Until the Spring of 1998, the name Warren Buffett meant little to me. Of course, I’d heard of him, but as to what he’d done and how, I was wholly ignorant.  I was a bond man. The outlook for interest rates, inflation and budget deficits was what I cared about. Anything which could impact that – economic growth, energy prices, foreign exchange rates and so on – and anything which could impact them – politics, Geopolitics, sentiment and effectively everything else – was my domain. I was a busy man, and had little time for, or interest in, the decision-making…

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