On the Hunt for Great Companies, Simon Kold
On the Hunt for Great Companies, Simon Kold
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On the Hunt for Great Companies
An Investor's Guide to Evaluating Business Quality and Durability

Author: Simon Kold

Narrator: Liam Gerrard

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 12/24/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

An unparalleled practical training tool for investment analysis, On the Hunt for Great Companies helps listeners move beyond using rules of thumb for companies or investment hypotheses based on broad-level pattern recognition. Listeners will learn how to assess all the essential traits of a good business, including passionate management, staying power, abnormal reinvestment options, low dependency risk, and to identify emerging quality.

This book is supported by a wealth of real-world examples, both contemporary and historical, and true business stories and anecdotes from investor and former comedian Simon Kold. In this book, listeners will learn about:

● Elements of intense and durable competitive advantage such as scale economies, switching costs, network effects, brands, proprietary resources, and modest value extraction

● Methods to formulate falsifiable test statements and empirically test those predictions, rather than relying on heuristics or box-checking

Detailed, sophisticated, and highly actionable, On the Hunt for Great Companies is an essential for professional investors of all sizes, in all industries, in both public and private markets.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mads on January 23, 2025

Excellent book with high real-world investing application and analyses. Should be a top pick for any aspiring equity or hedge fund analyst!!......more

Goodreads review by Kenny on March 22, 2025

I read this book on audible, which is a method I dint recommend for this one. The material is too dry and cense to hold focus for long without wandering. When I did pay attention, I found that there are some good nuggets in here. However it’s clear that the book is not necessarily for the casual inv......more

Goodreads review by Johan on February 25, 2025

Great book that makes you think in a more structural way, even though a company can't fit all criterias it makes you evaluate the positives and negatives. Also liked the idea of finding emerging quality companies.......more