Investment Legends The Wisdom that Leads to Wealth

by Dunstan, Barrie

• ISBN13: 9780731408375
• ISBN10: 0731408373
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-03
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

With over half a century of experience to draw upon, no other journalist cam boast the range and depth of analysis of financial markets. As the elder statesman of Australian financial journalism, Barrie brings to his interviews a depth of understanding that allows him to probe the thinking of some of the best financial minds in a manner that puts his subjects at ease and that delivers rare insights.-Richard Gilbert, CEO, Investment and Financial Services AssociationBarrie Dunstan brings both great experience and insight to his writings on the investment industry. Over the years he has sat down with some of the true legends of the investment world and this book offers a unique insight into how some of the best minds in the world approach investing.-Jeremy Duffield, Managing Director, Vanguard Asia-PacificDunstan has produced a book that is as insightful as it is readable. His dissection of these investment veterans' different ways of thinking is testament to his journalistic prowess...--David Marvin, Chairman, Marvin & PalmerPart-business strategy and part-biography, Investment Legends provides a rare insight into the world's mist influential and successful investor. In this collection of candid, perceptive and engaging profiles, respected financial journalist Barrie Dunstan reveals the people behind the legends and the personal qualities that have seen them dominate the world of investment. Discover what shaped these pioneers during their lives and their education, what brought them into the industry, the people who influenced them during their career and who among their peers they admire.

Author Biography

Barrie Dunstan is one of Australia’s most experienced and widely read investment writers, with 52 years of stock market involvement underpinning his craft. He has worked at The Age and The Herald, and since 1987 has been writing for The Australian Financial Review, where he is currently an associate editor.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. V
Introduction	p. VII
The Chronicler and Historian	p. 1
The Literary Investor	p. 15
Staying the Course	p. 29
Calm and Balance	p. 43
The Corporate Raider	p. 57
Analytical Perspicacity	p. 75
The Prodigies	p. 93
The Optimist	p. 111
The Teacher	p. 131
The Contrarian	p. 149
The Admired Manager	p. 165
The Articulate Pessimist	p. 179
The Card Counter	p. 197
The Nicest Guy in the Business	p. 213
The Early Adopter	p. 229
Index	p. 245
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