It’s your annotated guide to the basics of intelligent investing, as told through the key excerpts from almost forty of these early letters. These were the pre-Berkshire years, 1956 to 1970, a time when his capital was modest and his opportunity set was unbounded. It was a time, especially in the early days of the Partnership, when he was most like you and me in that he was able to invest in nearly everything, when no companies were too small for him to be interested.

