Preface xv
The Jones Nobody Keeps Up With---April 1966
1(6)
Carol Loomis
From "Hard Times Come to the Hedge Funds"---January 1970
An excerpt from an article
7(2)
Carol Loomis
How Inflation Swindles the Equity Investor---May 1977
9(14)
Warren Buffett
A Small College Scores Big in the Investment Game---December 18, 1978
23(5)
Lee Smith
Berkshire's Shareholder Contributions
28(15)
Shareholders Get to Vote on Charity---November 30, 1981
29(3)
Lee Smith
Berkshire Gives Up on Giving---August 11, 2003
32(2)
Nicholas Varchaver
Letters from Chairman Buffett---August 22, 1983
34(6)
Andrew Tobias
From "Can You Beat the Stock Market?"---December 26, 1983
An excerpt and a sidebar from an article
40(3)
Daniel Seligman
Buffett and Capital Cities/ABC
43(33)
Excerpts from articles
43(4)
Stratford Sherman
Peter Petre
Bill Saporito
Carol Loomis
From "Beating the Market by Buying Back Stock"---April 29, 1985
An excerpt from an article
47(2)
Carol Loomis
Guess Who's Bought Whoops Bonds---April 29, 1985
49(4)
Kenneth Labich
From "Now Hear This"---April 28, 1986
53(1)
From "Should You Leave It All to the Children?"---September 29, 1986
Excerpts from an article
54(3)
Richard I. Kirkland Jr.
Dial B-U-F-F-E-T-T for Merger---December 22, 1986
From Newstrends Section
57(1)
Early Fears about Index Futures---December 7, 1987
A warning letter sent
58(4)
John Dingell Jr.
The Inside Story of Warren Buffett---April 11, 1988
62(14)
Carol Loomis
Buffett and Salomon
76(19)
The Wisdom of Salomon?---April 11, 1988
77(1)
Carol Loomis
Warren Buffett's Wild Ride at Salomon---October 27, 1997
78(12)
Carol Loomis
From "Now Hear This"---January 10, 1994
Buffett's wry comment 2 1/2 years after the Salomon crisis broke
90(1)
Nebraska Special---September 26, 1988
91(1)
Terence Pare
A Warm Tip from Warren Buffett: It's Time to Buy Freddie Macs---December 19, 1988
92(3)
Brett Duval Fromson
What Happened at the Bridge Table
95(4)
A Very Full Deck---June 5, 1989
95(1)
Julia Lieblich
Raising Cayne---January 15, 1990
95(2)
Alan Deutschman
From "How to Live with a Billion"---September 11, 1989
Excerpts from an article
97(1)
Alan Farnham
From "Now Hear This"---October 23, 1989
98(1)
New Warren Buffetts? And the Old One
99(14)
From "Are These the New Warren Buffetts?"---October 30, 1989
An excerpt from an article
100(1)
Brett Duval Fromson
And Now a Look at the Old One---October 30, 1989
101(2)
Brett Duval Fromson
How I Goofed---April 9, 1990
An excerpt from Buffett's letter to shareholders in the 1989 Berkshire Hathaway annual report
103(4)
From "The Children of the Rich and Famous"---September 10, 1990
Excerpts from an article
107(2)
Alan Farnham
The Midas Touch at a Discount---November 5, 1990
109(2)
Edmund Faltermayer
Buffett Buys Junk---April 22, 1991
111(2)
Jennifer Reese
From "Now Hear This"---April 5, 1993
112(1)
Buffett and Coca-Cola
113(6)
Excerpts from articles
113(3)
John Huey
Betsy Morris
Pattie Sellers
Carol Loomis
How Buffett Views Risk---April 4, 1994
An excerpt from Buffett's letter to shareholders in the 1993 Berkshire Hathaway annual report
116(1)
Buffett Hits $200 Million Downdraft---November 17, 1994
117(2)
Colin Leinster
Buffett and Gates
119(61)
The Billionaire Buddies---January 16, 1995
120(1)
Brent Schlender
Gates on Buffett---February 5, 1996
121(5)
Bill Gates
From "Untangling the Derivatives Mess"---March 20, 1995
An excerpt from an article
126(1)
Carol Loomis
Two Items from "Now Hear This"---April 3, 1995 and May 29, 1995
127(1)
From "Why Warren Buffett's Betting Big on American Express"---October 30, 1995
Excerpts and a sidebar from an article
128(4)
Linda Grant
Gift That Gives---A Bit O'Buffett---March 18, 1996
132(1)
Bethany McLean
The Bill and Warren Show---July 20, 1998
133(19)
Brent Schlender
A House Built on Sand---October 26, 1998
152(10)
