BOOKS THAT INFLUENCE OUR PHILOSOPHY
Here I share the books which have influenced me the most in my investment approach and philosophy. They are sorted by my list of preference, this is not necessarily the order that you should follow. If you're interested in a particular book the following pages will provide you a summary and key points about each book.
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1. Principles - Ray Dalio
The legendary hedge fund investor Ray Dalio shares his principles of achieving success in any walk of life.
A very well structured book which is both a captivating read and a great workbook which I continue to use on an ongoing basis.
From personal principles to work and investing principles this book gives you a great set of tools to achieve what you want.
2. Changing World Order
Ray Dalio looks back 500 years in history to realize that everything in the World evolves in cycles. And depending on many internal and external characteristics some countries exceed others.
He describes how the World powers have changed over time and how the power is shifting from the US to China in the current times.
2. Adaptive Markets - Andrew Lo
How financial markets evolve through selection of the fittest and how to survive and prosper in this changing environment.
Andrew challenges some of the most basic financial theorems of efficient markets hypothesis by showing that markets are not efficient all the time, but rather optimize for the prevailing environment.
3. Billion Dollar Whale
A thrilling story of a man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood and the World. A very exciting read that takes you on a tour through the lifestyle and the backstage lives of the super wealthy. You see how that lifestyle infected the main culprit Jho Low who by seeking to match his peers wealth went through unimaginable levels of financial engineering to steal more than USD 7bn from the Malaysian Development fund.
The Little Money Bible
Book By Stuart Wilde about our personal relationship with money. In this book he challenges the common approach of money being a taboo topic, and rather encourages people to think about money.
The book lists 10 powerful rules on how to manage money and how to increase their quantity and make the best use of money in your life.
The Bitcoin Standard
Book by Saifedean Ammous about Bitcoin but also more generally about money. The origins of money and the meaning of it. What were the ancient forms of money, how have they evolved.
What is the difference between government (fiat) money and real money backed by assets.
What is the role of Bitcoin in the current economy and what is the future of Bitcoin.