Global Value Investor Ori Eyal Discusses Favorite Investment Books
Up-and-coming value investor Ori Eyal of Emerging Value Capital Management recently discussed his investment approach and global investment opportunities in an exclusive interview with Portfolio Manager's Review. The full interview will be published in the forthcoming monthly issue of PMR. Here is a quick excerpt for those looking to pick up a good book:The Manual of Ideas: Are there any books on value investing, particularly globally oriented investing, that you have found valuable but investors may not be broadly familiar with?
Ori Eyal: Reading voraciously is a characteristic that all great investors share in common. There is simply no better way to gain wisdom and learn about the world than to read great books.
For international investing, Jim Rogers’s earlier books, Investment Biker, Adventure Capitalist, and Hot Commodities are good. The Economist is a great weekly magazine to read and learn about the world. I also think Mohnish Pabrai’s The Dhandho Investor and Joel Greenblatt’s You Can Be a Stock Market Genius are great investing books.
Economics is a key investing skill so I think everyone should read Milton Friedman, especially his books Capitalism and Freedom and Free to Choose.
Trying to forecast what the future will look like is an important investing skill. To this end I recommend books by Ray Kurzweil, Fantastic Voyage and The Singularity Is Near. Bill Gates has called Ray Kurzweil “the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence.”
To broaden your latticework of mental models, I highly recommend books by Richard Dawkins, Jared Diamond, Richard Feynman, Michael Pollan and John Brockman. I also think Buzzmarketing by Mark Hughes and Influence by Robert Cialdini are must read books.
Finally, I highly recommend the fantastic publications by The Manual of Ideas: Downside Protection Report, Portfolio Manager’s Review, etc. I also think that Value Investor Insight is great.
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