"The Investment Checklist" by Michael Shearn is an excellent book for individual investors. On a practicality & usefulness scale, it's right up there with Peter Lynch and Pat Dorsey's books imo.
My fav pts from the summary, ended up being almost the entire summary.
Basics of Value Investing system and important points from "Worldly Wisdom" and "The Right Stuff". ⬇️
The Principles of Value Investing system.
Of course the quant formulas from 80 yrs ago based on Book Value & Tangible capital doesn't apply as much today, but the principles of Intrinsic Value, Margin of Safety (in Quality & Quantity), Market psychology will always be relevant.
"7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy" by Hamilton Helmer is a highly useful book for anyone interested in investing in high quality Co.'s for the long-term.
(Yeah yeah, these are all FinTwit favs, no originality points there, I know).
I would rather keep or add to my capital to the
-Well capitalized secular growth Co.'s with
-innovative & well executing Mgmt. Teams
-high Margin recurring revenues
-Co.'s offering effective solutions by leveraging the latest tech
-developing Network effects/Switching costs.
Investing is as complicated as you want to make it.
To keep it simple, few questions I ask myself during the high volatility periods
✔️Do I understand these Companies, their Industry, underlying trends and would like to hold them for the next 5 yrs? Yes
My fav investing Teachers & what I learned from them.
✔️Long-term focus🔭
Warren Buffett
Charlie Munger
Chuck Akre
✔️Growth📈
Philip Fisher
Clayton Christensen
David Gardner
✔️Behavioral🧠
Benjamin Graham
Howard Marks
Seth Klarman
✔️Process🗒️
Peter Lynch
Pat Dorsey
Nick Sleep
Some key points on each.
✔️Long-term focus
Buffett : Business Owner mindset (as an investor) will prompt you to think/act long-term. Time is a friend of excellent Business and a foe of the mediocre ones.
Munger : Learn and practice multi-disciplinary thinking. Patience & common sense are rewarded in the long-term.
Akre : Developing a simple approach (for buying/holding) that will help you stay with the good companies for a long time.