The great investors: lessons on investing from master traders

The Great Investors is the story of a number of remarkable men: John Templeton, George Soros, Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, Philip Fisher, Peter Lynch, Anthony Bolton and John Neff. Whether you're new to investing, have had success in the markets, or you're a professional investor or fund manger, you'll benefit from reading about their proven, and successful, trading philosophies. The Great Investors will show you how to: • •Be a business analyst rather than a security analyst. •Do your homework and develop a broad social, economic and political awareness. •Control emotion so as not to get swept away by the market. •Be consistent in your approach, even when you have bad years. •See the wood for the trees and not over complicate your portfolio. •Learn from your investing. •Be self reliant, stand aside from the crowd and follow your own logic. •Take reasonable risk. Glen Arnold is a businessman, investor and a professor of finance at Salford University. He's the author of numerous finance and investing books including Corporate Financial Management, The Handbook of Corporate Finance and The Financial Times Guide to Investing, all published by Financial Times-Prentice Hall. 'There are some very special people who seem to possess an exceptional talent for acquiring wealth. I want to explore not just the past triumphs of these masters, but also the key factors they look for as well as the personality traits that allow them to control emotion and think rationally about where to place funds. How does a master of investment hone skills through bitter experience and triumph to develop their approach to accumulating wealth?' Glen Arnold