“We get these questions a lot from the enterprising young. It’s a very intelligent question: You look at some old guy who’s rich and you ask, 'How can I become like you, except faster?'” -- Charlie Munger in response to ...

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” -- Upton Sinclair On the commute home from work, a man suddenly has a brilliant flash of insight and comes up ...

"So the really big money tends to be made by investors who are right on qualitative decisions but, at least in my opinion, the more sure money tends to be made on the obvious quantitative decisions." -- Warren Buffett, letter ...

"Follow your heart and invest your time and resources in a product that you love. If you are excited about what you are making, it will hold your interest and you will be well equipped to interest your customers in ...

“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time -- none, zero. You'd be amazed at how much Warren reads--and at how much I read. My children ...

In Berkshire Beyond Buffett, George Washington University Professor Lawrence Cunningham paints a compelling portrait of Berkshire's culture that demonstrates how Mr. Buffett's skills as a manager have been key to the company's growth over the past two decades. Read this ...

The Education of a Value Investor chronicles Guy Spier's evolution from a self described "Gordon Gekko wannabe" to a highly accomplished fund manager who has found success through a constant effort of attaining worldly wisdom and seeking to understand his ...

John Rotonti presents beginning investors with an easily understandable guide to value investing in A Manual on Common Stock Investing. Read this review of the book for further details ...

In Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World, Tristan Donovan provides a compelling account of the soda industry from its very early days to recent controversies regarding health concerns. Following a brief survey of the historical origins and human use ...

Amit Kumar, founder of Artham Capital Partners, recently published Short Stories from the Stock Market, which serves as a guide for value investors who are interested in broadening their horizons beyond a long-only strategy. Read this article for a review ...

One of the indispensable sources of actionable investment ideas for value investors is The Manual of Ideas which has been published as a monthly periodical for several years. Recently, the Managing Editor of the Manual of Ideas released a book ...

Ronald W. Chan’s latest book, The Value Investors: Lessons from the World’s Top Fund Managers, is an excellent compilation of interviews with twelve highly successful value investors from very different backgrounds. Read this article for a brief review of the ...

With the large number of books related to Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, nearly everyone needs to be selective when it comes to choosing which books are worthy of attention. Readers who wish to gain insight into entrepreneurship from a ...

In-N-Out Burger requires no introduction for residents of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah as well as dedicated fans in other states who often make a special point to visit one of the chain's 246 locations whenever possible. From its humble ...

The holiday season is a good time to revisit books that have been read during the past year and plan reading lists for the new year. The eleven selections listed in this article are mostly recent books focusing on finance, ...

We are pleased to publish a guest article by Meir Statman, the author of What Investors Really Want. Professor Statman is a pioneer in the field of behavioral finance and his book should be required reading for anyone involved in ...

Skeptics sometimes equate optimism with naivete, and this is often the case for sunny optimists who are gullible enough to believe in any business plan or far fetched concept. Optimism must be tempered with a heavy dose of realism, and ...

With the nearly unlimited supply of books on business and finance, it seems impossible to keep up with the list of important titles that appear on a regular basis. This is particularly true for books covering the financial crisis. While ...

When Nick Swinmurn initially pitched his idea for an online shoe store, Tony Hsieh thought it sounded like "the poster child of bad Internet ideas." Intuitively, it seems obvious that customers prefer to try on shoes prior to making a ...

Roger Lowenstein did not succeed in being first to market with his book on the financial crisis. However, it is fair to say that The End of Wall Street represents one of the best portrayals of the events leading up ...