Two 'boring' funds in the Buffett mould

Back in 2005, after a visit to Warren Buffett's shareholders' meeting, I wrote an article in which I was mildly critical. I called the event "boring and irritating". I said I loathed the folksy atmosphere Buffett and his sidekick Charlie Munger created. I just didn't buy into the whole plain-speaking, home town-living, wise-cracking, coke-swigging PR picture – or the pressure to buy Buffett products (jewellery, furniture, steak...).