maxprogram Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 I just launched a digital archive of all Buffett's letters to shareholders. I think the Buffett/Berkshire fans here could get a lot of value from it: http://berkshireletters.com All letters from 1965-2022 are there. More importantly, you can search the letters semantically (by meaning, not just keyword). So you could search "what's a moat" and see where Buffett discusses this. This was designed for and tested with the folks at Berkshire -- and Warren himself! -- to search the letters. Future additions could be things like annual meeting transcripts or other documents. Let me know if you have any questions about it or find any issues. Hope everyone enjoys! (Side note -- it's been years since I've posted here. Really glad to see CofBF still thriving!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarioP Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 This is really terrific. Thank you to give us an acces to that. now if you can do a memorex of all the SEC documents ( 10k, 13f) you will be able to sell a lots of monthly subscription . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodstove Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Thank you. Ordered the letters book. Look forward to using the search / database from time to time. Best wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodstove Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 The letters book arrived. Wonderful! And yes, it is the 50 years 1965-2014 letters, which I knew at the time of ordering, so no adverse surprises. Very happy to have the book, 750+ pages of quality reading, comfort of easy chair instead of screen time. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesman182 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 On 12/18/2023 at 4:50 PM, maxprogram said: I just launched a digital archive of all Buffett's letters to shareholders. I think the Buffett/Berkshire fans here could get a lot of value from it: http://berkshireletters.com All letters from 1965-2022 are there. More importantly, you can search the letters semantically (by meaning, not just keyword). So you could search "what's a moat" and see where Buffett discusses this. This was designed for and tested with the folks at Berkshire -- and Warren himself! -- to search the letters. Future additions could be things like annual meeting transcripts or other documents. Let me know if you have any questions about it or find any issues. Hope everyone enjoys! (Side note -- it's been years since I've posted here. Really glad to see CofBF still thriving!) How did you get WEB's permission to do this? I would love to see you get a "licensed audio/video file of each annual meeting" I have watched as many as I can on youtube, but I would like to see them in a more permanent home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munger_Disciple Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 1 hour ago, yesman182 said: How did you get WEB's permission to do this? I would love to see you get a "licensed audio/video file of each annual meeting" I have watched as many as I can on youtube, but I would like to see them in a more permanent home. https://buffett.cnbc.com/warren-buffett-archive/ It already exists. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwave28 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Bought the book! Thank you for doing this. Happy new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfp Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 21 hours ago, yesman182 said: How did you get WEB's permission to do this? Max has been publishing Warren's letters in book form with Warren's permission / cooperation for many years. I think Warren prefers that people read his annual letters in his own words as a complete history of Berkshire Hathaway over any of the biographies or warren buffett-way type books. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+olson+berkshire&crid=3P52MSQ064CP8&sprefix=max+olsen+b%2Caps%2C122&ref=nb_sb_ss_sc_1_11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hjorth Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 I speculate that Mr. Buffett has never forgotten how his cooperation with the author of 'Snowball' turned out [the only book about Berkshire / Buffett that I own, that I've never finished reading [in the meaning : reading it from first page to the last], and likely never will]. Maybe Andrew Kilpatrick with his several and regularly editions of "Of permanent value"- 'regularly' at least untill the latest 2020 edition - may be the exception from that rule of thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munger_Disciple Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) 6 hours ago, John Hjorth said: I speculate that Mr. Buffett has never forgotten how his cooperation with the author of 'Snowball' turned out [the only book about Berkshire / Buffett that I own, that I've never finished reading [in the meaning : reading it from first page to the last], and likely never will]. Maybe Andrew Kilpatrick with his several and regularly editions of "Of permanent value"- 'regularly' at least untill the latest 2020 edition - may be the exception from that rule of thumb. I think the best biography of Buffett is by Roger Lowenstein even though Warren didn't cooperate with the author. I was disappointed with Snowball even though Buffett gave unprecedented access to its author Alice Schroeder and spent countless hours with her. Edited January 2 by Munger_Disciple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hjorth Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 We can think and speculate away in any direction each of us personally want. What one gets from buying the original book from www.lulu.com [ Link ] is a survey of the central facts, that turned Berkshire Hathaway Inc. from being a turd to a company saturated with greatness : Survey of : 1. Float development 2. Cost of float development. [In the book, it's outside pagination, in the front.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I suppose I can buy the book with the yellow cover that goes to 2014 and print the ones from 2015-2024 and staple it myself to the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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