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"Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway's visionary vice chairman and Warren Buffett's indispensable financial partner, has outperformed market indexes again and again, and he believes any investor can do the same. His notion of 'elementary, worldly wisdom' - a set of interdisciplinary mental models involving economics, business, psychology, ethics and mangement - allows him to keep his emotions out of his investments and avoid the common pitfalls of...
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From the legendary vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, lessons in investment strategy, philanthropy, and living a rational and ethical life. "Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up," Charles T. Munger advises in Poor Charlie's Almanack. Originally published in 2005, this compendium of eleven talks delivered by the legendary Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman between 1986 and 2007 has become a touchstone for a generation...
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Growing up, the words finance, savings, and portfolio made Danielle Town's eyes glaze over, and the thought of stocks and financial statements shut down her brain. The daughter of a successful investor and financial author, Phil Town, she spent most of her adult life avoiding investing -- until she realized that her time-consuming career as lawyer was making her feel anything but in control of her life or her money. Determined to regain her freedom,...
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A look at the techniques, tactics and history of Charlie Munger, a man some consider to be the brains behind investment guru Warren Buffett. Lowe, an investment writer, constructed the book from information gathered from Munger and his family, as well as Buffett. The book explores the personal life of a man famous for being private, following him through World War II, the death of a son, and a surgery that left him blind in one eye.