Investing: The Last Liberal Art (Columbia Business School Publishing)
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (624 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231160100 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Robert G. He reinforces his concepts with additional data and a new chapter on mathematics, and updates his text throughout to reflect the developments of the past decade, particularly the seismic economic upheaval of 2008. He discusses, for instance, how the theory of evolution disrupts the notion of the efficient market and how reading strategies for literature can be gainfully applied to investing research. Bernstein, author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk"Elegant and irresistible. Building on Charlie Munger's famous "latticework of mental models" concept, Hagstrom argues that it is impossible to make good investment decisions based solely on a strong knowledge of finance theory alone. Hagstrom makes the complex clear as he confidently crisscrosses through the disciplines of finance, biology, physics, and literature. Robert G. Turning his extensive experience as a por
(Michael Mauboussin, Author of More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places and The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing)Investing is a brisk and engaging read, and it is a pleasure to be in the presence of Hagstrom's agile mind. But while Hagstrom's model of the market as a complex, irrational and ultimately human emanation is provocative, the book is most successful as an educational manifesto. (Midwest Book Review)opens the reader's mind to ideas that m
"The broad world" according to J. Churchill. This is an excellent book to get you thinking about how investing fits in the broader world. There isn't any directions for actual investing (like evaluating stocks, etc.) but lots to ponder and think about with the larger picture. A very insightful and entertaining read. Not too deep but deep enough.. Quick, shallow, wide survey of ideas and thinkers This might be somewhat useful to a complete novice in finance and investing ideas and history, to get a thumbnail sketch as a bare start. It is a mile wide and an inch deep, which I suppose fits the title. It is like a menu that barely explains the items on it, and not terribly well at that, before moving on. The whole book is peppered with a sort of grade school boosterism repeated ad nauseum -- yes, I get it: we should always be learning, combine thoughts from diffe. "an original" according to Marc wright. This is a great book for those who want to learn the basics of investing. Its original thesis should appeal to both finance professionals and novice investors alike. Take a few hours to read this book.
. Hagstrom is chief investment strategist at Legg Mason Investment Counsel and the author of the New York Times best-selling The Warren Buffet Way. Robert G. He is also the author of The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the Focus Investment Strategy; The Essential Warren Buffett: Timeless Principles for the New Economy; NASCAR Way: The Business That Drives the Sport, and The Detective and the Investor: Un