Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing
Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
Columbia UP, 2011
Aperçu
The new case for value investing: a few cogent thoughts about risk management and the market.
Recommendation
Lifetime value investor Howard Marks has distilled his approach and experience into a concise, focused text that offers seasoned investment wisdom to those looking for a way forward in today’s financial markets. The book, a compilation of Marks’s investor newsletters, contains exceptional chapters on risk management, contrarian thinking and market psychology, as well as a cogent analysis of value investing. While it is somewhat repetitive, getAbstract recommends it to all serious investors who are interested in getting back to the “fundamentals” of investing.
Summary
About the Author
Howard Marks is chairman and co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, an investment firm with $80 billion under management.
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