At the end of 1951, a young Warren Buffett penned an article for the Commercial and Financial Chronicle titled, The Security I Like Best. This article profiled a little-known company called GEICO, which was at the time the young investor’s most substantial shareholding.
Following this initial article, over the next decade, Buffett wrote four more pieces on the cheap stocks he liked, giving us a great insight into the young Buffett’s investing mentality and process.
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Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway.
Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK.
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