Episode Details

In today’s episode, Clay reviews Brett Gardner’s new book, Buffett’s Early Investments. 

Brett is an Analyst at Discerene Group LP, a private investment partnership that invests globally based on a fundamental and long-term value investing philosophy. Like us here at TIP, Brett is also a huge fan of Warren Buffett.

During Buffett’s early partnership years from 1957 to 1969, he compounded his investors’ capital at 23.8% net of fees relative to the Dow Jones, returning just 7.4%.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

02:14 - The primary factors that led to Buffett’s outperformance during early investing years.

06:09 - The parallels between Buffett’s investment in Philadelphia and Reading and how he ended up transforming Berkshire Hathaway in the years that followed.

27:15 - What led Buffett to make an unconventional bet on Disney in 1966.

43:55 - Why Buffett invested in American Express after the Salad Oil Scandal.

And so much more!

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

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