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Summary: If your going to invest learn from the best
Review: Before I read the Essential Buffet I knew very little about Warren Buffett. I knew he was one of, if not the richest man in the world. I knew he made his fortune from the stock market, but that was basically all.
I began the book with the hope of learning what set him apart from the thousands of other investors that don't even come close to his successes.
The book begins with a general summery of what is to come. Then it gets into the details. You learn how his childhood shaped his decision making. Then it talks about his greatest influences Graham and Fischer. Then it talks about how he selects stocks.
All of the skills you learn not only teach you why he was successful but also how you can be. The author uses simple analagies to explain complex ideas, which makes it an easier read.
I recomend the book to those who are interested in the stock market, owning or managing a business or just in economics in general.
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Summary: Groan
Review: Hagstrom has presented Buffett's philosophy that is understandable and correct. I intend to learn from Buffett's principles and to use them to my advantage, to make my billions.
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Summary: Essential Principles
Review: Hagstrom has presented Buffett's philosophy that is understandable and correct. I intend to learn from Buffett's principles and to use them to my advantage, to make my billions.
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Summary: Very Good For a Newbie
Review: Hagstrom's The Essential Buffett is key to understanding successful investing strategies. However this very helpful book is not just about why Buffett makes his choices, but, how Buffett's thought process in deciding to pick a stock has come to be. Besides the genius of Buffett, the reader learns about stock market guru's Ben Graham, Philip Fisher and Berkshire Hathaway's vice-Chairman Charlie Munger. Hagstrom's examples of the companies Buffett has been with like: Net Jet, See's, Coca-Cola, Citigroup... teaches young investors Buffett's investment ideaology. Because Hagstrom uses assumptions and multiple mathematical examples to prove HIS own application of Buffett's investing style to tech stocks, The Essential Buffett is not a five star book.
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Summary: Very Good For a Newbie
Review: Hagstrom's The Essential Buffett is key to understanding successful investing strategies. However this very helpful book is not just about why Buffett makes his choices, but, how Buffett's thought process in deciding to pick a stock has come to be. Besides the genius of Buffett, the reader learns about stock market guru's Ben Graham, Philip Fisher and Berkshire Hathaway's vice-Chairman Charlie Munger. Hagstrom's examples of the companies Buffett has been with like: Net Jet, See's, Coca-Cola, Citigroup... teaches young investors Buffett's investment ideaology. Because Hagstrom uses assumptions and multiple mathematical examples to prove HIS own application of Buffett's investing style to tech stocks, The Essential Buffett is not a five star book.
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Summary: Wide of the Mark
Review: Have to agree with Mr. Mitchell's review elsewhere in these pages that the premise reveals the fatal flaw of this book. Hagstrom's first book remains his best shot. These are simply not the principles used by intelligent investors in the tradition of Graham and Buffett, which are well extended to contemporary conditions in the "How To Think" book by Cunningham, which shows there IS NO "New Economy"--it is B.S--and also very good is the latter's Essays on Warren Buffett.
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Summary: A wonderful source for the complete Buffett
Review: I found The Essential Buffett to be a terrific source of information on the approach, principles and practices of this investment genius. Coverage of how Buffett's principles can be applied to the technology sector could not have been more timely, and the distillations of Buffett's thinking that appear throughout the book are a great value add.
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Summary: Groan
Review: Instead of calling this book "The Essential Buffett", Hagstrom should have called it "The Rehashed Buffett". I have read both of the author's previous books about Buffett, and they stand well on their own. This book, though, is just a cash grab. It is "essentially" just highlights from the other two books recycled into this "new" book.If you haven't read the first two books should you read this one? I don't know... but if you have read the first two, don't bother with this patch job.
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Summary: I should have read this 5 months ago
Review: Like most of us, I got burned in the stock market recently. Warren Buffett's investment principles have obviously worked well for him. I found this book to be easy to read and clearly outlined with the techniques needed to survive and make money in today's market.
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Summary: Fortune Magazine Gave this Book an A
Review: Must confess I bought this book because Fortune gave this book an A and I think the others got "C's" and "F's". Ironically, the Cunningham books noted got an "F". Essential Buffett is very well balanced and I must agree with the Fortune reviewer who says this book directs the message clearly of Buffett's techniques. A good investment for me.
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