25 Books like Capital Returns

Quality Investing

by Lawrence A. Cunningham • 2016

Three financial traits reveal which companies are worth owning for a lifetime.

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💰 Value Investing 📊 Capital Allocation 🏰 Competitive Moats ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🔍 Fundamental Analysis

Quality Investing 97%

Three financial traits reveal which companies are worth owning for a lifetime.

by Lawrence A. Cunningham 2016

4.34

1k+ ratings

💰 Value Investing 📊 Capital Allocation 🏰 Competitive Moats ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🔍 Fundamental Analysis

A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers From Warren Buffett

by Peter Bevelin • 2012

How to buy a dollar for fifty cents, and nine other lessons from Warren Buffett.

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📉 Value Investing 🏰 Competitive Advantage 🛡️ Margin Of Safety ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🤝 Management Integrity

A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers From Warren Buffett Summary

A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers From Warren Buffett 97%

How to buy a dollar for fifty cents, and nine other lessons from Warren Buffett.

by Peter Bevelin 2012

4.41

553 ratings

📉 Value Investing 🏰 Competitive Advantage 🛡️ Margin Of Safety ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🤝 Management Integrity

The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway

by Adam J. Mead • 2021

A 1965 textile mill worth $13.5 billion by 1993: the history from cigar butts to Coke.

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📚 Corporate History 💡 Investment Philosophy 💰 Value Investing 📊 Capital Allocation 🏰 Economic Moats

The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway Summary

The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway 97%

A 1965 textile mill worth $13.5 billion by 1993: the history from cigar butts to Coke.

by Adam J. Mead 2021

4.55

169 ratings

📚 Corporate History 💡 Investment Philosophy 💰 Value Investing 📊 Capital Allocation 🏰 Economic Moats

Expectations Investing

by Michael J. Mauboussin • 2021

Every stock price embeds a forecast. Read it, then bet on where it breaks.

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📊 Equity Valuation 🧭 Value Investing 💸 Cash Flow Analysis 📈 Active Investing ⚔️ Competitive Strategy

Expectations Investing 97%

Every stock price embeds a forecast. Read it, then bet on where it breaks.

by Michael J. Mauboussin 2021

4.05

612 ratings

📊 Equity Valuation 🧭 Value Investing 💸 Cash Flow Analysis 📈 Active Investing ⚔️ Competitive Strategy

Where the Money Is

by Adam Seessel • 2022

Value investing needs an upgrade for tech. Recast earnings, hunt moats, and buy with a margin.

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💎 Value Investing 🏰 Competitive Moats 🔍 Fundamental Analysis 📊 Earnings Analysis 🧠 Owner-Operator Mindset

Where the Money Is 97%

Value investing needs an upgrade for tech. Recast earnings, hunt moats, and buy with a margin.

by Adam Seessel 2022

4.21

817 ratings

💎 Value Investing 🏰 Competitive Moats 🔍 Fundamental Analysis 📊 Earnings Analysis 🧠 Owner-Operator Mindset

The New Buffettology

by Mary Buffett • 2002

Buffett decoded: buy the rare business competitors can't touch, and wait for the market to panic.

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📉 Value Investing 🔍 Stock Analysis 🐻 Contrarian Investing 🏰 Competitive Advantages 📊 Fundamental Analysis

The New Buffettology 97%

Buffett decoded: buy the rare business competitors can't touch, and wait for the market to panic.

by Mary Buffett 2002

3.96

884 ratings

📉 Value Investing 🔍 Stock Analysis 🐻 Contrarian Investing 🏰 Competitive Advantages 📊 Fundamental Analysis

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings

by Philip A. Fisher • 1957

Gather intelligence from competitors and customers to find the next growth stock, then hold on.

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📈 Growth Investing ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🔍 Qualitative Analysis 👔 Management Assessment 🐑 Contrarian Investing

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings Summary

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings 97%

Gather intelligence from competitors and customers to find the next growth stock, then hold on.

by Philip A. Fisher 1957

4.14

17k+ ratings

📈 Growth Investing ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🔍 Qualitative Analysis 👔 Management Assessment 🐑 Contrarian Investing

Deep Value

by Tobias E. Carlisle • 2014

The biggest returns come from broken businesses, a low price, and confronting management.

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🏷️ Value Investing 📢 Activist Investing 💰 Hedge Funds 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Quantitative Analysis

Deep Value 97%

The biggest returns come from broken businesses, a low price, and confronting management.

by Tobias E. Carlisle 2014

4.23

608 ratings

🏷️ Value Investing 📢 Activist Investing 💰 Hedge Funds 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Quantitative Analysis

Buffett

by Roger Lowenstein • 1995

When a salad oil scandal knocked American Express flat, Buffett bet everything. The story of how.

