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Lynch's stock-by-stock walkthrough of how he picked them.
“Peter Lynch's books have some great insights [and] would be great for anyone to read.” — Julian Robertson
Source: Robertson on Peter Lynch's books
Recommended by: Julian Robertson, Mohnish Pabrai and 3 others
Bill Ackman's six-year campaign against bond insurer MBIA, from 2002 to 2008.
Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Bill Ackman
A six-year short of Allied Capital, and the SEC that investigated the short seller.
Recommended by: Bill Ackman, Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Avoid permanent loss: buy well below value and aim for absolute returns.
“Seth Klarman's 'Margin of Safety' is a good book about risk.” — Arnold Van Den Berg
Source: Van Den Berg on Margin of Safety as a book about risk
Recommended by: Arnold Van Den Berg, Frank Martin, Guy Spier and 6 others
The amateur's edge argument from the Magellan record.
“One book that probably made the biggest impact on my career in those early formidable years back in the day was Peter Lynch's 'One Up on Wall Street.'” — David Rolfe
Source: Rolfe on the book that most shaped his early career
Recommended by: David Rolfe, Francisco Garcia Parames and 9 others
Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, The Barefoot Investor and 1 other
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