An Introduction to Warren Buffet of Berkshire Hathaway and His Investment Strategy Essay

Warren Buffet is arguably the most successful investor of all time. His initial investment of 105,000 in the beginning, ultimately grew into a 16 billion dollar fortune made from his trading company, Berkshire Hathaway. If you had invested 10,000 in Berkshire Hathaway when he took over the company in 1965, it would be worth 22,000,000 today. Warrens stock picking prowess however, is what he is known for and is also why Berkshire Hathaway has had a returning average of 24 a year for the last three decades. At the age of 69 he is one of the richest men alive, with a net worth of over 27,265,000,000.00, placed only second to Bill Gates. Since Warren has never explicitly stated his strategy, nor has he ever written a book on it, these strategies have been gathered from the Berkshire Hathaway annual reports and interpreted by authors such as Robert Hagstrom, Roger Lewenstein, and Andrew Kilpatrick. Here are the strategies and why or why not you should adopt these practices in your own investment strategy. There are several strategies that Buffet uses to determine if stocks look good and if their worth investing in. First, he always buys at a carefully researched favorable price. He will research the stock and see if its underpriced or priced right. Second he always likes investing in companies having intrinsic value and a logical pattern of growth. Such as a virtual consumer monopoly based on need (ex. GE) or common acceptance (ex. Coca-Cola) financed tax-free by undistributed earnings. The following are some parts of Warrens investing strategy. He is a long-term investor. He has said that you should invest in companies that you would feel comfortable with even if the markets closed for a few years and you couldnt sell. He views investing as buying a piece of a business, rather than buying shares of stock. Buffet considers the following very important...

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