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Since the 1950s, Warren Buffett and his partners have backed some of the twentieth century's most profitable, trend-setting companies, but how did they know they were making the right investments? Did Buffett take the lead on every decision, or was the key to act cooperatively? What did Buffet and his partners look for in an up-and-coming company, and is it possible for others to copy their approach? A gift to Buffett followers who have long sought a pattern to the investor's success, Inside the Investments of Warren Buffett presents the most detailed analysis to date of Buffet's long-term investment portfolio.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The Partnership Years (1957-1968)1. 1958: Sanborn Map Company
2. 1961: Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company
3. 1964: Texas National Petroleum Company
4. 1964: American Express
5. 1965: Berkshire Hathaway
Part II: The Middle Years (1968-1990)6. 1967: National Indemnity
7. 1972: See's Candies
8. 1973: The
Washington Post9. 1976: GEICO
10. 1977: The
Buffalo Evening News11. 1983: Nebraska Furniture Mart
12. 1985: Capital Cities/ABC
13. 1987: Salomon Inc.—Preferred Stock Investments
14. 1988: Coca-Cola
Part III: The Late Years (1990-2011)15. 1989: US Air Group
16. 1990: Wells Fargo
17. 1998: General Re
18. 1999: MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
19. 2007-2009: Burlington Northern
20. 2011: IBM
Part IV: Lessons Learned21. Evolution of Buffett's Investment Strategy
22. What We Can Learn from Buffett
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the author
Yefei Lu is a portfolio manager at Shareholder Value Management AG, a value-investment company based in Frankfurt, Germany. Previously, he worked for a single-family investment office in Munich and for McKinsey & Company in Berlin. He holds an MBA from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Stanford University.
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"By examining twenty of Warren Buffett's investments over a fifty year period from 1960 through 2011, the author discusses Mr. Buffett's likely analysis of each one and the lessons to be learned from them. This book should appeal to value investors and those wanting to benefit from Warren Buffett's investment experience." - M. Ali Khan, Abram Hutzler Professor of Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University
