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I heard about Robert Miles in a few references on the topic of value investing. I was curious to find out the level of detail he used to explain the topic since so much has already been written about it. This is an introduction to the achievement, life and philosophy of WB. Nothing new. Not as detailed as the Lowenstein or the Schroeder versions. ie. It advocates among other things for owning good businesses long term and forging ones savyness by diving deep in an industry. I found it a good rem...
YOUR GOAL AS AN INVESTOR SHOULD SIMPLY BE TO PURCHASE AT A RATIONAL PRICE A PART INTEREST IN AN EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE BUSINESS WHOSE EARNINGS ARE VIRTUALLY CERTAIN TO BE MATERIALLY HIGHER IN 5,10 AND 20 YEARS TIME.Value investors observe others but dont follow, taking great delight in choosing their own path.WB invests in value enterprises but not without values managers.WB studies the best in every field of endeavour.The best do one thing well and focus all of life's energy doing that one thing...
The book was okay. It was fascinating to learn about Warren and the amazing things that he has accomplished. However the fanboy approach tended to grate on me after a while. I think it is noteworthy to mention that Buffet is a great example of disregarding the indexing myth. People can and do outperform the market on a consistent basis. I absolutely agree that it is foolish to sell your stocks because someone else says it's worth half as much as when you paid for it. You wouldn't do that with yo...
There are so many books in the Warren Buffett book collection. This one is badly written and scattered.
Nice book on warren buffet
4 stars for its informative information on Value investing by the world's greatest investor - Warren E. Buffett Everything from this style and simplicity of investing to (EMT) efficient market theory and learning the margin of safety by finding companies' intrinsic value . A wonderful book overall if you want to start out investing in businesses .1 star because in my opinion i find it rather repetitive . For instance , some facts and info found on chapter 4 would be repeated on other chapters ag...