Michael Mauboussin: 12 Books That Every Investor Should Read

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We recently started a series called – Superinvestors: Books That Every Investor Should Read. So far we’ve provided the book recommendations from:

Q3 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc

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Together with our own recommended reading list of:

This week we’re going to take a look at recommended books from Michael Mauboussin. Taken from his writings, interviews, lectures, and twitter feed over the years. Here’s his list:

  1. Security Analysis (Ben Graham & David Dodd)
  2. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (Alice Schroeder)
  3. Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
  4. Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street (Peter Bernstein)
  5. Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism (Jeff Gramm)
  6. The Theory of Investment Value (John Burr Williams)
  7. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (Richard Thaler, Cass Sunstein)
  8. Damodaran on Valuation: Security Analysis for Investment and Corporate Finance (Aswath Damodaran)
  9. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Nassim Taleb)
  10. Choices, Values, and Frames (Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky)
  11. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Burton Malkiel)
  12. Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy (Bruce Greenwald, Judd Kahn)

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