A gift to Buffett followers who have long sought a pattern to the investor's success, Inside the Investments of Warren Buffett presents the most detailed analysis to date of Buffett's long-term investment portfolio. Yefei Lu, an experienced investor, starts with Buffett's interest in the Sanborn Map Company in 1958 and tracks nineteen more of his major investments in companies like See's Candies, the Washington Post, GEICO, Coca-Cola, US Air, Wells Fargo, and IBM. Accessing partnership letters, company documents, annual reports, third-party references, and other original sources, Lu pinpoints what is unique about Buffett's timing, instinct, use of outside knowledge, and postinvestment actions, and he identifies what could work well for all investors in companies big and small, domestic and global. His substantial chronology accounts for broader world events and fluctuations in the U.S. stock market, suggesting Buffett's most important trait may be the breadth of his expertise.

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Partnership Years (1957-1968)1. 1958: Sanborn Map Company2. 1961: Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company3. 1964: Texas National Petroleum Company4. 1964: American Express5. 1965: Berkshire HathawayPart II: The Middle Years (1968-1990)6. 1967: National Indemnity7. 1972: See's Candies8. 1973: The Washington Post9. 1976: GEICO10. 1977: The Buffalo Evening News11. 1983: Nebraska Furniture Mart12. 1985: Capital Cities/ABC13. 1987: Salomon Inc.¿Preferred Stock Investments14. 1988: Coca-ColaPart III: The Late Years (1990-2011)15. 1989: US Air Group16. 1990: Wells Fargo17. 1998: General Re18. 1999: MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company19. 2007-2009: Burlington Northern20. 2011: IBMPart IV: Lessons Learned21. Evolution of Buffett's Investment Strategy22. What We Can Learn from BuffettAppendix AAppendix BNotesSelected BibliographyIndex