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Big Money Thinks Small, veteran fund manager Joel Tillinghast offers a set of simple but crucial steps to successful investing. Tillinghast teaches readers how to learn from their mistakes—and his own, giving investors the tools to ask the right questions in any situation and to think objectively and generatively about portfolio management.
Trade ReviewTillinghast has built an outstanding investment record over three decades by being smart and disciplined. Now, all of us can benefit from his hard-won wisdom and perceptive insights, which are found on literally every page of this fine book. -- Seth A. Klarman, Portfolio Manager and CEO, The Baupost Group, LLC
For decades I have admired and learned from Joel Tillinghast’s extraordinary investment prowess. Whether you are a professional or an individual investor, you will be a better investor after reading and absorbing the wisdom in this book. -- Bill Miller, founder and CIO, Miller Value Partners
Tillinghast provides a very useful checklist of the required due diligence of investments, the tenets of value investing, the need to more carefully understand the culture and rule of law of foreign countries before investing in them, and how to stay within your circle of competence. -- David Kass, University of Maryland
Written for investors at all levels, this practical, no-nonsense guide . . . empower[s] readers to generate their own informed decisions. * Publishers Weekly *
Tillinghast’s book is a cornucopia of investing wisdom, some acquired as a result of the inevitable mistakes, which he readily shares. * Investing.com *
[This book] is an intelligent guide to stock selection and investment that deserves a place on everyone's bookshelf, whether they work in the City or just want to find some shares to put into their Isa. * MoneyWeek *
Named one of the five best books of 2017 * Money Week *
What could look like anecdotes and unrelated points come together to form a valuable approach to investing...it’s a collection of investment wisdom. I’ll certainly re-read many passages of this book over and over again. Highly recommended for seasoned investors. * Strictly Value *
Table of ContentsForeword
Acknowledgments
Part I: Sleight of Mind1. It’s a Mad, Mad World
2. Silly Human Tricks (Decision Biases)
3. Gamblers, Speculators, and Investors
4. Mind Over Money
Part II: Blind Spots5. Need to Know?
6. It's the Simple Life for Me
7. Thinking Small
8. Bulls in the China Shop
Part III: Honest, Capable Fiduciaries9. Dare to Be Great! Or, Distinctive Character
10. Bang for the Buck
11. Do the Bad Guys Wear Black Hats?
12. Shipping Bricks and Other Accounting Riddles
Part IV: Live Long and Prosper13. Is the End Near?
14. Oil Gushers and Slicks
15. Tech Stocks and Science Fiction
16. How Much Debt Is Too Much?
Part V: What’s It Worth?17. Will the Lowest Be Raised Up?
18.
Which Earnings Number?
19. The Art of Judging Value
20. Double Bubble Trouble
21. Two Paradigms
Index
