Broadcom CEO Hock Tan Echoes Warren Buffett in Warning About “Casino”-Like Investing

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Publication Date: 2026-10-15 17:50:00

Key Points

  • Tan says that investors don’t understand what they’re investing in.

  • He cautioned that as spend increases, it’s getting harder for AI companies to turn a profit.

  • Investors should focus on profitable AI companies and diversification.

It pays to listen to anything Warren Buffett or Hock Tan, CEO of Broadcom(NASDAQ: AVGO), says about the state of the market, but when they say it together, you can be confident that there’s a lot of truth behind it.

Last May, Warren Buffett likened the current market to gambling in a CNBC interview, saying it was like “a church with a casino attached,” and he followed up in July, saying, “It’s tough to find values when everybody is preferring gambling.”

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