J. V. Bruni and Company
1528 North Tejon Street
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907
(719) 575-9880 or (800) 748-3409
J. V. Bruni and Company1528 North Tejon Street Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907 (719) 575-9880 or (800) 748-3409
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The Investor's Anthology: Original Ideas from the Industry's Greatest
Minds,
by Charles Ellis.  This is a very valuable 1997 compendium
of first-rate articles by the all-time best and brightest financial
authors. (Ellis wrote two similar texts, Classics: An Investor's
Anthology and Classics II: Another Investor's Anthology in
1989 and 1991, but these are out of print and may be hard to find.)
There are over 50 short articles in this book, and most of them would
qualify as among the most useful, informative and witty of all time.
Some of my favorites include "Mr. Market, Investment Success and You"
(Warren Buffett), "The Tulipmania" (Charles Mackay), "Higgledy Piggledy
Growth" (I. M. D. Little) and "If Freud Were a Portfolio Manager" (Byron Wien). The featured articles range from relevant academic articles (by
William Sharpe, Roger Ibbotson and Paul Samuelson, for example) to
practical advice from successful investors (by Buffett, Phil Fisher and
David Babson) to a very instructive fairy tale by Hans Christian
Anderson. In terms of what you get for your money, this book is a
steal. |
"This book is must reading for anyone interested in investing. It contains everything one would expect in a great book--wisdom, insight, historical perspective, and wit." Steven G. Einhorn |