Dear Mr. Buffett: What an Investor Learns 1,269 Miles From Wall Street

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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.  Read more... Abstract: 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 Content: Titlepage Copyright Epigraph Preface Notes Acknowledgments Chapter 1: An Unanswered Invitation Notes Chapter 2: Lunch with Warren Notes Chapter 3: The Prairie Princes versus the Princes of Darkness Notes Chapter 4: The Insatiable Curiosity to Know Nothing Worth Knowing (Oscar Wilde Was Right) Notes Chapter 5: MAD Mortgages-The "Great" Against the Powerless Notes Chapter 6: Shell Games (Beware of Geeks Bearing Grifts) Notes Chapter 7: Financial Astrology-AAA Falling Stars Notes Chapter 8: Bear Market (I'd Like a Review of the Bidding) Notes Chapter 9: Dead Man's Curve. NotesChapter 10: Bazooka Hank and Dread Reckoning (AIG, Fannie, Freddie, Lehman, Merrill, and Other Fluid Situations) Notes Chapter 11: Bond Insurance Burns Main Street Notes Chapter 12: Money, Money, Money (Warren and Washington) Notes Chapter 13: The Fogs of War, Religion, and Politics Notes Chapter 14: Finding Value Notes Bibliography Index EULA.