Berkshire Bought Municipal Bonds Amid Higher Yields (Excerpt)
Bloomberg News - June 9, 2009
by Erik Holm and Jeremy R. Cooke

“Savvy investors picked up some good bargains," said Janet Tavakoli, author of "Dear Mr. Buffett" and founder of Chicago-based [consulting] firm Tavakoli Structured Finance. "There have been some excellent bargains for people like Warren Buffett, who understand that the principles of value investing don't change, no matter what the circumstances."

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Janet Tavakoli is the president of Tavakoli Structured Finance, a Chicago-based firm that provides consulting to financial institutions and institutional investors. Ms. Tavakoli has more than 20 years of experience in senior investment banking positions, trading, structuring and marketing structured financial products. She is a former adjunct professor of derivatives at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. She is the author of: Credit Derivatives & Synthetic Structures (John Wiley & Sons, 1998, 2001), Structured Finance & Collateralized Debt Obligations (John Wiley & Sons, 2008), and
Dear Mr. Buffett: What An Investor Learns 1,269 Miles From Wall Street (John Wiley & Sons January 2009)

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