Getting started with investing. Exploring your investment choices ; Weighing risks and returns ; The workings of stock and bond markets -- Investing in your 20s and 30s. Using investments to accomplish your goals ; Minimizing your taxes when investing ; Laying out your financial plans ; Starting...

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The partnership years (1957-1968) -- 1958: Sanborn map company -- 1961: Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company -- 1964: Texas National Petroleum Company -- 1964: American Express -- 1965: Berkshire Hathaway -- The middle years (1968-1990) -- 1967: national...