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Title: Buffettology: The Previously Unexplained Techniques That Have Made Warren Buffett The Worlds by Mary Buffett, David Clark ISBN: 0-684-84821-X Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 08 June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (85 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Perfect entry into the investment world...
Comment: Buffettology is a (thankfully) detailed financial guide for the stock market. The them of the book is how Warren Buffett made his Billions through value investing. This book answers the question: What makes a good investment yield above average returns? And of course: How should I evaluate a company? This is a great stock ice breaker.
When I originally read this book I thought that Mary Buffett might just be using her name to make a quick buck. I was wrong. She (along with Buffettologist David Clark) know what the financial arena is composed of, and how to exploit it. As an added bonus this book provides a glimpse into Warren Buffetts private life and the origins of his investment philosophy. It even deals with Grahams philosophy of buying whatever is "on sale."
In the back of the book is a chapter devoted to the companies that Buffett is looking at. While it is approximately 4-5 years since this book went into publication, these companies are still very good to start a portfolio with.
Warren Buffett was asked once, "When is the best time to sell?" His reply followed suit with one of his personal heroes, "Never!" Imagine the security in knowing that you didn't have to worry about the short-term market as long as over the long-term you were virtually guaranteed to do very well.
A great investment book.
Rating: 2
Summary: Pop synthesis of Buffett investment strategy
Comment: I thought this was a pretty dreadful read, actually. First up, one has to be circumspect about the fact that the author was divorced out of the Buffett family circle. As if to counter any alienation claim, Ms. 'Buffett' (strange, that) repeatedly refers to the master as 'Warren'. 'Warren thinks this, Warren did that' and so on -- pretty tedious after the first ten pages. In terms of presenting the investment rationale behind Berkshire's astounding return (23.8% compound), the book does an okay job -- although some readers may find tutelage in the ways of operating a calculator a little superfluous. To be honest, it's almost as if Ms. Buffett discovered the joys of compounding and IRR for the first time herself, while writing this book. At no point does she really adequately address the real magic...arriving at the correct discount rate, on which all purchase price decisions should be based...at no point does she really give an insight into Buffett's mistakes. Finally, the commercial strategy runs deeper than picking consumer monopolies over commodity businesses...the value-added would have been in this grey area of Buffett's thinking. Bottom-line, I came away feeling pretty disappointed. Re-read Security Analysis or the Warren Buffet Way instead.
Rating: 1
Summary: a book with full of mistakes and stupility
Comment: i can't imagine anyone could misunderstand warren buffett and misled readers by that much, like a student from elementary school trying to explain what is the practical meaning of calculus.
don't follow it, instead, read the essays of warren buffett and you can tell the difference between truth and fake.
i would have given negative grad if there had such.
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