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Some Warren Buffett 'Disciples' Stray from His Investing Path.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2003

By Mark Kawar, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 5--They speak about Warren Buffett in reverent tones. They try to use his principles to guide their mutual funds and their financial advice. But look closely, and you'll see that the next generation of analysts and money managers reared on Buffett is behaving in some very un-Buffett-like ways.

Nearly three decades after Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. started making its mark on the investment world, the 30- and 40-something money managers who adhere to the same core "value investing" principles as Buffett are taking leadership roles in the financial world and putting a new spin on the value philosophy. That sometimes means using value methods to invest in sectors...

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