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The Warren Buffett Way
Robert G. Hagstrom
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Discover how Warren Buffett built his fortune in this New York Times bestseller endorsed by Peter Lynch. Learn the psychological principles behind "business-driven investing" that transformed countless portfolios. Why do elite investors consider this 30-year bestseller mandatory reading? Your financial education awaits.

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What if Getting Rich Was Actually Boring?

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A 25-year-old in Omaha takes $105,000 from seven investors and turns it into $143 billion. No insider trading. No market timing wizardry. No complex derivatives or algorithmic trading. Just buying good businesses when they're on sale and then-here's the radical part-doing nothing. Warren Buffett's investment philosophy sounds almost comically simple, yet it contradicts nearly everything Wall Street teaches. While traders chase hot stocks and quarterly earnings, Buffett asks a different question: "If I could only make one investment for the next ten years, what would I choose?" This framework has made him one of the world's wealthiest individuals, not through complexity but through clarity. His approach synthesizes wisdom from three mentors into twelve core principles that transform investing from gambling into business ownership.

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The Making of an Investor and His Philosophy

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The Twelve Commandments and Valuation Framework

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Legendary Investments That Proved the Method

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Focus Investing and the Probability Framework

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The Psychology of Markets and Our Own Minds

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The Radical Act of Doing Nothing

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