks to a breakthrough in the depths of a secret Army research lab in late 2017. [Click here]( to discover the engineering breakthrough that stands to revolutionize the $1.2 trillion energy industry and the stock primed to net 1,587% gains from it! The First Page from Buffett’s Investment Playbook Now, we certainly won’t begrudge a young Warren Buffett for closing his first winner. Sure, anyone can play the Monday morning quarterback and lament that if he had a little more patience, he could’ve hauled in a fortune. He’s doing just fine now with $82.9 billion. Still, the signs were there that his stock was going to be worth much, much more in the future. You see, even though young Buffett had identified an undervalued stock, he also had a little bit of luck in that his first foray into the stock market was an oil stock. Back in 1942, the United States’ energy consumption was dominated by just two fossil fuels: coal and oil. Take a look for yourself: Of course, we both know that our oil consumption soared higher during the latter half of the 20th century, propped up by a post-war boom in the auto market. Think about it... In 1950, there were around 8 million cars on the road in the United States. By 1958, that number had swelled to 67 million. Today, there are over 272 million cars zipping around. What took place throughout the 20th century was nothing short of an energy transition. And we’re on the cusp of another one. The question you need to ask yourself now is: Will you make the same mistake young Buffett did? This $1 Stock Is Set to Skyrocket The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved an anti-addiction drug so good that doctors are calling it "a game-changer." Once the big-ticket contracts come in, the share price of the drug's maker will undoubtedly double or even triple. This $1 stock could easily go to $52 a share within the next 12 months. Get in on this now by [clicking here](! The Dirty, Dirty Profits Are Gone There’s a generational energy transition that’s taking place before our very eyes. Can you spot it? If you want a hint, just take a quick glance at BP’s latest energy outlook. Look, I’ll be the first to tell you that our oil consumption will be flat from here on out. That’s been the case for nearly 30 years: In BP’s Energy Outlook 2019, its evolving transition scenario paints an incredibly bullish picture for two sources of energy and one horribly bearish future for the dirtiest of energy sources: coal. The report projects that the power sector accounts for 75% of the growth in the world’s energy demand. Moreover, 85% of the growth in global energy supply will be generated by renewables and natural gas. But let’s focus on the U.S. power sector for just a moment. In 2017, roughly 77% of energy consumption in that sector came from coal, natural gas, and renewables (one-third of our power sector was fueled by coal). We don’t need a crystal ball to see what’s about to happen next. And we don’t need tea leaves or a set of quatrains to see the future. If you glimpse further down the road, perhaps nudge your 11-year-old into the right investment, just take a look at what we’re replacing those coal plants with: According to the EIA, one-quarter of the United States’ operating electricity capacity is powered by coal, yet 88% of our coal plants were built, on average, between 1950 and 1990. The coal industry is dying. No stump speech will be able to save it from reality. And in the coming weeks, we’ll show you the exact same undervalued energy stocks that young Buffett would’ve drooled over. This time, however, we’ll have the patience to watch our profits run. Until next time, [Keith Kohl Signature] Keith Kohl [[follow basic]@KeithKohl1 on Twitter]( A true insider in the energy markets, Keith is one of few financial reporters to have visited the Alberta oil sands. His research has helped thousands of investors capitalize from the rapidly changing face of energy. Keith connects with hundreds of thousands of readers as the Managing Editor of [Energy & Capital]( as well as Investment Director of Angel Publishing's [Energy Investor.]( For years, Keith has been providing in-depth coverage of the Bakken, the Haynesville Shale, and the Marcellus natural gas formations — all ahead of the mainstream media. For more on Keith, go to his editor's [page](. [IN CASE YOU MISSED IT]( There's nothing more boring than sitting through a meeting and hearing people yap about everything and anything. But once in a while, something intriguing does come up. In fact, one night at a dinner gathering, I listened as someone started talking about a new technology that would revolutionize the world... and could even shift the U.S. energy infrastructure. At first I thought that sounded cliché, but the more I heard, the more intrigued I was. Apparently there's an energy breakthrough so game changing that CNN has dubbed it, “The Quiet Revolution.” And one tiny company holds the key to this energy revolution, valued at $1.2 trillion. And early investors could easily make 1,587% profits! [Click here]( and find out how you can profit from this scientific breakthrough... Enjoy reading this article? [Click here]( to like it and receive similar articles to read! Browse Our Archives [Save the Planet and Get a Fat Dividend]( [Are Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Airplanes the Future?]( [Investor Sentiment Drives Gold Rallies]( [Lessons Learned, Profits Earned]( [Investing in Undervalued Pot Stocks]( --------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to {EMAIL}. It is not our intention to send email to anyone who doesn't want it. 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