Buffettology: The Previously Unexplained Techniques That Have Made Warren Buffett the World's Most Famous Investor - Hardcover

Buffett, Mary; Clark, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684837137 ISBN 13: 9780684837130

Publisher: Scribner, 1997

Synopsis

An inside look into the Business Perspective Investing technique of billionaire investor Warren Buffett and how his methods differ from prevailing Wall Street wisdom includes a never-before published list of fifty companies in which Buffett himself has invested. 60,000 first printing.

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Review:

Americans are infatuated with the stock market. The number of households that own stock has increased from around 20 percent in the early 1980s to over 40 percent today. The market offers the hope of quick wealth and early retirement, and just about everyone who is in the market is looking for an edge, from sources such as CNBC and Wall Street Week to the Beardstown Ladies and "The Motley Fool." So it should be no surprise the most successful investor of our time--Warren Buffett--has been the subject of dozens of books and magazine articles. The value of Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, has increased from $18 per share in 1965 to over $70,000 per share today. The interest in Buffett has spawned an approach to investing called "Buffettology," which is the subject of a book by the same name written by Buffett's former daughter-in-law, Mary Buffett.

In Buffettology, Mary Buffett, with the help of David Clark, details Warren Buffett's approach to investing. It's a style of investing based on the work of Benjamin Graham and one that requires a quality that most investors lack--discipline. Mary Buffett writes, "As you read through this book you will come to see that having a business perspective on investing is more about discipline than philosophy.... In short, other people's follies, brought on by fear and greed, will offer you, the investor, the opportunity to take advantage of their mistakes and benefit from the discipline of committing capital to investment only when it makes sense from a business perspective.... You will find that almost everything that relates to business perspective investing is alien to Wall Street folklore.

Buffettology examines Buffett's methods for valuing companies and selecting stocks--it even encourages you to buy a calculator and work through the valuation formulas that Buffett uses when researching companies to buy. The book not only serves as a useful guide to understanding how Buffett invests, it's an excellent primer to investing in stocks, whether you plan to become a Buffettologist or not. Highly recommended. --Harry C. Edwards, Business editor

About the Author:

Mary Buffett is an internationally acclaimed writer and lecturer on Warren Buffett's investment techniques. She is also the CEO of a multimillion-dollar-a-year commercial and film editing company with clientele that ranges from Coca-Cola to Madonna. She currently makes her home in Santa Monica, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0684837137
• ISBN 13: 9780684837130
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320