The Financial Times Guide to Value Investing: How to Become a Disciplined Investor

by Glen Arnold

'Glen Arnold makes complex investment concepts understandable. He explains what the masters of the investment world have done to achieve their status.' David Shapiro, Stamford Associates   'An excellent intorduction to value investing, some of its most famous practitioners and the investments that made them rich.' Mark Wallace, Rothschild   'In an age of turbulence, reading this book is as good as an inoculation against fads and infatuation with over-trading.' Robin Woodbine Parish, Chairman of the El Oro and Exploration company.plc   What are the key principles that have served great investors for over half a century? Is there anything that we can learn from those investors who have displayed an enviable performance on the world’s stock markets? In this groundbreaking book, bestselling author Glen Arnold addresses just these questions. He provides a set of guidelines which join value principles and growth attributes with the philosophies of the world's most famous investors. Originally published as Valuegrowth Investing , this new edition has been updated throughout. The Financial Times Guide to Value Investing conveys fundamental concepts, provides practical methods and soffers sound reasoning to guide investment selections.   The Financial Times Guide to Value Investing :

Genres: Finance

365 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Glen Arnold is a businessman, investor and professor of investment at the University of Salford. He is the author of numerous finance and investing books.

Reviews

[Colin · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my best friends from university days pointed out to me that this is a bit of a boojwah choice for a former pony-tail-wearing hippyvegechristianarchist. Fair point, but hey, I've somehow reached my forties without tumbling off my bike in front of the wheels of an oncoming truck, much to my surprise, so I find myself needing to think about retirement planning after all!
I quite enjoyed this in a slightly masochistic way. It's a bit more wholemeal than the average investing tome and actually admits that some serious homework is involved. This is a welcome contrast to some that treat the market as a giant slot machine in which you, the savvy reader, by virtue of having read the right book will unfailingly come up with three cherries.

[Martin Zoul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Velice zajímavá kniha se spoustou zajímavých myšlenek je rozdělená na dvě hlavní části: O Investorech a jejich strategiích, a o samotných analýzách firem a aspektech analýz společností. Je to poměrně složité čtení, které se (minimálně podle mě) nedá číst najednou, ale je třeba si ho vhodně rozdávkovat na části.

Drtivá většina čtenářů podle mě uzná za zajímavé jen určité části knihy, jelikož je například nezajímá jak investuje Lynch, nebo Munger, nicméně všechny tyto informace jsou zajímavé ale poměrně zdlouhavé.

8/10.

[Yasir Noori · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for those looking for an entry level into value investing. It gives some of the key principles, practices and techniques by leading value investors, such as Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, etc. I especially enjoyed the last few chapters where the author distilled their own summaries in a very clear set of guidelines and teachings. The language in which the book is written is clear and accessible to non expert readers.

[James Meyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

First part compared the value investing giants. The second, shorter, part combines the best parts of these giant's strategies into a new strategy called, Valuegrowth Method, cause why does not invest in value companies with the potential for growth, which translates into larger margin of safety and higher returns.

[Niel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good read. I enjoyed gaining insight of some of the greatest investors and seeing commonalities in their strategy. The last portion of the book talks about practical application which at times was a bit hard to understand at times.