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Superinvestors : Lessons from the Greatest Investors in History - From Jesse Livermore to Warren Buffett and Beyond - Matthew Partridge

Superinvestors

Lessons from the Greatest Investors in History - From Jesse Livermore to Warren Buffett and Beyond

By: Matthew Partridge

Paperback | 26 June 2017

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It's fair to say that there's never been a better time to be an ordinary investor. In the past, the opportunities for investing money were limited, transactions costs were high and the playing field was heavily tilted towards the professionals. Thanks to a combination of online brokerages, changes to the rules and the rise of spread betting, the individual can go head to head with the professionals.

The rise of equity crowd funding and peer-to-peer products means that even areas such as venture capital are now more accessible than they have been, while the rise of the internet has shrunk the world when it comes to investing. Of course, just because there are more opportunities for making money in the markets, it doesn't mean that it is easy to take advantage of them. We believe that when it comes to investing the key remaining difference between Wall Street (or the Square Mile) and the individual investor is technique and experience. Superinvestors aims to provide both in a new way. Based on MoneyWeek's popular 'Great Investors in History' column, it takes a look at twenty of the best investors in the last two hundred years, and shows the reader how to copy them. These investors have been picked for a variety of criteria, including their investing excellence, the different ways in which they made money, and above all, for what they can teach individual investors.

Investors representing a wide range of investment styles are included: ranging from David Ricardo, who made a fortune by correctly predicting the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo, to the patient value-orientated approach of Warren Buffett. We also look at some of the innovators, including John Bogle's development of index funds as a low-cost way of getting exposure to the market and David Harding's data driven approach that aims to replace human emotion with a data driven approach. The book then looks at each of their careers in depth.

This includes their background, the strategies that they used to beat their peers and an honest evaluation of their success, using our own special star ranking system. Naturally, the main focus will be on their best investments. However, as sometimes failures can be extremely instructive, the book will also look at the investments which didn't go quite to plan which in many cases are as just as important. Finally, each chapter will conclude by detailing the lessons that ordinary investors can learn from them.

About the Author

Matthew Partridge is an experienced financial journalist. He writes for MoneyWeek magazine, Britain's biggest-selling personal finance weekly. A trained historian, Matthew did a degree in economics and history at the University of Durham, before doing a master's and a doctorate in economic history at the London School of Economics. He has taught at Goldsmiths, University of London, as well as spending time at various investment banks and a well-known economics consultancy.
Industry Reviews
"It's a proper good read" --Ben Judge, MoneyWeek."If you are a private investor it will show you what can make for success. If you are a professional fund manager it will provide you with useful insights on your rivals and those who came before you - and perhaps get you rating yourself." --Clive Moffatt (from the foreword). "This is a great read!" --Martin Bamford, Informed Choice. "Truly a great book.... It's interesting... It looks at all kinds of investing .... great, great examples of some of the top minds in investing and how they did it ." --Moe Ansari, Market Watch, "A very interesting author ... It's a great read." --Bloomberg Radio. "...an enjoyable romp through some interesting and influential investment personalities." --Jeremy Prescott. "..this book is a worthwhile addition to the category....Anyone considering investing in the stock market for the first time or even with years of investing experience will benefit from the insight provided by these super investors." --Les Masonson, Buy Don't Hold

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