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Buffett's Early Investments

A new investigation into the decades when Warren Buffett earned his best returns
By Brett Gardner
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Buffett's Early Investments investigates ten investments that legendary investor Warren Buffett made in the 1950s and 1960s, earning him his first millions, and uncovers unique insights in the process. Using the same documents Buffett used when he made these investments, the author reveals the fascinating inside... Read More
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A fascinating investigation into ten of Warren Buffett's first ever investments.

Buffett's Early Years investigates ten investments that legendary investor Warren Buffett made in the 1950s and 1960s-earning him his first millions-and uncovers unique insights in the process.

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Buffett's Early Investments investigates ten investments that legendary investor Warren Buffett made in the 1950s and 1960s, earning him his first millions, and uncovers unique insights in the process.

Using the same documents Buffett used when he made these investments, the author reveals the fascinating inside stories of:

  • How Philadelphia and Reading, Buffett's largest investment in 1954, transformed from a declining coal company to a diversified conglomerate whose stock went up twentyfold due to the intervention of Buffett's mentor, Ben Graham.
  • How Buffett and Charlie Munger made their first formal investment together in Hochschild-Kohn.
  • How corporate governance issues actually presented serious risk to Buffett's 1966 investment in Walt Disney.

Other investments analysed include American Express, British Columbia Power, Cleveland Worsted Mills, Greif Bros, Marshall-Wells, Studebaker, and Union Street Railway. Not all of these investments worked out—this book shows why.

Buffett's Early Investments helps readers understand how history's greatest ever investor really made his returns in the years where he produced his best numbers.

Book Details

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ISBN: 9781804090572

Publisher: Harriman House Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 November 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Harriman House Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 161.0mm

Height: 237.0mm

Weight: 448g

Pages: 198

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Biography & Memoir Brett Gardner Business & Entrepreneurship Business Biographies Finance & Economics Finance & Investment Non-Fiction

About the Author

Brett Gardner is an investment analyst who has worked at multiple investment firms. Brett has made investments across the capital structure deploying value investing principles and has led activist campaigns against publicly traded companies. He bought his first stock when he was 16 years old. Brett graduated from St. John's University within three years of matriculation. Brett currently resides in New York City. Buffett's Early Investments is his first book.

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