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Warren Buffett's letter to shareholders (Part 2)

This is part two of the series in which I have tried to combine and sort them topicwise. Black Sholes The Black-Scholes formula has approached the status of holy writ in finance, and is used when valuing equity put options for financial statement purposes. Key inputs to the calculation include a  contract’s maturity and strike price, as well as the analyst’s expectations for volatility, interest rates and dividends. If the formula is applied to extended time periods, however, it can produce absurd results. In fairness, Black and Scholes almost certainly understood this point well.

Warren Buffett's letter to shareholders

Few case studies and concepts by Buffett given through the newsletters are compiled topic wise. It combines Buffett’s magic and mind, simplicity and subtleness which results into extraordinary results overtime past 60 years has been provided in these newsletters year after year. The idea of ”praise specifically criticize generally” can be seen over the years in these letters over the years.