The Midas Touch: The Strategies That Have Made Warren Buffett America's Pre-Eminent Investor [Hardcover]

John Train (Author)

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In The Money Masters , Train captured the investing styles of about 10 highly successful investors. Here he has expanded the 40 pages devoted to Buffett in the earlier book, using much of the same material. This is more of a paean than the earlier work because none of Buffett's "worst" investments are mentioned, and Buffett's reputation has grown. Train writes well, with wit and clarityan amiable match for the style of an investor who shuns computers, won't use a calculator. He examines Buffett's methods and advises the reader how to invest like Buffett. Readers would have benefited from more analysis/biography rather than the 60 pages used to list major transactions of Berkshire Hathaway (the company Buffett controls), but most business collections will want this. Alex Wenner, Indiana Univ., Bloomington
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 207 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins; 1st edition (May 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060156430
• ISBN-13: 978-0060156435
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,008,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #52 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( B ) > Buffett, Warren

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Good Sense, March 26, 2000

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This review is from: The Midas Touch: The Strategies That Have Made Warren Buffett America's Pre-Eminent Investor (Hardcover)

John Train details stories about how Buffet built his fortune by buying up companies who's value was high, but the stock was low for one reason or another. Buffet leaves nothing to chance. If you are serious about investing, this book will interest you, because it does not just apply to someone who buys entire companies even the small investor can benefit from this.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Many Books on Buffett, May 24, 2003

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This review is from: The Midas Touch: The Strategies That Have Made Warren Buffett America's Pre-Eminent Investor (Hardcover)

Several years ago, I saw John Train's "The Money Masters" and "The New Money Masters" on a list of the ten best books on investing, along with Graham and Dodd and the like. It is hard to disagree with that assessment. The man is highly intelligent, understands investing and writes beautifully.

"The Midas Touch" is cut out of the same piece of cloth -- succinct and perceptive. Unfortunately, it is currently out of print, so if you can find a used copy, buy it.