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April 1,2025
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You should definitely read this if you are thinking about learning to invest.
April 1,2025
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I figure the only reason it sells is that people like me are curious if the author -- being Buffett's daughter-in-law -- can provide insights not available elsewhere. In this regard, and almost every other, the book was a miserable failure. All the true advice in the book is pretty obvious and better available elsewhere.
April 1,2025
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One of the Best books

You want to be an investor?
Get in the stock market?

Well, this is one of the books you HAVE to read.
Is not a begginers book, but is easy to read and under stand.
It has 30 years, yes, but Still useful
April 1,2025
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Very simple book that shows how Warren Buffett is thinking about companies he wants to invest in.

Book is written in very simple language and that is why this book is for begginers in investing/stock picking.

I did not like the advertisement on the special calculator.

Overall it is interesting book and worth reading.

“Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.”
April 1,2025
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A good introductory read for long term investing philosophy and long term “durable competitive advantage” - the markets and the world are shifting, but it doesn’t change the fact The Oracle of Omaha is one of the greats in the history of American Capitalism
April 1,2025
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Excellent book overviewing Buffett's decisions with more detail on how he actually thinks about and analysis companies. Probably a better read than audiobook.
April 1,2025
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Excellent Book to read for someone who has started his journey on Investment Analysis.
April 1,2025
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This book does a tremendous job of explaining the key aspects of investing like Warren Buffett; investing from a business perspective, determining what to buy...and at what price. The only caveat is that although there are some good, solid recommendations of companies to invest in, many of the businesses that they recommend promote tremendously suspect companies/products - Advo (junk mail), American Brands and Philip Morris (tobacco), Coke-a-cola (sugar), McDonald's (junk food), Nestlé, and Wal-mart. The book was written 3 decades ago and people's opinions may have changed over the years, but if one is evaluating a company another factor might be how the business' philosophy and product matches one's values. A good, clear read overall.
April 1,2025
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A good book on how the legendary investor Warren Buffet plans his investments (which made him the 2nd richest person on planet), with heavy mathematical tools to identify good business opportunities, which seperates the good investments from the best or once in a life time investments. Author tried a lot to keep the book from being too technical and tried to make it interesting with numbers.
April 1,2025
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I picked this up at a used book store, and was intrigued to learn more about Warren Buffett and his investing ideology. Keeping in mind that the book is about 30 years old now, and some of the companies mentioned no longer exist...it's still a good introduction to Buffett's approach to building wealth and I feel it is well worth reading.
April 1,2025
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Este libro fue de los primeros que leí sobre Warren Buffett. En su momento (en mis veintes) me había parecido una gran lectura que aportaba varios secretos sobre las técnicas del genio inversor. Quince o veinte años después, ya habiendo leído bastante más sobre él, su vida, sus famosas cartas a los inversores y visto entrevistas y conferencias esta relectura me resultó bastante decepcionante.

Está escrito por la ex-nuera de Buffett y un especialista técnico. La propuesta diferencial es que cuenta el detrás de escena, lo que sólo pueda contar quien pasó navidades con él (en las que Buffett regalaba acciones, como nos imaginábamos todos los que lo seguimos de cerca). Aparecen un par de estas anécdotas pero después el libro va hacia un contenido más genérico de un especialista que analiza sus inversiones sin más insights familiares (sobre todo la segunda mitad más avanzada). De todas formas me gustó cómo diseccionan el origen de muchas ideas de Buffett, cosa que no vi en ninguna otra obra ya que siempre se habla de Graham o a lo sumo de su socio Charlie Munger. Acá aparecen con fuerza Philip Fisher, Laurence Bloomberg y John Burr Williams, de los que fue aprendiendo a agregarle sutilezas a las enseñanzas del gran maestro Graham. El estilo es bastante ameno. No sé si es por la traducción pero todo el tiempo los autores hablan de “Buffett descubrió”, “Buffett se dio cuenta” como si fuera una película en los que tiene un momento de iluminación y ve la matrix del mundo financiero. En esta relectura se me hizo bastante tedioso ese recurso.

En resumen, hoy hay muchas otras formas de acceder a Buffett. La parte de las 54 empresas que recomiendan se puede obviar por completo (empecé a buscarlas online porque no me sonaban sus nombres y salvo las grandes conocidas como American Express o Coca Cola la mayoría quebró, se fusionó o tuvo un destino similar). Recomendaría ver sus conferencias, entrevistas, cartas a lectores en los que está encapsulado mucho de su pensamiento. Pero de todas maneras las formas de analizar a las empresas que se proponen acá (cómo encontrarlas y determinar su precio adecuado), el detalle de los tipos de inversión que solía realizar Buffett (por lo menos hasta 1997 que fue impreso el libro) y los conceptos generales de inversión creo que suman a un no especialista como mi caso.
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