“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett, considered the greatest investor of all time, used this as an example to illustrate the benefits of long-term investing. Today, I am taking his quote literally.
As we have witnessed over the years and especially after last year’s hurricanes, we are losing trees. Perhaps most notably, we are losing entire stands of pine trees throughout the greater Tampa Bay area. Pines are called evergreens, therefore if you see a pine with no needles … it’s dead…