The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Third Edition

* Buffett strongly recommends "THE ESSAYS" ("first class")* Also endorsed: "BERKSHIRE BEYOND BUFFETT" (an amazon "hot new title") By arranging Buffett's lengthy writings thematically, Cunningham's classic clarifies all the principles of Buffett's philosophy of business and investing. Cunningham's new book, Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values, takes deep dives with Berkshire executives inside their businesses to glimpse the future by a study of the past.  

First among them is the idea that price is what you pay and value is what you get--and if you're a smart investor, the first will always be less than the second. Just to pick one more, here's a now-famous line about those he competes with when making stock-market investments: "What could be more advantageous in an intellectual contest--whether it be chess, bridge, or stock selection--than to have opponents who have been taught that thinking is a waste of energy?" While Buffett has a policy of seldom commenting on stocks he owns--he feels public pronouncements will only

Brilliant is understating the merits of this superb book Tracam I feel privileged to have read the thoughts and principles of Warren Buffet.Many of the poor reviews of this book said the information was dated. When are honesty and superior intelligence ever dated? Others claimed there wasn't any information about trading, but as Buffet says, comparing trading to investing is like comparing a one night stand with romance. Secondly, no trader in history has ever sustained the returns that Buffet has achieved. Comparing traders (paper shufflers) with Buffet is like comparing s. Straight from the Oracle's Mouth F. Tyler B. Brown Lawrence A. Cunningham opens this book with an appropriate excerpt from the essays of Michel de Montaigne: "The speech I love is simple, natural speech, the same on paper as in mouth; a speech succulent and sinewy, brief and compressed, not so much dainty and well-combed as vehement and brusque."There is no shortage of books on Warren Buffet. It is an interesting state of affairs: numerous writers, pundits, and other Warren Buffet "experts" opining on the life and investing decisions of perhaps the greatest inv. "Here in the Third Edition are business information, insights, and counsel of incalculable and timeless value" according to Robert Morris. This is my review of the THIRD EDITION, dated March 18, 201Here in the Third Edition are business information, insights, and counsel of incalculable and timeless value This is my review of the THIRD EDITION, dated March 18, 2013. If you wish to read my review of the SECOND EDITION, it follows.This is the Third Edition of an ongoing process by which Warren Buffett presents a "chairman's letter" (i.e. progress report with his unique reflections) to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders at their annual meeting. Lawrence A. Cunningham edited each of the three editions, with the latest including Buffett's annual letters to Berkshire shareholders since 2008, the date of the prior edition. . If you wish to read my review of the SECOND EDITION, it follows.This is the Third Edition of an ongoing process by which Warren Buffett presents a "chairman's letter" (i.e. progress report with his unique reflections) to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders at their annual meeting. Lawrence A. Cunningham edited each of the three editions, with the latest including Buffett's annual letters to Berkshire shareholders since 2008, the date of the prior edition