Nitpick: there's one clearly false statement Buffet makes: The second major category of investments involves assets that will never produce anything, [...] Tul

Nitpick: there's one clearly false statement Buffet makes: The second major category of investments involves assets that will never produce anything, [...] Tulips, of all things, briefly became a favorite of such buyers in the 17th century. Tulips actually produce something - more tulips. It's actually quite possible that the bulb of a rare and especially pretty tulip variety could be a sound investment for someone intending to grow tulips. And that's how the Dutch tulip mania started out (though it then did proceed to truly bizarre excesses).