Chapter 7 Part 1: Berkshire 2005-2007
The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway by Adam J. Mead (ISBN 978-0-85719-912-6)
Chapter 7 covers 2005-2014, Berkshire’s fifth decade under Buffett. These first three years are the calm before the storm. Housing still booms. Insurance prints money. Then hurricanes, Iscar, and the first overseas elephant arrive. Mead tracks both the numbers and the warning signs Buffett dropped at annual meetings.