Foreword to the First Edition ix
Peter S. Lynch

Preface xv

Introduction xix
Kenneth L. Fisher

1 The World’s Greatest Investor 1

2 The Education of Warren Buffett 11

3 "Our Main Business Is Insurance": The Early Days of Berkshire Hathaway 29

4 Buying a Business 41

5 Investing Guidelines: Business Tenets 61

6 Investing Guidelines: Management Tenets 81

7 Investing Guidelines: Financial Tenets 109

8 Investing Guidelines: Value Tenets 121

9 Investing in Fixed-Income Securities 141

10 Managing Your Portfolio 157

11 The Psychology of Money 177

12 The Unreasonable Man 189

Afterword: Managing Money the Warren Buffett Way 199

Appendix 211

Notes 225

Acknowledgments 235

Index 239