{"product_id":"buffetts-early-investments-by-brett-gardner-9781804090572","title":"Buffett's Early Investments","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuffett's Early Investments\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing the same documents Buffett used when he made these investments, the author reveals the fascinating inside stories of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHow 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHow Buffett and Charlie Munger made their first formal investment together in Hochschild-Kohn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eHow corporate governance issues actually presented serious risk to Buffett's 1966 investment in Walt Disney.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOther 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuffett's Early Investments\u003c\/em\u003e helps readers understand how history's greatest ever investor really made his returns in the years where he produced his best numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48240861053164,"sku":"9781804090572","price":90.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781804090572-buffett-s-early-investments-1.jpg?v=1787928265","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/buffetts-early-investments-by-brett-gardner-9781804090572","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}