LongHaul 0 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 "The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway: A Chronological Analysis of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger's Conglomerate Masterpiece " Hardcover Available – April 13, 2021 An Excellent book that I would highly recommend if one is interested in the financial history of Berkshire Hathaway. The author does a wonderful job of financial analysis of Berkshire starting with the early textile mills up to the present day. The acquisition prices are shown of businesses, decade by decade financial statements and much more. I learned much from reading the book and it allowed me to have a better understanding of what Buffett and Munger did to create Berkshire. In summary - I would highly recommend reading to it to learn. FYI: I received a free early version of this book. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0857199129/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0857199129&linkCode=as2&tag=theoraclescla-20&linkId=7d65cfc92d673e3f5aee8e1483b3564e Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hjorth 0 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 ... FYI: I received a free early version of this book. ... LongHaul, To me, you're a lucky guy! I preordered this book on March 2nd 2021 via saxo.com. I can't wait to lay my hands on it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dwy000 0 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 ... FYI: I received a free early version of this book. ... LongHaul, To me, you're a lucky guy! I preordered this book on March 2nd 2021 via saxo.com. I can't wait to lay my hands on it! John - can you follow up with your thoughts once you get it? I want to get it but generally like to see multiple positives before pulling the trigger. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jurgis 0 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 The book is written by someone who posts on CoBF - and at least some of you may know him. 8) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hjorth 0 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 dwy000, I will! [ : - ) ] Here is a tweet by Mr. Bloomstran containing a recommendation of the book. Please also note the nice words by Mr. Russo, Mr. Pabrai, Mr. Gabelli & Mr. Sykes! [ : - ) ] - - - o 0 o - - - Now that Jurgis also posted that the book is written by a CoBF member I've become even more curious! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hjorth 0 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) Here is a podcast interview with Adam Mead about the book : Validea Guru Investor Blog [April 1st 2021] : The History of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett with Adam Mead (Ep. 80) . It's pretty evident from the interview, that Adam is extremely well wandered in Berkshire, and that his Twitter handle BRK_Student dresses him well! [ : - ) ] Edited April 5 by John Hjorth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValueMaven 0 Posted Friday at 03:54 PM Share Posted Friday at 03:54 PM (edited) what value add does this book bring that all of the other published books on Berkshire havent? I'd rather see Snowball updated!! Edited Friday at 05:37 PM by ValueMaven Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Hjorth 0 Posted Friday at 04:14 PM Share Posted Friday at 04:14 PM ValueMaven, You'll likely get some feedback in this topic, when the CoBF members, who have ordered the book, will post their experience while reading this book. - - - o 0 o - - - NB : -& personally honestly [& likely very biased] : Snowball up where the sun doesn't shine! - I simply hate that book! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LongHaul 0 Posted Monday at 04:30 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 04:30 PM Snowball does a wonderful job on many qualitative aspects. Many of the quantitative aspects of Berkshire she left out or just got wrong which is in this book. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morgan 0 Posted Monday at 11:15 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:15 PM I’m interested in the reviews as well. It’s a little expensive to buy with limited info. Although at 750 pages, it’s likely to be filled with a lot of good info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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