Dean LeBaron's Book of Investment Quotations [Hardcover]

Dean LeBaron (Author), Romesh Vaitilingam (Author), Marilyn Pitchford (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0471153508 | ISBN-13: 978-0471153504 | Publication Date: December 7, 2001 | Edition: 1

Praise for Dean LeBaron s Book of Investment Quotations

"Looking for a pungent quote to help round out a speech or paper? You ll find it here. Looking for a pleasant, enlightening reading experience? You ll find that here too. Enjoy Dean LeBaron s fine compendium at your leisure." John C. Bogle, Founder, The Vanguard Group

"A delightful compilation of humorous and thought-provoking quotations on all aspects of investment management from one of the legends of the investment business." Burton G. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street

"Humorous and humbling. This must be the greatest collection of words that I wish I had said, expressing insights that I wish that I had had. To open the book to any page is to assure yourself of joy." Bob Monks, Chairman of Lens Investment Management LLC and Publisher, www.ragm.com

"A delightful and remarkably insightful collection of aphorisms, adages, and epigrams lovingly hand-collected over the years by the dean of modern investment management." Andrew W. Lo, Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management

"From Warren Buffett to Jack Welch, Dean LeBaron has assembled a vast collection of insightful and wry quotes about investing in particular and life in general. It s great fun to browse, and an invaluable resource for speeches and articles." Martin Barnes, Managing Editor, The Bank Credit Analyst

"A veritable march through a battery of apt quotations. They have been judiciously drawn from a wide variety of sources, old and new, combining humor with wisdom. I don t know what quote addicts did before Dean LeBaron began collecting. This treasure chest, with its very personal touch, supersedes all earlier efforts at collecting investment quotations. With its broad coverage and thoughtful section summaries, I find it an extremely helpful and enjoyable desk companion." William Wirth, Credit Suisse Group

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"US Fund Manager Dean LeBaron's substantial collection is an invaluable guide to the dos and don'ts of investment. It is primarily for entertainment, with sources from all centuries, but the underlying message is serious." (Investor's Week, 28 March 2002)

From the Inside Flap

"Wall Street: A thoroughfare that begins in a graveyard and ends in a river." —Unknown

Investing is a serious business, but it has its moments. Financial legend Dean LeBaron captures these moments through quips and quotes from some of the world?s greatest minds and moneymakers. Dean LeBaron?s Book of Investment Quotations shares the collected wisdom of centuries of financial thought, including everyone from William Shakespeare to George Soros.

This unique anthology features hundreds of inspiring, wise, and humorous quotations?each of which makes keen observations on the wide world of investing, both present and past. Many of us today can still learn from the advice of legendary figures such as the writer Jonathan Swift who said, "A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."

Organized by categories?thirty in all?ranging from "Contrarian Investing" to "Venture Capital," this superb collection reflects the full range of human thought on each investment subject. If you want to know what everyone from Euripides to Bernard Baruch thought about money, investing, or finance, Dean LeBaron?s Book of Investment Quotations will enlighten you.

Collected from many sources, these quotes are entertaining, insightful, and honest:

"Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No.1." —Warren Buffett

"There are no answers in this business. There?s just a hell of a lot of information." —George Russell Jr., Frank Russell Co.

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons." —Woody Allen

"To survive in the financial markets sometimes means beating a hasty retreat." —George Soros

"Stocks are bought on expectations, not facts." —Gerald M. Loeb

The timeless phrases in Dean LeBaron?s Book of Investment Quotations are memorable and useful in provoking new thoughts and providing grist for conversation and inspirational moments in speeches, as well as just casual skimming. See for yourself how some of the greatest minds of all time viewed?and learned from?investing.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 7, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471153508
• ISBN-13: 978-0471153504
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,029,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars You'll get more value out of this book if you get the other book., October 7, 2011

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This review is from: Dean LeBaron's Book of Investment Quotations (Hardcover)

Recently I have bought and borrowed several books on quotations as part of a project. What I have noticed is that it is quality not quantity that matters. If you are like me, you would probably prefer to read ten brilliant quotes over five pages than five brilliant quotes over ten pages. You may notice that not all quotation books are created equal, even though they may contrive to be equal or superior in appearance.

For example, the Forbes book of business contains over 10,000 quotes, and only a few pages in the entire book are dedicated to business quotations. Many quotations are by philosphers and poets. Philosophy is important, but would you hire a philosopher to run your business?

Forbes book is not what it pretends to be, and it does not have a keyword search, which I found quite frustrating when looking for the single Rockefeller 'I believe' quote I wanted to write down.

On the other hand, I am very impressed with LeBaron's book. It has close to 2,800 quotes, organised according to various investment themes, such as active portfolio management, contrarian investing, risk management, manias panics and crashes, economic forecasting, politics and investing,technical analysis, value investing to mention a few of the thirty or so themes. You can also do a keyword search, although it's not as detailed as in say the Oxford Book of Quotations. I found myself copiously copying down pages of notes of notable quotes, many from Warren Buffett.

Here are a few examples:

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. Warren Buffett

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonasble one persists in adapting the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw

Strangers are what friends are made of. Cullen Hightower.

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward. Unknown.

Banking is necessary. Bankers are not. Bill Gates.

So from Soros to Shakespeare, and Aristotle to Wilde you can discover a wide variety of quotes which are both directly applicable to business, or can be applied in a business context.

Many welcome surprises await between the covers. In case you're wondering about a similarly titled and far less expensive Dean LeBaron's Book of The Ultimate Book of Investment Quotations (The Ultimate Series), as far as I can tell from using the look inside feature on Amazon, both these books are virtually identical, with same chapter headings, and opening pages, and quotes, the only difference being the number of pages, which means one would seem to be an earlier edition that has been retitled.

So, if you you want to get the best bang for the buck, invest in the other book.

I think you will enjoy it, and I hope you found this review helpful.