Disclaimer | p. 12 |
The Art of Basic Buffettology | |
Before You Begin This Book | p. 15 |
How to Use This Book | p. 21 |
Roots | p. 27 |
Investing from a Business Perspective | p. 31 |
What Is Businesslike Investing? | p. 33 |
Warren's View of Earnings | p. 35 |
The Price You Pay Determines Your Rate of Return | p. 39 |
The Corporation, Stocks, Bonds--a Few Useful Explanations | p. 45 |
Valuing a Business | p. 55 |
The Only Two Things You Need to Know About Business Perspective Investing: What to Buy--and at What Price | p. 65 |
What We Can Learn from Warren's Secret Weapon: The Magic of Compounding | p. 69 |
Determining What Kind of Business You Want to Own | p. 77 |
The Theory of an Expanding Intrinsic Value | p. 81 |
The Mediocre Business | p. 87 |
How to Identify the Excellent Business-the Key to Warren's Good Fortune | p. 93 |
Nine Questions to Help You Determine If a Business Is Truly an Excellent One | p. 99 |
Where to Look for Excellent Businesses | p. 119 |
More Ways to Find a Company You Want to Invest In | p. 127 |
What You Need to Know About the Management of the Company You May Invest In | p. 135 |
When a Downturn in a Company Can Be an Investment Opportunity | p. 139 |
How Market Mechanics Whipsaw Stock Prices to Create Buying Opportunities | p. 147 |
Inflation | p. 157 |
Inflation and the Consumer Monopoly | p. 165 |
A Few Words on Taxation | p. 169 |
The Effects of Inflation and Taxation on the Rate of Return, and the Necessity to Obtain a 15% Return on Your Investment | p. 171 |
The Myth of Diversifications Versus the Concentrated Portfolio | p. 173 |
When Should You Sell Your Investments? | p. 175 |
Warren's Different Kinds of Investments | p. 181 |
Advanced Buffettology | |
The Analyst's Role in Ascertaining Earning Power | p. 191 |
The Mathematical Tools | p. 193 |
Test #1, to Determine at a Glance the Predictability of Earnings | p. 195 |
Test #2, to Determine Your Initial Rate of Return | p. 199 |
Test #3, to Determine the Per Share Growth Rate | p. 201 |
Determining the Value of a Company Relative to Government Bonds | p. 205 |
Understanding Warren's Preference for Companies with High Rates of Return on Equity | p. 207 |
Determining the Projected Annual Compounding Rate of Return, Part I | p. 215 |
Determining the Projected Annual Compounding Rate of Return, Part II | p. 221 |
The Equity/Bond with an Expanding Coupon | p. 229 |
Using the Per Share Earnings Annual Growth Rate to Project a Stock's Future Value | p. 233 |
How a Company Can Increase Its Shareholders' Fortunes by Buying Back the Company's Stock | p. 237 |
How to Determine If Per Share Earnings Are Increasing Because of Share Repurchases | p. 343 |
How to Measure Management's Ability to Utilize Retained Earnigns | p. 247 |
Short-Term Arbitrage Commitments | p. 253 |
Bringing It All Together: The Case Studies | p. 259 |
Gannett Corporation, 1994 | p. 259 |
Federal Home Loan Mortrgage Corporation, 1992 | p. 266 |
McDonald's Corporation, 1996 | p. 273 |
How Warren Got Started: The Investment Vehicle | p. 279 |
Fifty-four Companies to Look At | p. 287 |
Waiting for the Perfect Pitch | p. 307 |
Epilogue | p. 311 |
Index | p. 313 |
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