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101 Reasons to Own the World's Greatest Investment

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101 Reasons to Own the World's Greatest Investment

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway

Wiley,

15 min read
10 take-aways
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But it, hold it and profit.

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Investor Robert P. Miles tells you everything you ever wanted to know about Warren Buffett's legendary Berkshire Hathaway. The company's plain-living, financial wizard of a chairman dominates this inventive and informative inside tour. The format - a listing of 101 reasons to own the stock - enables Miles to deliver a massive amount of information. Each entry is straightforward, packed with plenty of supportive data and a lively read. getAbstract.com recommends this book to investors and to anyone who'd like to know more about Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, the only stock that comes with an owner's manual.

Summary

Why Own Berkshire Hathaway?

If you had bought 100 shares of Berkshire Hathaway 30 years ago for less than $1,000, your investment would be worth $7 million today. Berkshire operates under the direction of Warren Buffett, perhaps the most successful investor in history. Even if you don't own Berkshire or plan to buy it, studying it is a helpful guideline when choosing other investments. There are many reasons why you should own Berkshire - 101 of the most important are listed in the pages below.

Why Own Berkshire? Reasons One to 25

Berkshire's historical out-performance is legendary (1). The total annual return on the Berkshire Class A Common Stock was 69.18%, 52.11%, 37.50%, 34.85%, 44.62% and 35.51% over the one-, three-, five-, 10-, 15-, and 20-year periods, respectively, ending June 17, 1998. These returns are after taxes, management costs and transaction fees. As a comparison, the total annual return of the S&P Index was 23.78%, 27.04%, 19.81%, 15.13%, 13.34% and 12.92% over the same periods, respectively. Long-term shareholders of Berkshire have never lost money (2). Berkshire has never posted a negative return. When the assets of Berkshire go up, ...

About the Author

Robert P. Miles is an entrepreneur, small businessman, and lifelong student of investing. He wrote this book in just three-and-a-half months on the Internet, in full view of investors, shareholders the financial industry and various onlookers from around the world. The author then received permission to publish from Warren Buffett, who unbeknownst to the author, had already read the book on the Internet. Soon after, Mr. Buffett ordered copies of the book for the Berkshire Hathaway Board of Directors. Miles is a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder and lives in Tampa, Florida.

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