Carol Loomis
Are Jimmy and Warren Buffett Related?---June 21, 1999
162(2)
Tyler Maroney
Put Bite into Audit Committees---August 2, 1999
164(2)
Carol Loomis
Mr. Buffett on the Stock Market---November 22, 1999
A Buffett speech that Carol Loomis converted into an article
166(10)
Warren Buffett: Revivalist---May 19, 2000
176(2)
Amy Kover
Warren Buffett Invests in the First Lady---October 20, 2000
178(2)
Jeffrey Birnbaum
Admired---Again and Again
180(44)
The Value Machine---February 19, 2001
181(9)
Carol Loomis
A Letter from Fortune's Letters Column---March 26, 2001
190(1)
Warren Buffett on the Stock Market---December 10, 2001
A Buffett speech that Carol Loomis converted into an article
191(12)
The Mash Note Everybody Wants---September 16, 2002
203(1)
Jerry Useem
The Oracle of Everything---November 11, 2002
204(11)
Andy Serwer
A Letter from Fortune's Letters Column---February 17, 2003
215(1)
Avoiding a "Mega-Catastrophe"---March 17, 2003
An excerpt from Buffett's letter to shareholders in the 2002 Berkshire Hathaway annual report
216(5)
Where We're Putting Our Money Now---March 17, 2003
A second excerpt from Buffett's letter to shareholders in the 2002 annual report
221(1)
The Sage Goes to Asia---May 26, 2003
222(2)
Clay Chandler
The Power Issue
224(31)
From "The 25 Most Powerful People in Business"---August 11, 2003
Excerpts from an article
224(1)
Jerry Useem
The Most Powerful Businessperson: Warren Buffett---August 11, 2003
225(2)
Andy Serwer
America's Growing Trade Deficit Is Selling the Nation Out from Under Us. Here's a Way to Fix the Problem---And We Need to Do It Now.---November 10, 2003
227(8)
Warren Buffett
Carol Loomis
Why Foreigners Can't Ditch Their Dollars---November 10, 2003
235(1)
Warren Buffett
Carol Loomis
The Market According to Buffett---May 17, 2004
236(1)
David Stires
The Best Advice I Ever Got---March 11, 2005
A Warren Buffett recollection
237(2)
Carol Loomis
The $91 Billion Conversation---October 31, 2005
239(8)
Daniel Roth
Cut Your Gains!---March 20, 2006
An excerpt from Buffett's letter to shareholders in the 2005 Berkshire Hathaway annual report
247(4)
Buffett's Alter Ego---May 29, 2006
251(3)
Andy Serwer
Buffett Backs GM---And Buys a Caddy---May 29, 2006
254(1)
Alex Taylor III
The Philanthropist Emerges
255(50)
Warren Buffett Gives It Away---July 10, 2006
256(8)
Carol Loomis
How Buffett's Giveaway Will Work---July 10, 2006
264(3)
Carol Loomis
Would You Like That $11 Billion in Twenties?---July 24, 2006
267(1)
Carol Loomis
Buffett to Gates: Spend It!---March 19, 2007
268(2)
Jia Lynn Yang
Marking to Myth---September 3, 2007
270(1)
Warren Buffett
The Oracle's Credit Crisis---March 31, 2008
271(1)
Telis Demos
What Warren Thinks...---April 28, 2008
272(7)
Nicholas Varchaver
Buffett's Big Bet---June 23, 2008
279(6)
Carol Loomis
From "What Obama Means for Business"---July 2, 2008
An excerpt from an article
285(1)
Nina Easton
Buffett's Market Metric Says Buy---February 16, 2009
286(2)
Carol Loomis
Doris Burke
From "Riders on the Storm"---April 20, 2009
An excerpt from an article
288(1)
Adam Lashinsky
Buffett Takes Charge---April 27, 2009
289(7)
Marc Gunther
From "Who the Admired Admire"---March 22, 2010
An excerpt from an article
296(1)
Anna Bernasek
Buffett's Mr. Fix-It---August 16, 2010
297(8)
Brian Dumaine
The Giving Pledge
305(22)
The $600 Billion Challenge---July 5, 2010
306(8)
Carol Loomis
My Philanthropic Pledge---July 5, 2010
314(2)
Warren Buffett
A New Buffett Takes Beijing---October 17, 2011
316(4)
Bill Powell
A Nation Grapples with Charity---October 17, 2011
320(1)
Bill Powell
Why Stocks Beat Gold and Bonds---February 27, 2012
An excerpt from Buffett's letter to shareholders in the 2011 Berkshire Hathaway annual report
321(6)
Final Note from the Editor 327(2)
Acknowledgments 329(4)
Index 333