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Pros

The essays of warren buffett is a collection of writings from buffett to shareholders of berkshire hathaway over the last decades. The book arranges buffett’s essays by topic thus making it easier to relate when reading. Buffett's humor adds a lot to ...  Read More

It's highly readable and pertinent for anyone that wants to know more about investing. Better than buying a mutual fund with predictable and great returns. Well worth a read for anybody interested in investing.

They also discuss buybacks reminding the reader what a rational buyback policy should be based on. The evaluation of egos in the c suite (mostly the ceo) is very useful.



Cons

The book seems extremely dragging, and completely out of touch. If you want a good buffett book buy the tao of warren buffett by mary buffett anddavid clark. They're a total rip off.

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The authors describe a host of opportunities that they consider from long term investing identification how to deal with the va...  Read More


Though the writing is out of date with the monstrosity of packages awarded to executives today for no measurable improvement to...  Read More

Price


Buying great businesses at fair prices is better than buying fair businesses at great prices and so on

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If you are considering a longterm stock purchase investment this book will give valuable advice for how to think about your decision

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  • This product had a total of 1,698 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 19 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    For a person without any investment background this book was still easy ot follow as long as full of information


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Billy wilder the famous hollywood director and screenwriter of some like it hot fame once said if youre going to tell people the truth be funny or theyll kill you


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I imagine buffett would have approved of wilders philosophy


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Lets face it for people that arent in that profession this can be a boring or laborious read


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its easy to get lost in a book with a lot of numbers and accounting jargon


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Small wonder why warren buffet is one of the richest men in the world


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    They then discuss governance structures that they approve of and characterize a bunch of structures which are weak


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The major topic is of course investing

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