by Fred Schwed
Recommended by Warren Buffett
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Books Recommended by Warren Buffett, Finance, and Business.
"Once I picked it up I did not put it down until I finished. . . . What Schwed has done is capture fullyin deceptively clean languagethe lunacy at the heart of the investment business." From the Foreword by Michael Lewis, Bestselling author of Liar's Poker ". . . one of the funniest books ever written about Wall Street." Jane Bryant Quinn, ...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Books Recommended by Warren Buffett, Finance, and Business.
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Warren Buffett
Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
“This is the funniest book ever written about investing. It lightly delivers many truly important messages on the subject.”
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Consider The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. Recommended by 23 sources.
“This is a slow, meticulous read that builds value investing principles through exhaustive stock comparisons and portfolio theory. The core useful insight is Graham’s emphasis on a margin of safety and treating market fluctuations as your servant, not your guide. The limitation: many examples hail from the 1940s-1970s, making the data feel irrelevant, and the prose can be pedantic, stretching patience. You'll get the timeless philosophy but must wade through antiquated case studies.”
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