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Zurich-based investor who ran the Aquamarine Fund from 1997 to 2025 and wrote The Education of a Value Investor.
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The Intelligent InvestorBook Benjamin Graham
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing by Benjamin Graham is where it all started for me.
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Buffett: The Making of an American CapitalistBook Roger Lowenstein
Roger Lowenstein’s biography Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist was the first book that I consciously used to help me “model” Warren Buffett. It’s still my favorite biography of Buffett.
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Poor Charlie's AlmanackBook Charles T. Munger
Another marvelous glimpse inside the mind of a master is Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T Munger, which includes his eye-opening analysis of the causes of human misjudgment.
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Forum: The Secret Advantage of Successful LeadersBook Mo Fathelbab
The best guide to mastermind groups is Mo Fathelbab’s Forum: The Secret Advantage of Successful Leaders.
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Twelve Steps and Twelve TraditionsBook Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous, which I have not attended, produces a wonderful book entitled Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.
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The Great Minds of InvestingBook William Green and Michael O’Brien
The Great Minds of Investing by William Green and Michael O’Brien offers a rare depth of insight into the lives and minds of many of the best investors of our time.
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Reminiscences of a Stock OperatorBook Edwin Lefèvre
Before I discovered value investing, I was captivated by two other investment classics: Edwin Lelevre’s Reminiscences of a Stock Operator and The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros.
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The Alchemy of FinanceBook George Soros
Before I discovered value investing, I was captivated by two other investment classics: Edwin Lelevre’s Reminiscences of a Stock Operator and The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros.
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The SnowballBook Alice Schroeder
Alice Schroeder’s The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life also makes made a valuable, though controversial, contribution to our understanding of him.
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Berkshire Hathaway Letters to ShareholdersBook Warren Buffett
There is also a deep well of wisdom from Buffett in Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders, 1965-2013.
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Awaken the Giant WithinBook Tony Robbins
Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Financial Destiny! provides as good an introduction as any to his ideas, as do his various recordings.
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The Symbolic QuestBook Edward Whitmont
During my seven-year stint in Jungian therapy, I found Edward Whitmont’s The Symbolic Quest: Basic Concepts of Analytical Psychology a very useful handbook.
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Margin of SafetyBook Seth Klarman
Five other books that deserve to be read and reread many times are Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor; Joel Greenblatt’s You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits; The Aggressive Conservative Investor by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik, and Gene Isenberg; John Mihaljevic’s The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments; and Mohnish Pabrai’s The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns.
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You Can Be a Stock Market GeniusBook Joel Greenblatt
Five other books that deserve to be read and reread many times are Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor; Joel Greenblatt’s You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits; The Aggressive Conservative Investor by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik, and Gene Isenberg; John Mihaljevic’s The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments; and Mohnish Pabrai’s The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns.
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The Aggressive Conservative InvestorBook Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik and Gene Isenberg
Five other books that deserve to be read and reread many times are Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor; Joel Greenblatt’s You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits; The Aggressive Conservative Investor by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik, and Gene Isenberg; John Mihaljevic’s The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments; and Mohnish Pabrai’s The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns.
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The Manual of IdeasBook John Mihaljevic
Five other books that deserve to be read and reread many times are Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor; Joel Greenblatt’s You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits; The Aggressive Conservative Investor by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik, and Gene Isenberg; John Mihaljevic’s The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments; and Mohnish Pabrai’s The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns.
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The Dhandho InvestorBook Mohnish Pabrai
Five other books that deserve to be read and reread many times are Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor; Joel Greenblatt’s You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits; The Aggressive Conservative Investor by Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik, and Gene Isenberg; John Mihaljevic’s The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments; and Mohnish Pabrai’s The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns.
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Tap Dancing to WorkBook Carol Loomis
It’s well worth reading Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything„ 1966-2013 by his friend Carol Loomis, a renowned writer for Fortune.
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Roam ResearchSoftware
Roam Research is a regular companion. I also use Evernote, keep many Moleskine notebooks for fleeting notes, and have started using Zotero and Glasp.
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EvernoteSoftware Evernote
Roam Research is a regular companion. I also use Evernote, keep many Moleskine notebooks for fleeting notes, and have started using Zotero and Glasp.
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ZoteroSoftware
Roam Research is a regular companion. I also use Evernote, keep many Moleskine notebooks for fleeting notes, and have started using Zotero and Glasp.
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GlaspSoftware
Roam Research is a regular companion. I also use Evernote, keep many Moleskine notebooks for fleeting notes, and have started using Zotero and Glasp.
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Moleskine notebooksOther
Roam Research is a regular companion. I also use Evernote, keep many Moleskine notebooks for fleeting notes, and have started using Zotero and Glasp.
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