Buffett Beyond Value: Why Warren Buffett Looks to Growth and Management When Investing

Preface.Acknowledgments.Part I: Introduction and Background.Chapter 1: The Thrill of Investing in Common Stocks.Chapter 2: 1965-2009: Lessons from Significant Events in Berkshire History.Part II: Buffett Investing = Value + Growth.Chapter 3: Value Investing--It's Like Buying Christmas Cards in January.Chapter 4: Growth Investing.Chapter 5: Intrinsic Value.Chapter 6: Buffett Investing = Value + Growth.Part III: Other People's Money.Chapter 7: Insurance--Other People's Money.Chapter 8: Reinsurance: More of Other People's Money.Chapter 9: Tax Deferment: Interest-Free Loans from the Government.Part IV: Success in Retailing, Manufacturing, and Utilities.Chapter 10: If You Don't Know Jewelry, Know Your Jeweler.Chapter 11: Compete Like Mrs. B.Chapter 12: Why Invest in Utility Companies?Chapter 13: High Profits in Honest-to-Goodness Manufacturing Companies.Part V: Risk, Diversification, and When to Sell.Chapter 14: Risk and Volatility: How to Think Profitably About Them.Chapter 15: Why Hold Cash: Liquidity Brings Opportunities.Chapter 16: Diversification: How Many Baskets Should You Hold?Chapter 17: When to Sell.Part VI: Market Efficiency.Chapter 18: How Efficient Is the Stock Market?Chapter 19: Arbitrage and Hedge Funds.Part VII: Profitability and Accounting.Chapter 20: M = Monopoly = Money.Chapter 21: Who Wins in Highly Competitive Industries?Chapter 22: Property, plant and equipment: Good or Bad?Chapter 23: Key to Success: ROE and Other Ratios.Chapter 24: Accounting Goodwill: Is It Any Good?Part VIII: Psychology.Chapter 25: How Much Psychology Should You Know?Chapter 26: How to Learn from Mistakes.Part IX: Corporate Governance.Chapter 27: Dividends: Do They Make Sense in This Day and Age?Chapter 28: Should You Invest in Companies That Repurchase Their Own Shares?Chapter 29: Corporate Governance: Employees, Directors, and CEOs.Chapter 30: Large Shareholders: They Are Your Friends.Conclusion: B = Baseball = Buffett.Appendix: A Summary of the Book.Notes.Index.

PREM C. JAIN is the McDonough Professor of Accounting and Finance at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C. He has previously taught at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. His research has been published in many prestigious finance and accounting journals including the Journal of Finance and the Journal of Accounting Research. Jain received a doctorate from the University of Florida and a master's degree in applied economics from the University of Rochester. He is also a CPA in the state of Florida.