John Neff on Investing
Learning to focuson process and accept the periodic and inevitable bad outcomes is crucial.Great investors recognize another uncomfortable reality about probability: the frequency of correctnessdoes not really matter (batting average), what matters is how much money you make when you are rightversus how much money you lose when you are wrong (slugg... See more
Dan Callahan • Reflections on the Ten Attributes of Great Investors
This saga was more colorful than today’s studies of pricing anomalies in the derivatives market. Unencumbered by the received wisdom of a business education, I had to figure things out for myself. If you think things through for yourself, you may waste some time, but you also may stumble onto something that has been ignored or disregarded. Doing so
... See moreEugene Linden • The Mind of Wall Street: A Legendary Financier on the Perils of Greed and the Mysteries of the Market
The way to win [in the markets] is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights. How many insights do you need? Well, I'd argue: that you don't need many in a lifetime. If you look at Berkshire Hathaway and all of its accumulated billions, the top ten insights account for most of it.