In Warren Buffett we trust
Two-year promissory notes sold by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway pay a lower interest rate than two-year notes issued by the U.S. Treasury. Since lower interest rates signal less risk, investors evidently have more confidence that Buffett will repay them than that Uncle Sam will.
Bloomberg.com
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