| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Cover13; -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Most Important Thing Is ... Second- Level Thinking -- 2. The Most Important Thing Is ... Understanding Market Efficiency(and Its Limitations) -- 3. The Most Important Thing Is ... Value -- 4. The Most Important Thing Is ... The Relationship Between Price and Value -- 5. The Most Important Thing Is ... Understanding Risk -- 6. The Most Important Thing Is ... Recognizing Risk -- 7. The Most Important Thing Is ... Controlling Risk -- 8. The Most Important Thing Is . . .Being Attentive to Cycles -- 9. The Most Important Thing Is ... Awareness of the Pendulum -- 10. The Most Important Thing Is ... Combating Negative Influences -- 11. The Most Important Thing Is ... Contrarianism -- 12. The Most Important Thing Is ... Finding Bargains -- 13. The Most Important Thing Is ... Patient Opportunism -- 14. The Most Important Thing Is ... Knowing What You Dont Know -- 15. The Most Important Thing Is ... Having a Sense for Where We Stand -- 16. The Most Important Thing Is ... Appreciating the Role of Luck -- 17. The Most Important Thing Is ... Investing Defensively -- 18. The Most Important Thing Is ... Avoiding Pitfalls -- 19. The Most Important Thing Is ... Adding Value -- 20. The Most Important Thing Is ... Pulling It All Together. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Investments.
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Investments. |
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Investment analysis.
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Investment analysis. |
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Risk management.
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Risk management. |
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Portfolio management.
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Portfolio management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marks, Howard, 1946- Most important thing. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2011001973 |
| ISBN |
9780231527095 (electronic book) |
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0231527098 (electronic book) |
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1283072807 |
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9781283072809 |
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9780231153683 (cloth) |
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0231153686 |
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