Investing with Anthony Bolton: The Anatomy of a Stock Market Winner [Paperback]

Anthony Bolton (Author), Johnathan Davis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2006

Who is the most successful investment manager in Britain? Arguments could rage forever, but no professional would dispute that Anthony Bolton of Fidelity is among the very best. #1,000 invested in his Special Situations fund at its launch in 1979 would today be worth more than #80,000. No other mainstream UK fund manager has put together such a consistently impressive performance over such a long period. The 80-fold increase represents an average compound growth rate of 19.9% per annum, or 6% per annum more than the FTSE All-Share Index over the same period. This track record is every bit as good as that recorded by American investment superstars such as Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch. Fidelity Special Situations fund is now the largest and most popular fund in the UK, with more than #3.6 billion of assets.What are the secrets of Bolton's success? In this important new book, published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of its launch, Jonathan Davis, investment columnist of The Independent, takes an in-depth look at the way that Bolton goes about his business and analyses in detail the performance of the fund over the past 25 years.In a separate 12,000 word section Anthony Bolton gives his own personal account of the history of the fund, explains why he believes his contrarian stockpicking methods have worked so well for so long and discloses how he handles the pressures of being the best-known fund manager in London. This book will be required reading for anyone with a personal or professional interest in investment.

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About the Author

Anthony Bolton left Cambridge University with a degree in engineering to start a career in the City. In 1979, aged 29, he was recruited by Fidelity, the American fund management group, as one of its first London-based investment managers, a move that proved to be the launch of a long and successful career as an investment manager. In surveys of professional investors, he is regularly voted the fund manager most respected by his peers. He will be retiring from full-time investment management at the end of 2007, while continuing to work part-time at Fidelity and spending more time on his charitable interests and his hobby, composing classical music. Anthony Bolton is married with three children and lives in Sussex. Jonathan Davis has been analysing and writing about financial markets for 25 years. His early career was spent as a business journalist on national newspapers, including The Sunday Telegraph, The Times and The Economist. He later set up his own specialist writing, consultancy and publishing business and has been writing a popular column about investment in The Independent since 1995 and is also a regular contributor to the Financial Times and Spectator . He is the author of three books, two on investment and one on the game of bridge, and the founder and chairman of Independent Investor LLP, which specialises in publishing high quality material on money and investment, including books, reports and a specialist newsletter. www.independent-investor.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Harriman House; 2 edition (November 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905641117
• ISBN-13: 978-1905641116
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,280,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, August 13, 2010

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C. Conwell "clicon" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Investing with Anthony Bolton (Hardcover)

I have a lot of respect for Anthony Bolton. I follow a lot of his investment thoughts and ideas. However, the book was kind of a let down. As a seasoned investment professional, I only found maybe 3-5 pages of this book to be very insightful/useful. If you are a non-investment person or interested in the investment industry and want to learn more, this might be a useful book. Otherwise, it was kind of a quick read and not terribly revealing.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and fun to read, August 10, 2006

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Gokhan Bilen (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Investing with Anthony Bolton (Hardcover)

Easy to read and understand for the average investor. Does not delve into details about Mr. Bolton's investment process but gives a nice summary and useful anecdotes. Besides being a contrarian he is also a follower of Graham and Buffett's practices.