Book: Fortune’s Formula Author: William Poundstone Key takeaways: The book is primarily about the Kelly Formula, which is summarized below. The author tells stories … More
Category: Book Summaries
Book Summary: Dhandho Investor
Book: Dhandho Investor Author: Mohnish Pabrai Key takeaways: 7 Questions One Must Ask Before Making an Investment – Is it a business … More
Book Summary: Financial Shenanigans
Book: Financial Shenanigans Author: Howard Schilit What Should Make Your Ears Perk Up? Steady and predictable performance (esp. during a recession) ala Symbol … More
Book Summary: Financial Fine Print
Book: Financial Fine Print Author: Michelle Leder Key takeaways: A lot of books on discovering financial malfeasance in company’s reports focus a lot … More
Book Summary: Excess Returns
Book: Excess Returns Author: Frederik Vanhaverbeke Key takeaways: I reckon that people with little investing background will appreciate this book much more than … More
Lecture Summary: A Brief and Biased Survey of Quantitative Investing by Cliff Asnes
Video: A Brief and Biased Survey of Quantitative Investing at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqaP3VTKccE Presenter: Cliff Asnes Key takeaways: Quantitative investing works by the holding the … More
Book Summary: The Outsiders
Book: The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success Author: William Thorndike Key takeaways: This is one few … More
Book Summary: Deep Value Investing
Book: Deep Value Investing Author: Jeroen Bos Key takeaways: Jeroen talks about investing how Ben Graham first postulated it (net-nets, where … More
Book Summary: Value – Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance
Book: Value – Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance Author: Tim Koller, Richard Dobbs, Bill Huyett Key takeaways: There’s nothing ground-breaking about this book, … More
Book Summary: The Art of Learning
Book: The Art of Learning Author: Josh Waitzkin Key takeaways: The author is obviously very accomplished in what he does (chess and … More
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