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🏢 Corporate Biography 💰 Value Investing 📉 Contrarian Investing 📈 Compound Interest 🛒 Buy And Hold

Buffett 96%

When a salad oil scandal knocked American Express flat, Buffett bet everything. The story of how.

by Roger Lowenstein 1995

4.20

16k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Biography 💰 Value Investing 📉 Contrarian Investing 📈 Compound Interest 🛒 Buy And Hold

The Little Book of Sideways Markets

by Vitaliy N. Katsenelson • 2010

Buy-and-hold was for the 15-year bull. What to do when markets go nowhere.

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📉 Value Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 📊 Market Cycles 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📋 Portfolio Management

The Little Book of Sideways Markets Summary

The Little Book of Sideways Markets 96%

Buy-and-hold was for the 15-year bull. What to do when markets go nowhere.

by Vitaliy N. Katsenelson 2010

3.77

309 ratings

📉 Value Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 📊 Market Cycles 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📋 Portfolio Management

Gems from Warren Buffett

by Mark Gavagan • 2012

What Buffett said about fear, greed, honesty, and the one quality that makes talent dangerous.

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🧠 Value Investing 📈 Investment Philosophy 🔄 Behavioral Investing ⚡ Contrarian Investing 🏰 Competitive Advantages

Gems from Warren Buffett 96%

What Buffett said about fear, greed, honesty, and the one quality that makes talent dangerous.

by Mark Gavagan 2012

3.78

918 ratings

🧠 Value Investing 📈 Investment Philosophy 🔄 Behavioral Investing ⚡ Contrarian Investing 🏰 Competitive Advantages

Investing the Templeton Way

by Lauren C. Templeton • 2008

Profiting from panic: the global bargain-hunting method that buys stocks at 80% below their value.

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🧱 Value Investing 🌍 Global Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 📉 Market Cycles 🧠 Investor Psychology

Investing the Templeton Way 96%

Profiting from panic: the global bargain-hunting method that buys stocks at 80% below their value.

by Lauren C. Templeton 2008

3.99

205 ratings

🧱 Value Investing 🌍 Global Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 📉 Market Cycles 🧠 Investor Psychology

How to Think Like Benjamin Graham and Invest Like Warren Buffett

by Lawrence A. Cunningham • 2001

How to value a business, read financial statements, and ignore the market's daily mood swings.

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🏗️ Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance ⏳ Long-Term Investing 📊 Financial Statements 🏰 Competitive Advantages

How to Think Like Benjamin Graham and Invest Like Warren Buffett Summary

How to Think Like Benjamin Graham and Invest Like Warren Buffett 96%

How to value a business, read financial statements, and ignore the market's daily mood swings.

by Lawrence A. Cunningham 2001

3.83

266 ratings

🏗️ Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance ⏳ Long-Term Investing 📊 Financial Statements 🏰 Competitive Advantages

The Tao of Warren Buffett

by Mary Buffett • 2006

How a patient contrarian turned $10,000 into billions: the principles that work when markets don't.

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🧱 Value Investing 🧠 Investor Psychology ⏳ Buy And Hold 🏰 Competitive Advantage 🔄 Contrarian Investing

The Tao of Warren Buffett 96%

How a patient contrarian turned $10,000 into billions: the principles that work when markets don't.

by Mary Buffett 2006

3.81

2k+ ratings

🧱 Value Investing 🧠 Investor Psychology ⏳ Buy And Hold 🏰 Competitive Advantage 🔄 Contrarian Investing

The Aggressive Conservative Investor

by Martin J. Whitman • 2005

The market isn't efficient. Accounting isn't truth. Real value hides in assets, not earnings.

3.82

553

💼 Value Investing 📑 Fundamental Analysis 🧠 Contrarian Investing 🏢 Asset-Based Valuation 🔎 Financial Forensics

The Aggressive Conservative Investor Summary

The Aggressive Conservative Investor 96%

The market isn't efficient. Accounting isn't truth. Real value hides in assets, not earnings.

by Martin J. Whitman 2005

3.82

553 ratings

💼 Value Investing 📑 Fundamental Analysis 🧠 Contrarian Investing 🏢 Asset-Based Valuation 🔎 Financial Forensics

The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing

by Pat Dorsey • 2003

Find companies with lasting advantages, calculate their true worth, and buy only at a discount.

4.37

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🧮 Value Investing 🏰 Competitive Advantage 📊 Financial Analysis 💰 Intrinsic Valuation 🔍 Earnings Quality

The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing Summary

The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing 96%

Find companies with lasting advantages, calculate their true worth, and buy only at a discount.

by Pat Dorsey 2003

4.37

2k+ ratings

🧮 Value Investing 🏰 Competitive Advantage 📊 Financial Analysis 💰 Intrinsic Valuation 🔍 Earnings Quality

The Investment Checklist

by Michael Shearn • 2011

You buy a stock; an owner buys a business. The research disciplines that close that gap.

