Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The partnership years (1957-1968) -- 1958: Sanborn map company -- 1961: Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company -- 1964: Texas National Petroleum Company -- 1964: American Express -- 1965: Berkshire Hathaway -- The middle years (1968-1990) -- 1967: national indemnity -- 1972: see's candies -- 1973: Washington Post -- 1976: Geico -- 1977: Buffalo Evening News -- 1983: Nebraska Furniture Mart -- 1985: capital cities/ABC -- 1987: Salomon Inc. : preferred stock investments -- 1988: Coca-Cola -- The late years (1990-2011) -- 1989: US Air Group -- 1990: Wells Fargo -- 1998: General Re -- 1999: Midamerican Energy Holdings Company -- 2007-2009: Burlington Northern -- 2011: IBM -- Lessons learned -- Evolution of Buffett's investment strategy -- What we can learn from Buffett -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Bibliography -- Index.

"Yefei Lu, a private investor, starts with Buffett's interest in the Sanborn Map Company in 1960 and tracks nineteen more of his major investments in companies such as See's Candies, the Washington Post, GEICO, Coca-Cola, US Air, Wells Fargo, and IBM. With rare access to partnership letters, company documents, annual reports, third-party references, and other original sources, Lu pinpoints what is unique about Buffett's timing, instinct, use of outside knowledge, and postinvestment actions, and he identifies what could work for all investors with companies big and small, global and domestic. His substantial chronology accounts for broader world events and fluctuations in the U.S. stock market, suggesting Buffett's most important trait may be his open and alert worldview."--Provided by publisher.

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