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Reflections on Buffett’s Famous Essay, ”How Inflation Swindles the Equity Investor”

This Week in Intelligent Investing

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The Book Value Multiple Paid Is Going to Bounce Around

Book value didn't go up by as much as you would think until just recently. It bottomed out well below 2% well after the financial crisis had passed so it was well under 2% in September of 2011. We have sucked trillions of dollars of equity capital out of these companies and for good reason they require less capital, Capital that's available is generally available on more efficient terms.

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