From February 2001 through March 2010, an investment in a well-run index fund like Vanguard Total Stock Market would have earned you an annual return of less than 2%. The same investment in Warren Buffett"s Berkshire Hathaway would have netted 6.25% on average per year. Had you invested in Mike Koza"s portfolio, your total return would have averaged 34% per year.

Who"s Mike Koza? He"s a civil engineer for the Sacramento County Department of Waste Management. He"s also one of a growing number of armchair investors taking control of their investment portfolios and routinely beating the Street"s biggest names. "The Warren Buffetts Next Door" is Mike Koza"s story, and the stories of nine others like him. And it"s your guidebook should you decide to take control of your financial future.

In "The Warren Buffetts Next Door", Forbes"s Matthew Schifrin provides case studies of ten successful investors - everyday people - who are investing in themselves, and in the process, experiencing extraordinary returns. Schifrin details their personal stories, along with their investment strategies, trading philosophies, and rules for investing. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Warren Buffetts Next Door (Matthew Schifrin)