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To: Wink who wrote (2621)	12/3/1997 3:29:00 PM
From: bananawind	Respond to of 78628

Wink...:You will get a terrific investment education just by reading the last 15 years of Buffett's annual letter to shareholders from Berkshire Hathaway's annual reports. You can write the company at One Keiwit Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska. Alternatively, I think the archived letters are now available on the company website. This is not a small project and will take you some time to accomplish. Also, don't forget to read every word by WB's alterego and co-chairman, Charlie Munger. Contrary to what some others have told you, Buffett's basic approach is not hard to reproduce with diligent study of businesses and some high school math. Reproducing his results, however, may require his patience and insight, which is an altogether different subject. -JLF

To: Wink who wrote (2621)	12/3/1997 9:39:00 PM
From: john harris	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 78628

Wink: I concur with suggestions like "The Intelligent Investor", "Common Stocks, Uncommon Profits" and such basics reads as Lynch's "One Up on Wall Street". But investing quite often is avoiding those land mines that are sitting in wait in your path. When you're through with the above I strongly recommend "The Art of Short Selling" by Kathryn F. Staley. It is more or less a compilation of stock disaster stories re-told with an expose' of the problems that sat there within the financials of the companies (had anyone cared to look and put 2 and 2 together) prior to the disaster taking place. It's a good read.