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Frank Martin
Founder, Martin Capital Management; author of Speculative Contagion
7 books they recommend
Books they recommend 7
Martin's client letters range widely outside finance; the quotes here are collected by Investment Masters Class.
Martin on one of the most influential books he has read and reread 1
Psychology and Behaviour 1
Viktor E. Frankl · not in an entry yet
“I have been deeply influenced by the existentialist and eminent psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, who wrote the perennial best seller Man's Search for Meaning, one of the most influential books I've ever…”
Martin on the book's concepts being timeless 1
Investing 1
Seth A. Klarman
“Margin of Safety, published in 1991 – some concepts are timeless.”
Martin on the second book he read as a young investor 1
Investing 1
Gerald M. Loeb
“The second book I read as a young investor was Gerald Loeb's Battle for Investment Survival, first published in 1934, the same year Ben Graham's seminal Security Analysis hit the bookstores, which…”
Martin on the book that let him go against conventional thought 1
Psychology and Behaviour 1
Gustave Le Bon
“The Crowd, written in 1895 by Gustave Le Bon, is probably the most instrumental book in framing my ability to go against the grain of conventional thought and not feel insecure.”
Martin on Buffett as his business and investment role model 1
Investing 1
Lawrence A. Cunningham, Warren Buffett
“I have read everything I could on Buffett. He is our business/investment role model.”
Martin on Ridley's chronicle of development and revolution 1
Economics 1
Matt Ridley
“Matt Ridley's book The Rational Optimist is a great chronicle of the evolution of development of different societies, the industrial revolution and now the technology and communications revolution.”
Martin on Kahneman and Tversky as great behavioural scientists 1
Psychology and Behaviour 1
Daniel Kahneman
“I just read Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow, and I think that he and the late Amos Tversky are some of the great behavioural scientists. Since nobody in our industry thinks about this very…”