Buffett's Bold Bet on Coca-Cola

This chapter explores Warren Buffett's strategic investment in Coca-Cola, which drastically boosted Berkshire Hathaway's valuation through dividends and market demand. It also touches on challenges faced at Solomon and concludes with a pivotal meeting between Buffett and Bill Gates.

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

02:49 - How Buffett came around to purchasing Geico.
07:45 - Why Buffett’s reputation helped him get a fantastic deal on Nebraska Furniture Mart.
10:33 - Why the efficient market hypothesis is partially false.
12:13 - How Salomon Brothers nearly destroyed Buffett’s reputation.
26:35 - How Berkshire Hathaway faired through the 1999 tech bubble.
43:23 - How Buffett foresaw the calamity to occur in 2007/2008 great financial crisis.
51:20 - Why Berkshire’s purchase of Apple was perhaps the greatest trade of all time.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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Listen to Part 1 of this Warren Buffett Deep Dive.
Alice Schroeder’s book - The Snowball.
Robert Hagstrom’s book - The Warren Buffett Way.
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