Tap Dancing to Work
Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2013
About the book
Carol J. Loomis, who first wrote about Warren Buffett, then a little-known hedge fund manager in Omaha, in a 1966 Fortune article, went on to become his close friend and to chronicle his work for the magazine. She gathers and updates the best Fortune pieces on Buffett from 1966 to 2012, among them thirteen cover stories and a dozen articles Buffett wrote himself, and adds commentary on each major piece. Topics span investing, management, philanthropy, public policy and parenting. Selections include Buffett's 1977 essay on how inflation harms equity investors, his 2003 warning about derivatives, and a 1996 article in which Bill Gates describes his early impressions of Buffett.
Bill Gates, who had already reviewed it, recommended it again on his year-end reading list, saying the pieces show how Buffett framed issues decades ago and how he has handled challenges since.
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Bill Gates (CEO/Microsoft)
I already posted a full review of Tap Dancing to Work, a collection of writings about Warren Buffett put together by his friend Carol J. Loomis. I can’t resist an opportunity to recommend this book again. It's very, very good. The pieces go back more than 40 years some of them, and it’s very interesting to see how Warren framed things years ago and how he’s dealt with certain challenges since. You get to see how consistent Warren’s framework has been, how he has always looked at the world in terms of integrity and financial valuation. There are some speeches in here that offer great insights into how Warren evaluates stock markets over time and how to assess the margin of safety available in investments at any point in time. I thought the book was super good.
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