These are nutty days on Wall Street, and you can hardly be blamed for thinking about shifting your investments into something safe, like a money-market fund--if not the mattress. The esteemed Warren Buffett revealed last Monday that he had recently sold more than $5 billion in bonds. Presumably, that money is now parked somewhere secure while he hunts for bargains--if he hasn't already found them in the wake of last Tuesday's stock-market dive. Bully for him. But remember that he's a billionaire investment god. Mere mortals don't have his eye for value, nor can they easily summon the discipline to "buy...
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