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The Investment Checklist - by Michael Shearn (Hardcover)

The Investment Checklist - by  Michael Shearn (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A practical guide to making more informed investment decisionsInvestors often buy or sell stocks too quickly. When you base your purchase decisions on isolated facts and don't take the time to thoroughly understand the businesses you are buying, stock-price swings and third-party opinion can lead to costly investment mistakes. Your decision making at this point becomes dangerous because it is dominated by emotions. The Investment Checklist has been designed to help you develop an in-depth research process, from generating and researching investment ideas to assessing the quality of a business and its management team. The purpose of The Investment Checklist is to help you implement a principled investing strategy through a series of checklists. In it, a thorough and comprehensive research process is made simpler through the use of straightforward checklists that will allow you to identify quality investment opportunities. Each chapter contains detailed demonstrations of how and where to find the information necessary to answer fundamental questions about investment opportunities. Real-world examples of how investment managers and CEOs apply these universal principles are also included and help bring the concepts to life. These checklists will help you consider a fuller range of possibilities in your investment strategy, enhance your ability to value your investments by giving you a holistic view of the business and each of its moving parts, identify the risks you are taking, and much more.Offers valuable insights into one of the most important aspects of successful investing, in-depth researchWritten in an accessible style that allows aspiring investors to easily understand and apply the concepts coveredDiscusses how to think through your investment decisions more carefullyWith The Investment Checklist, you'll quickly be able to ascertain how well you understand your investments by the questions you are able to answer, or not answer, without making the costly mistakes that usually hinder other investors"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A practical guide to making more informed investment decisions</b> <p>Investors often buy or sell stocks too quickly. When you base your purchase decisions on isolated facts and don't take the time to thoroughly understand the businesses you are buying, stock-price swings and third-party opinion can lead to costly investment mistakes. Your decision making at this point becomes dangerous because it is dominated by emotions. <i>The Investment Checklist</i> has been designed to help you develop an in-depth research process, from generating and researching investment ideas to assessing the quality of a business and its management team.</p> <p>The purpose of <i>The Investment Checklist</i> is to help you implement a principled investing strategy through a series of checklists. In it, a thorough and comprehensive research process is made simpler through the use of straightforward checklists that will allow you to identify quality investment opportunities. Each chapter contains detailed demonstrations of how and where to find the information necessary to answer fundamental questions about investment opportunities. Real-world examples of how investment managers and CEOs apply these universal principles are also included and help bring the concepts to life. These checklists will help you consider a fuller range of possibilities in your investment strategy, enhance your ability to value your investments by giving you a holistic view of the business and each of its moving parts, identify the risks you are taking, and much more.</p> <ul> <li>Offers valuable insights into one of the most important aspects of successful investing, in-depth research</li> <li>Written in an accessible style that allows aspiring investors to easily understand and apply the concepts covered</li> <li>Discusses how to think through your investment decisions more carefully</li> </ul> <p>With <i>The Investment Checklist, </i> you'll quickly be able to ascertain how well you understand your investments by the questions you are able to answer, or not answer, without making the costly mistakes that usually hinder other investors.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Praise forTHE INVESTMENT CHECKLIST</p> <p>Every wise investor will keep The Investment Checklist next to their financial instrument panel and consult it whenever they make a decision to buy or sell a stock.--Robert P. Miles, author, The Warren Buffett CEO</p> <p>Michael Shearn has written an indispensable book. It will raise the game of every investor who reads it. Fortunately, not all of them will. --Judd Kahn, co-author, Competition Demystified and Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond</p> <p>When you base your stock purchase decisions on isolated facts and don't take the time to thoroughly understand the businesses you're buying, costly investment mistakes are usually made. Instead, your investment purchases should be based on understanding the value of a business through in-depth research.</p> <p>That's why Michael Shearn--founder of Time Value of Money, LP and the Compound Money Fund, LP--has created The Investment Checklist. In it, he shares the successful approach he's used over the past decade to generate and research investment ideas, assess the quality of a business and its management team, and ultimately improve his overall investment performance.</p> <p>Along the way, you'll be introduced to specific checklists that will enhance your ability to understand the dynamics of the business you're interested in and the people operating it, value the potential investment, and make the most informed buy or sell decision possible. Each chapter also contains countless examples that show you exactly how the author's checklist has helped him make the right investment moves over the course of his successful professional career.</p> <p>Whether you're just starting out and thinking about what you want to invest in, or already have a portfolio that you want to manage more effectively, The Investment Checklist has the tools and insights you need to improve your investment endeavors.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Michael Shearn founded Time Value of Money, LP, a private investment firm, in 1996, to devote his attention to selecting and researching stocks and private investments. He launched the Compound Money Fund, LP, a concentrated value fund, in 2007. Shearn serves on the Investment Committee of Southwestern University, which oversees the school's $250 million endowment. He is also a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Texas MBA Investment Fund. Shearn graduated magna cum laude from Southwestern University, a small liberal arts college in Georgetown, Texas, with a BA in business, with an emphasis in accounting and finance. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Austin, Texas.</p>

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