Purchase
Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places
Columbia University Press
April 2006
On Sale: April 21, 2006
268 pages
ISBN: 0231138709
EAN: 9780231138703
Hardcover
Add to Wish List
Non-Fiction
LEARN HOW GREAT INVESTORS THINK Michael J. Mauboussin is known throughout the financial
world for his innovative approach to succeeding on Wall
Street. His unconventional methods have earned him a place
on Smart Money's list of the "Most Influential People on
Wall Street" and in the Wall Street Journal's All-Star
survey. In More Than You Know, Mauboussin shares his secret
to becoming an insightful investor and provides invaluable
tools to better understand the concepts of choice and risk. Mauboussin develops sound investment strategies by drawing
on diverse sources and disciplines. He builds on the ideas
of sage yet diverse visionaries including Warren Buffett and
E. O. Wilson, but he also finds wisdom in a range of
activities and fields that is both broad and deep,
including: casino gambling, horse racing, psychology, and
evolutionary biology. He analyzes the strategies of poker
experts David Sklansky and Puggy Pearson and pinpoints
parallels between mate selection in guppies and stock market
booms. Ant colonies, Tupperware parties, "hot hands" in
basketball, slime mold, and Tiger Woods's swing all have
something to tell us about smart investing. More Than You Know is written with the professional investor
in mind but extends far beyond the world of economics and
finance. Mauboussin groups the essays into four categories:
Investment Philosophy, Psychology of Investing, Innovation
and Competitive Strategy, and Science and Complexity Theory,
and he includes useful references for further reading on the
topics he discusses. A true eye-opener, More Than You Know
shows how a multidisciplinary approach that pays close
attention to process and the psychology of decision making
offers the best chance for long-term financial results.
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy