There have been times in Buffett's investing life when he had so many opportunities he could have invested everything by nightfall.
Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
Reasoning
Hypothetical about what Buffett could have done; not testable against records.
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Warren Buffett, “There have been times in Buffett's investing life when he had so many opportunities he could have invested everything by nightfall.” (said 5 May 2024). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_07a5f22d5e10, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_07a5f22d5e10
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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