This book collects together 40 years of classic investment advice from Professional Investor journal and its predecessor. Articles have been selected for their particular interest in the current investment climate. Most are written by well know figures in the investment world – some were at the peak of their career at the time the article was written, others were then young analysts, but have subsequently become well known writers or powerful figures in the City. Many items were written at a particularly significant juncture in history: some make predictions that have proved unexpectedly correct – others horribly wrong. Some are as true today as when first written.
Book Details:
- Author: John Goodchild
- ISBN: 9780470669082
- Year Published: 2000
- Pages: 308
- BISAC: BUS027000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Finance
About the Book and Topic:
This book collects together 40 years of classic investment advice from Professional Investor journal and its predecessor. Articles have been selected for their particular interest in the current investment climate. Most are written by well know figures in the investment world – some were at the peak of their career at the time the article was written, others were then young analysts, but have subsequently become well known writers or powerful figures in the City. Many items were written at a particularly significant juncture in history: some make predictions that have proved unexpectedly correct – others horribly wrong. Some are as true today as when first written.
This classic book of investment wisdom spans four decades of articles by some of the best known figures in the City of London. It is not only educational, but also a salutary look at changing fashions of investment thinking. Most of all it is a very good read.
Doubletakes is a unique collection of financial writing, capturing the work of influential financial figures at the peak of their careers and others, then unknown, on the way up. All the selections are relevant to today’s economic climate and also include the work of writers surveying the contemporary financial scene. * Article topics include: the value of research into the behavior of share prices, the investment analyst’s materials, the rewards of virtue, macroeconomic forecasting models, volatility and the big bang factor. * The Institute of Investment Management and Research is the professional body that qualifies fund managers and analysts in the UK.
About the Author
JOHN GOODCHILD is Joint Editor of Professional Investor and has contributed articles on investment theory and practice to numerous magazines. He co-edited, with Paul Hewitt, a collection of essays on the Unlisted Securities Market, which was published by the IIMR. Originally an analyst with Mullens Co., John Goodchild is now Associate with KBR, the London stockbrokers. CLIVE CALLOW has had widespread experience in financial business news, starting as an editorial assistant in the newsroom of The Finanical Times in the 1960s. After working for a US based publication specializing in the petroleum industry, he joined The Times, where he covered the early days of the North Sea oil search. His book, Power from the Sea, remains one of the best early accounts of this major UK industrial enterprise. Subsequently he became an oil analyst, helping to form the London Oil Analysts Group. Clive is Joint Editor of Professional Investor and is also an Associate of KBR.