The most important thing
Subtitle: uncommon sense for the thoughtful investor
By: Howard Marks
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780231153683; 9780231527095
Subjects: Investment analysis; Risk management; Investments; Portfolio management
Description: This book explains the keys to successful investment and the pitfalls that can destroy capital or ruin a career. Utilizing passages from his memos to illustrate his ideas, Marks teaches by example, detailing the development of an investment philosophy that fully acknowledges the complexities of investing and the perils of the financial world. Brilliantly applying insight to today's volatile markets, Marks offers a volume that is part memoir, part creed, with a number of broad takeaways.