Thursday, October 04, 2012

Book Review: Investment Philosophies

The book, Investment Philosophies: Successful Strategies and the Investors Who Made Them Work, by Aswath Damodaran, is a very comprehensive 600 page guide to investing. The books covers all aspects of stock and bond investing, starting with the very basics of understanding financial statements, valuing companies, comprehending the concept of risk.

Damodaran then delves deeper into the more complex areas of the investment arena, covering such areas of utilizing arbitrage and timing the market. He provides extensive coverage of technical analysis, including charting and identifying price action patterns. One of the most interesting chapters is Information Pays: Trading on News. It discusses trading on public information and private information.

If you are looking for investment strategies and the background information that goes along with these philosophies, you should read Investment Philosophies: Successful Strategies and the Investors Who Made Them Work.

By Stockerblog.com

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