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📉 Value Investing 📊 Fundamental Analysis 🔍 Business Due Diligence 🏰 Competitive Advantages 👔 Management Evaluation

The Investment Checklist 96%

You buy a stock; an owner buys a business. The research disciplines that close that gap.

by Michael Shearn 2011

4.30

648 ratings

📉 Value Investing 📊 Fundamental Analysis 🔍 Business Due Diligence 🏰 Competitive Advantages 👔 Management Evaluation

The Warren Buffett Stock Portfolio

by Mary Buffett • 2011

Buffett buys when others panic, using clues hidden in earnings, book value, and brand loyalty.

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🧠 Value Investing 📊 Stock Analysis 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🏰 Economic Moats 💰 Shareholder Returns

The Warren Buffett Stock Portfolio Summary

The Warren Buffett Stock Portfolio 96%

Buffett buys when others panic, using clues hidden in earnings, book value, and brand loyalty.

by Mary Buffett 2011

3.57

450 ratings

🧠 Value Investing 📊 Stock Analysis 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🏰 Economic Moats 💰 Shareholder Returns

Concentrated Investing

by Allen C. Benello • 2016

Five to fifteen stocks, held for decades: the method behind the world's greatest investment records.

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🏷️ Value Investing 🎯 Concentrated Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📐 Position Sizing 🛡️ Margin Of Safety

Concentrated Investing 96%

Five to fifteen stocks, held for decades: the method behind the world's greatest investment records.

by Allen C. Benello 2016

3.92

346 ratings

🏷️ Value Investing 🎯 Concentrated Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📐 Position Sizing 🛡️ Margin Of Safety

Big Money Thinks Small

by Joel Tillinghast • 2017

The blind spots that cost investors most aren't about numbers. They're about humility.

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462

🧑‍💼 Individual Investors 💎 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🏰 Competitive Moats 📊 Fundamental Analysis

Big Money Thinks Small 96%

The blind spots that cost investors most aren't about numbers. They're about humility.

by Joel Tillinghast 2017

3.99

462 ratings

🧑‍💼 Individual Investors 💎 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🏰 Competitive Moats 📊 Fundamental Analysis

Margin of Safety

by Seth A. Klarman • 1991

Find hidden bargains, demand a deep discount, and wait for the catalyst that pays.

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💰 Value Investing 📊 Business Valuation 🔍 Special Situations 🏚️ Distressed Securities 🔄 Contrarian Investing

Margin of Safety 96%

Find hidden bargains, demand a deep discount, and wait for the catalyst that pays.

by Seth A. Klarman 1991

4.33

7k+ ratings

💰 Value Investing 📊 Business Valuation 🔍 Special Situations 🏚️ Distressed Securities 🔄 Contrarian Investing

Value Investing

by James Montier • 2009

Markets misprice everything. The behavioral toolkit for profiting when fear and greed take over.

3.97

484

📊 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔁 Market Cycles

Value Investing 96%

Markets misprice everything. The behavioral toolkit for profiting when fear and greed take over.

by James Montier 2009

3.97

484 ratings

📊 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔁 Market Cycles

100 Baggers

by Christopher W. Mayer • 2015

What stocks that returned a hundredfold have in common, and why the next ones start small.

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🏦 Stock Investing 📈 Long Term Compounding 🧑‍💼 Owner Operators 🏰 Competitive Moats 🔄 Reinvestment Returns

100 Baggers 96%

What stocks that returned a hundredfold have in common, and why the next ones start small.

by Christopher W. Mayer 2015

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏦 Stock Investing 📈 Long Term Compounding 🧑‍💼 Owner Operators 🏰 Competitive Moats 🔄 Reinvestment Returns

Investment Philosophies

by Aswath Damodaran • 2003

Why good companies make bad investments, and when beaten-down stocks deliver the biggest gains.

4.06

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📉 Value Investing 📊 Fundamental Analysis 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🛡️ Margin Of Safety 🧠 Behavioral Finance

Investment Philosophies 96%

Why good companies make bad investments, and when beaten-down stocks deliver the biggest gains.

by Aswath Damodaran 2003

4.06

122 ratings

📉 Value Investing 📊 Fundamental Analysis 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🛡️ Margin Of Safety 🧠 Behavioral Finance

Capital

by Charles D. Ellis • 2004

The investment firm that replaced star managers with distributed power and won for 70 years.

3.94

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💼 Investment Management 📜 Corporate History 🏗️ Organizational Design 🤝 Distributed Leadership ⏳ Long-Term Investing

Capital 96%

The investment firm that replaced star managers with distributed power and won for 70 years.

by Charles D. Ellis 2004

3.94

192 ratings

💼 Investment Management 📜 Corporate History 🏗️ Organizational Design 🤝 Distributed Leadership ⏳ Long-Term Investing

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