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The World According To A Maverick, Beach-Biding Stock Picker - John Hempton

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Importance of Reading Economic History Books

While working at Treasury View, Ken started trading his own money on the side. He was a complete stock-raving idiot by about 1999. The only thing that really saved him was reading economic history books and stock market history books. You don't have to read all a hundred, you'll wind up a pessimistic bear like me,. But you do need to read five. What are they? It actually doesn't really matter which one. So I could throw a few at you, but it's choose your own. My pet favourite is one that's out of print at the moment. And I let my copy to someone and haven't got it back. Always happens. Right. They're

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