• The Little Book of Common Sense Investing in English

  • By: Raja Babu
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing in English

By: Raja Babu
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  • To Paul A. Samuelson, professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nobel Laureate, investment sage. In 1948 when I was a student at Princeton University, his classic textbook introduced me to economics. In 1974, his writings reignited my interest in market indexing as an investment strategy. In 1976, his Newsweek column applauded my cre- ation of the world’s first index mutual fund. In 1993, he wrote the foreword to my first book, and in 1999 he provided a powerful endorsement for my second. Now in his ninety-second year, he remains my mentor, my inspiratio
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  • Yesterday’s Winners, Tomorrow’s Losers

    Yesterday’s Winners, Tomorrow’s Losers
    May 6 2025
    Chapter Nine Yesterday’s Winners, Tomorrow’s Losers - Fooled by Randomness* IN SELECTING MUTUAL FUNDS, most fund investors seem to rely, not on sustained performance over the long term, but on exciting performance over the short term. (Exhibits 5.2 and 5.3 in Chapter 5 reinforce this point.)
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    10 mins
  • Selecting Long-Term Winners

    Selecting Long-Term Winners
    May 6 2025
    Chapter Eight Selecting Long-Term Winners - Don’t Look for the Needle— Buy the Haystack. SELECTING WINNING FUNDS in advance is more diffi- cult than it looks. Sure, there are always some winners that survive over the years. And if we pore over records of past performance, it is easy to find them.
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    14 mins
  • When the Good Times No Longer Roll

    When the Good Times No Longer Roll
    May 6 2025
    Chapter Seven When the Good Times No Longer Roll - What Happens If Future Returns Are Lower? REMEMBER THE UNFAILING principle described in Chapter 2: in the long run it is the reality of business—the dividend yields and earnings growth of corporations—that drives the returns generated by the stock market. How- ever, I must warn you that during the past 25 years—the period examined in the three preceding chapters—the 12.5 percent nominal annual return provided by the U.S. stock market included a speculative return of nearly 3 percent per year, far above the business reality
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    15 mins

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