Book description
A timeless, easy-to-read guide on life-long investment principles
that can help any investor succeed
The Elements of Investing has a single-minded goal: to teach
the principles of investing in the same pared-to-bone manner that
Professor William Strunk Jr. once taught composition to students at
Harvard, using his classic little book, The Elements of Style.
With great daring, Ellis and Malkiel imagined their own Little Red
Schoolhouse course in investing for every investor around the
world-and then penned this book.
The Elements of Investing hacks away at all the overtrading and
over thinking so predominant in the hyperactive thought patterns of
the average investor. Malkiel and Ellis offer investors a set of
simple but powerful thoughts on how to challenge Mr. Market at his own
game, and win by not losing. All the need-to-know rules and investment
principles can be found here.
- Contains sound investment advice and simple principles of
investing from two of the most respected individuals in the
investment world
- Burton G. Malkiel is the bestselling author of A Random Walk
Down Wall Street and Charles D. Ellis is the bestselling
author of Winning the Loser's Game
- Shows how to deal with an investor's own worst enemies: fear and greed
A disciplined approach to investing, complemented by conviction, is
all you need to succeed. This timely guide will help you develop these
skills and make the most of your time in today's market.
Burton G. Malkiel is the Chemical Bank Chairman's
Professor of Economics at Princeton University and the author of the
bestselling A Random Walk Down Wall Street. Malkiel has served
on the President's Council of Economic Advisers, as Dean of the Yale
School of Management, as Chair of Princeton's Economics Department,
and as a director of major corporations.
Charles D. Ellis is a consultant to large public and private
institutional investors. He was for three decades managing partner of
Greenwich Associates, the international business strategy consulting
firm. He serves as Chair of Whitehead Institute and as a director of
Vanguard and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He has taught
investing at both Harvard and Yale and is the author of 15 books,
including the bestselling Winning the Loser's Game.
