“The highest rates of return I’ve ever achieved were in the 1950’s. I ......
Deep value investing was the original investment style Warren Buffett used while he was learning under his mentor, Benjamin Graham, early in his investment journey.
Between 1957 to 1969, Warren Buffett enjoyed the best returns of his career and generated a compounded annual growth rate 29.5% applying the deep value method taught by Benjamin Graham. Since then, as Buffett’s investment capital has grown exponentially larger over the years, he has had to change his investment style and invest in large, high-quality business with a strong competitive advantage in order to continue growing Berkshire’s multibillion-dollar portfolio.
But make no mistake, deep value investing was where Buffett made his highest returns early in his career when his capital was smaller and he was able to invest in deep value stocks. As the Oracle of Omaha himself said: