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A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers From Warren Buffett
Jacket
Title Page
Contents
Epigraph
Introduction and Acknowledgments
One What Investing in Financial Assets Is All About
Two Valuation
Three the Value of a Business
Four Return on Tangible Invested Capital Reflects the Cash Flow Generating Characteristics of the Business
Five Business Characteristics: The Great, the Good, and the Gruesome
A. The Really Great Business
B. The Good Business
C. The Gruesome
D. Other Tough Businesses
E. The Correct Way to Look at Accounting Goodwill
F. What Are the Key Factors for Success or Harm and How Predictable Are They?
Six Past Results as a Guide: Sometimes Useful and Sometimes Dangerous
Seven the Importance of Trustworthy and Talented Management
Eight the Importance of Clear Yardsticks to Judge Management Performance
Nine Corporate Governance
Ten Owners and Management
Eleven Management Compensation: I Get What I Reward For
Twelve Mergers and Acquisitions: Dumb Acquisitions Cost Owners Far More Than Most Other Things
Thirteen a Few Management Issues
A. Be Honest and Trustworthy and Select People You Can Trust
B. Management and Cost Efficiency
C. Communication
Fourteen How to Reduce Risk:
A. Easy Does It
B. Minimize the Chance That I Make a Bad Deal
C. Conditions and Environment Where I Have the Largest Chance of Finding a Good Deal-And a Warning During Good Times
E. Distrust Biased Advice
F. Avoid Mindless Imitation and Don't Be Caught Up in the Latest Fads and Fashions
G. Imitation Driven by the Fear of Losing Business
H. Pay No Attention to Economic Forecasting
I. Have the Right Mental Attitude Toward Market Fluctuations
Fifteen Sometimes Mistakes Are Made
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