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  <title><![CDATA[Dear Mr. Buffett: What An Investor Learns 1,269 Miles From Wall Street]]></title>
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  <default-description>Janet Tavakoli takes you into the world of Warren Buffett by way of the recent mortgage meltdown. In correspondence and discussion with him over 2 years, they both saw the writing on the wall, made clear by the implosion of Bear Stearns. Tavakoli, in clear and engaging prose, explains how the credit mess happened beginning with the mortgage lending Ponzi schemes funded by investment banks, the Fed bailout and its impact on the dollar. Through her narrative, we hear from Warren Buffett and learn how his enduring principles caused him to see the mess that was coming well in advance and kept him and his investors well out of the way.</default-description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quote from a review by Dynamic Duo on Amazon: &quot;For example, the chapter about the backdating of stock options scandal, although not strictly related to the credit crisis, makes you wonder about the character of the people running corporate America: in the 2006-2007 timeframe more than 120 U.S. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60154305">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish I'd had the time to absorb the details in this book, I ended up skimming some of the more meaty details to be able to return it to the library.  I found Janet Tavakoli to be credible and knowledgeable about the past few years events in the financial markets which have brought us into the curr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66326581">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, but not very informative. Still, recommended if you haven't been following the financial world, in which case its a 4 star.]]></body>
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