Five biggest takeaways from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s Berkshire Hathaway annual meet

The meta of investing is always changing. But there are some things that are timeless, like if your return on an invested capital goes up, you are going to become more valuable. If you compound your free cash flow per share, you are going to become more valuable. There are these immutable things and a lot of those things have been written about by ... See more

“Here is an all-too-brief summary of Buffett’s approach: He looks for what he calls “franchise” companies with strong consumer brands, easily understandable businesses, robust financial health, and near-monopolies in their markets, like H & R Block, Gillette, and the Washington Post Co. Buffett likes to snap up a stock when a scandal, big loss,... See more

14 more ideas from Buffett and Munger I don’t want to forget: 1. The one thing that has surprised me all my life is how many people with high IQs do massively stupid things. 2. Berkshire was a small business at one time. It just takes time. It is the nature of compound interest. You can't build it in one day, or one week. 3. Unfortunately, Bert... See more

We can spend years trying to figure out how Buffett achieved his investment returns: how he found the best companies, the cheapest stocks, the best managers. That’s hard. Less hard but equally important is pointing out what he didn’t do. He didn’t get carried away with debt. He didn’t panic and sell during the 14 recessions he’s lived through. He d... See more