Investing Against the Tide

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This investment classic offers rare insights into running a top-performing fund, as shared by Anthony Bolton, the UK’s most successful stock market investor. Bolton recounts his contrarian approach to money management, providing invaluable lessons on essential factors for stock selection: identifying good managers, portfolio management, value investing, chart reading, and successful trading. He emphasizes the challenges of consistently buying low and selling high, offering clear strategies for achieving success in the stock market. Through each chapter, Bolton illustrates how to make timely decisions and shares key lessons from his extensive experience. His career highlights include delivering a remarkable 20% market-beating return over twenty-five years in his Fidelity Special Situations Fund. This authoritative guide serves both investment professionals and amateur investors, revealing effective stock-picking strategies from a leading money manager. Bolton, an engineering graduate from Cambridge, began his career in 1971 as a graduate trainee and progressed to become an investment manager at Fidelity by 1979. He is highly respected among peers and retired from full-time management in 2007, now mentoring analysts and younger fund managers at Fidelity. Outside of finance, he enjoys composing classical music and resides in West Sussex with his family.