The Warren Buffett Way, 30th Anniversary Edition - Hardcover

by Robert G. Hagstrom (Author), Peter Lynch (Foreword by), Bill Miller (Foreword by)

An insightful new take on the life and work of one of the world's most remarkable investors: Warren Buffett

In the 30th Anniversary Edition of The Warren Buffett Way, celebrated author and investor Robert Hagstrom delivers the definitive version of his bestselling compendium of the investment strategies made famous by Warren Buffett. The Warren Buffett Way describes the twelve investment tenets of Warren Buffett's strategy called business-driven investing and his distinct approach to managing a portfolio of businesses. You'll learn how you can apply these same principles to building your own portfolio and find discussions on the psychology of long-term investing, its optimal benefits, and how to avoid the most common pitfalls and mistakes encountered by investors.

This latest edition includes:

• A new author preface to complement the existing forewords from Peter Lynch, Bill Miller, and Howard Marks.
• Insights on how to achieve worldly wisdom advanced by Warren Buffett's longtime business partner Charlie Munger.
• Footnotes and references to academic work that supports and expands on Warren Buffett's investment approach and portfolio management.
• The complete Berkshire Hathaway common stocks portfolios from 1977-2021.

An indispensable guide to the remarkable work and accomplishments of Warren Buffett, The Warren Buffett Way is a can't-miss resource for professional and individual investors who want to learn from the world's greatest investor.

Front Jacket

In the 30th Anniversary Edition of The Warren Buffett Way, celebrated author and investor Robert Hagstrom delivers the definitive version of his bestselling compendium of the investment strategies made famous by Warren Buffett.

The book traces Warren Buffett's career from his humble childhood beginnings including his earliest entrepreneurial ventures, the influence of his father Howard Homan Buffett, studying and working with the legendary value investor Benjamin Graham, to launching his investment partnership at age 25 that later purchased control of a nearly bankrupt Berkshire Hathaway that became the 7th largest company in the world worth $800 billion.

The Warren Buffett Way describes the twelve investment tenets of Warren Buffett's strategy called business-driven investing and his distinct approach to managing a portfolio of businesses. Importantly, the book explains how you can apply these same principles to building your own portfolio. You'll also find discussions on the psychology of long-term investing, its optimal benefits, and how to avoid the most common pitfalls and mistakes encountered by investors.

This latest edition includes:

• A new author Preface to complement the existing Forewords from Peter Lynch, Bill Miller, and Howard Marks
• Insights on how to achieve worldly wisdom advanced by Warren Buffett's longtime business partner, the late Charlie Munger
• Five investment case studies: The Washington Post Company, GEICO, Capital Cities/ABC, The Coca-Cola Company, and Apple
• High active share investing; focused, low-turnover portfolios that beat the market
• Footnotes and references to academic work that supports and expands on Warren Buffett's investment approach and portfolio management
• The complete Berkshire Hathaway common stocks portfolios from 1977 to 2021

An indispensable guide to the remarkable work and accomplishments of Warren Buffett, The Warren Buffett Way is a can't-miss resource for professional and individual investors who want to learn from the world's greatest investor.

Back Jacket

PRAISE FOR
THE WARREN BUFFETT WAY

"An extraordinarily useful account of the methods of an investor held by many to be the world's greatest."
--The Wall Street Journal

"It's first rate. Buffett gets a lot of attention for what he preaches, but nobody has described what he practices better than Hagstrom. A comprehensive primer on applying Buffett's investment strategy. Fascinating."
--Fortune

"Simply the most important new stock book.... If you think you know all about Warren Buffett, you have a lot to learn from this book."
--Forbes

"Nobody has described what Buffett practices better than Hagstrom."
--Time

"Almost anybody curious about the relationship between the behavior of economics, the performance of firms, and the ups and downs of the stock market will find something useful here."
--The Economist

Author Biography

ROBERT G. HAGSTROM is one of the best-known authors of investment books including the New York Times bestseller The Warren Buffett Way and Investing: The Last Liberal Art. He has followed, studied, and written about Warren Buffett since 1984. Robert has over 40 years of experience as a professional investor. He is currently the Chief Investment Officer of EquityCompass Investment Management, LLC and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Global Leaders Portfolio. Robert was the institutional portfolio manager of the Growth Equity Strategy at Legg Mason Capital Management when he received honorable mention as Morningstar's Domestic Stock Fund Manager of the year in 2007.