A Varied Collection of Wisdom – 5 stars
If you’re thinking of getting this book in order to find hot stock tips, there aren’t any here. But if you’re looking for good, common sense advice and an insight into what makes one of the best-ever stock-pickers tick, this book will give you that and a bit extra.
The book is filled with quotations from Warren Buffett about a wide array of topics including life, investing, outlook, charity, and family to name a few. They were gleaned from a number of sources over several decades.
Reading through these quotations, I was struck by how clearly reasoned, uncluttered, and straight-forward these were. They all served to draw a picture of a man who has his priorities set and is comfortable with who and what he is while being grateful for the opportunity to exercise his talents in the where-and-when into which he was born.
There is a section of the book that lists the holdings of Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, including those businesses that are wholly owned by his investment company. Several on the list were a surprise to me, but underscored how diversified the investments are. And now I finally know where the name of the firm came from.
Recommended. It won’t make you rich in the stock market, but it might help better define your general outlook on life.