What is the best way to study Buffet?

[muscleman]

Any of his articles, writings, bio etc?

[Kuhndan]

I start with the book Warren buffet an american capitalist. Then the Warren Buffett Way. Then the Berkshire Hathaway annual reports.

[LC]

Read his partnership reports, then BRK reports, then his writings/interviews in the media, then the books about him.

[Edward]

I'd say that to save time, read the wiki on him then read all his letters to shareholders, ever.

 

Then sit down and start reading financial statements of companies you are interested investing in. You'll understand him better if you're fluent in reading financial reports.

 

Of course there are various biographies of the man, but I'm not sure they provide huge added value. Can't hurt if you have the time.

[blainehodder]

Start with the spelling :) jk. Really the posters above seemed to have nailed it.

[constructive]

http://www.amazon.com/The-Essays-Warren-Buffett-Corporate/dp/0966446127/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1367340658&sr=8-8&keywords=warren+buffett

 

My favorite investment book. More convenient than reading every annual essay (although that's good too) - it organizes his thoughts over the years and minimizes repetition.

[stahleyp]

This also just came out. You can get these free online but kinda nice to have them in one spot.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Berkshire-Hathaway-Letters-Shareholders-Buffett/dp/1595910778

[Liberty]

This also just came out. You can get these free online but kinda nice to have them in one spot.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Berkshire-Hathaway-Letters-Shareholders-Buffett/dp/1595910778

 

Yep. That's more convenient than what I did, which was to find a PDF compilation and print all the letters from the partnership and Berkshire. Quite a brick.

[Parsad]

Any of his articles, writings, bio etc?

 

I still recommend Andy Kilpatrick's book "Of Permanent Value" for anyone wanting to know about Berkshire.  It's not an investing book, but a historical retrospective of Buffett, Berkshire and everything associated with it.

 

For investment reading, there is nothing better than his own annual letters.  Hands down the best piece of writing you are going to read, because it is from the man himself.  If you read those letters, you will know 80% of what you will ever have to know about business and investing.  The other 20% comes from actually doing it, failing and succeeding.  Cheers!