There's Always Something to Do: The Peter Cundill Investment Approach

by Risso-gill, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780773538634
• ISBN10: 0773538631
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-10
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr

Summary

In the context of recent financial upheavals and ongoing uncertainty, Peter Cundill's wise and frequently funny reflections are more important than ever. In a seamlessly assembled narrative drawn from interviews, speeches, and exclusive access to the daily journal Cundill kept for forty-five years, Christopher Risso-Gill outlines Cundill's investment approach and provides accounts of his investments and the analytical process that led to their selection. A book for everyday investors as much as professional investors and investment gurus, There's Always Something to Do offers a compelling perspective on global financial markets and on how we can avoid their worst pitfalls and grow our hard-earned capital.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
The Eureka Moment	p. 3
Getting to First Base	p. 7
Launching a Mutual Fund on Value Principles	p. 17
Value Investment in Action	p. 33
Going Global	p. 45
Swapping Continents	p. 51
A Decade of Success	p. 57
New Dimensions	p. 65
Investments and Stratagems	p. 71
Surviving a Crash	p. 85
Distressed Corporate Securities and Defaulted Sovereign Debt	p. 97
Dealing with Adversity	p. 113
Per Ardua ad Astra	p. 121
The Perfect Match	p. 133
Entering the Big League	p. 139
There's Always Something Left to Learn	p. 149
Dancing with the Witch Doctor	p. 159
The Russian Bear	p. 165
The Canadian Buffett	p. 173
Fragile X	p. 179
What Makes a Great Investor?	p. 185
A Kind of Retirement	p. 191
Glossary	p. 197
Some major figures in Peter Cundill's investment world	p. 219
Investments held by Peter Cundill entities as of 31 July 2010	p. 223
Net-net work sheet	p. 225
Mackenzie Cundill Value Fund	p. 227
Transcription of journal page, p. 2	p. 229
Index	p. 231
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