Big Mistakes, Michael Batnick
Big Mistakes, Michael Batnick
List: $15.99 | Sale: $11.20
Club: $7.99

Big Mistakes
The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments

Author: Michael Batnick

Narrator: Steve Menasche

Unabridged: 6 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 01/25/2019


Synopsis

Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments explores the ways in which the biggest names have failed, and reveals the lessons learned that shaped more successful strategies going forward. Investing can be a rollercoaster of highs and lows, and the investors detailed here show just how low it can go; stories from Warren Buffet, Bill Ackman, Chris Sacca, Jack Bogle, Mark Twain, John Maynard Keynes, and many more illustrate the simple but overlooked concept that investing is really hard, whether you're managing a few thousand dollars or a few billion, failures and losses are part of the game. Much more than just anecdotal diversion, these stories set the basis for the book's critical focus: learning from mistakes. These investors all recovered from their missteps, and moved forward armed with a wealth of knowledge than can only come from experience. Lessons learned through failure carry a weight that no textbook can convey, and in the case of these legendary investors, informed a set of skills and strategy that propelled them to the top.

Research-heavy and grounded in realism, this book is a must-listen for any investor looking to maximize their chances of success.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cherif on June 21, 2018

Learn and grow from your mistakes. The last Chapter is worth the cost on its own. A crushing and hopeful story about Michael Batnick's own mistakes which seem to encompass all those made by the other investors in the book. Reading that Chapter, I felt like I could and have made those mistakes in my m......more

Goodreads review by Akhil on June 15, 2018

The book is about the big mistakes committed by some of the all time big investors or personalities. It briefly touches upon these mistakes without going much into details. I found the book to be another me too of kind in the investment category. Some of the mistakes such as Herbalife by Bill Ackman......more

Goodreads review by Michael on June 06, 2018

Any investor or trader should read this. Many of the stories you’ve heard, but Mike adds something to each one of them. I loved this book and couldn’t put it down.......more

Goodreads review by Nguyen on July 15, 2018

Overall, everyone made mistakes, the best traders knew how to recover from their mistakes.......more

Goodreads review by Harry on July 06, 2022

At 20 years old, without having taken any economics courses in college, he started at the bottom of the ladder, delivering securities and checks. After a month, he was promoted as an assistant to the bond department, and just six weeks later, with his advanced intellect, Graham was writing a daily m......more