Views & Insights
Periodically we publish content that puts our principles and views into practice, because education is an essential component of long-term investment success.
CATEGORY: Global investing
The Sun Also Rises
The View | March 1998
At the end of 1989, Japan was flying high. Its economic model was considered by many to be the best in the world. Under the benign and extraordinarily competent direction of...
PDF: Great Investors
The View | July 1997
One of the main purposes of The View from Burgundy is to inform our readers of sound investment practices that we think enhance the possibility of long-term success. One of...
PDF: Berkshire Hathaway's '96 AGM
The View | June 1996
We attended the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting held on May 6, 1996 in Omaha. There were a number of subjects of interest that came up during the marathon five-hour question...
PDF: Doing It Right
The View | December 1995
In previous issues of The View from Burgundy, we justifiably have tended to be hard on managements that have failed in what we consider to be arguably their primary function:...
PDF: The Market Valuations
The View | January 1994
Every once in a blue moon, securities markets go to extremes and currently we appear to have such a situation. Small investors are flocking to stocks, taxi drivers are talking...
The Outside Zebras
The View | April 1993
In the first chapter of his book, A Zebra in Lion Country, famed investor, talented writer, and well-known Acorn Fund manager Ralph Wanger likens the experience of a portfolio manager...