Warren Buffett Wealth: Principles and Practical Methods Used by the World's Greatest Investor

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John Wiley & Sons, Apr 26, 2004 - Business & Economics - 272 pages
The strategies and techniques of THE investment legend

Warren Buffett Wealth follows the world's greatest investor from the beginning of his career, as he takes a 100-dollar investment and turns it into one of the most successful multibillion-dollar companies in the world. By carefully detailing how Buffett began his career and discussing what he learned from Benjamin Graham, this book reveals the true secrets to Buffett's success. Readers will see how Buffett reached the pinnacle of his profession by following certain key principles such as investing in old-style traditional American companies, holding the companies forever, and hiring and keeping the same managers.

Robert P. Miles (Tampa, FL) is a writer, speaker, and consultant. He is also the author of The Warren Buffett CEO (0-471-44259-3) and 101 Reasons to Own the World's Greatest Investment: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (0-471-41123-X).
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Study the Best to Be the Best
1
Chapter 2 The Making of a Billionaire A Timeline of Warren Buffetts WealthBuilding Lifetime
23
Chapter 3 What Kind of Investor Are You?
43
Chapter 4 Developing an Investment Philosophy
69
Chapter 5 Know What You Own
85
Chapter 6 Invest in Main Street Not Wall Street
103
Chapter 7 Buy to Keep and Buy a Lot of a Few
123
Chapter 8 How You Can Learn from Buffetts Investment Mistakes
141
Chapter 10 Five Investment Principles from the Next Warren Buffett
179
Chapter 11 Warren Buffetts Lessons on Having a Rich Life
191
Chapter 12 The Journey of a Lifetime
213
Appendix The Superinvestors of GrahamandDoddsville
225
Recommended Reading
243
Index
245
About the Author
251
Copyright

Chapter 9 Common Myths about Investing Wealth and Buffett
163

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Robert P. Miles (www.robertpmiles.com) is a writer, speaker, and consultant. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Business School and has been a shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway for a number of years. He is the author of The Warren Buffett CEO, a book Buffett recommended to his shareholders, and 101 Reasons to Own the World’s Greatest Investment: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (both published by Wiley). Miles has presented Buffett Wealth workshops on three continents. He has recorded How to Build Wealth Like Warren Buffett, and hosted several Buffett CEO talk television programs. He resides in Tampa, Florida.

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