Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2024-07-23

Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Jeremy Giffon: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best

Jeremy Giffon - Special Situations in Private Markets - [Invest Like the Best, Replay]

3 books · With Jeremy Giffon · Listen

Today we are replaying one of our most popular episodes from last year with Jeremy Giffon. I spend all my time trying to find people who have some “singularity” to them.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended You Can Be a Stock Market Genius by Joel Greenblatt. Jeremy Giffon discussed Open by Andre Agassi and On Liberty by John Stuart Mill.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   You Can Be a Stock Market Genius

   Joel Greenblatt · at 7:38 · mentioned 2 times

   You Can Be a Stock Market Genius by Joel Greenblatt is a classic investing manual focused on event-driven strategies and special situations.

   Recommended

   “So is something like Greenblatt's You Can Be a Stock Market Genius, your favorite book on investing ever? Yes, that is my favorite book on investing ever.”

   Patrick O'Shaughnessy Jeremy Giffon - Special Situations in Private Markets - [Invest Like t… 2024-07-23 ▶ Play 7:38

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2. 

   Open

   Andre Agassi · at 38:03

   Open by Andre Agassi is an autobiographical memoir detailing the turbulent life and career of the famous tennis champion.

   Discussed

   “I was really struck when I read Agassi's biography that he's basically this miserable guy who hates tennis. That opening chapter in that book is amazing. It's insane.”

   Jeremy Giffon Jeremy Giffon - Special Situations in Private Markets - [Invest Like t… 2024-07-23 ▶ Play 38:03

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3. 

   On Liberty

   John Stuart Mill · at 1:39:31

   On Liberty by John Stuart Mill is an 1859 essay by the nineteenth-century British liberal philosopher.

   Discussed

   “When I graduated, he gave me a book. He gave me this book called On Liberty by John Stuart Mill. I had a note written in it.”

   Jeremy Giffon Jeremy Giffon - Special Situations in Private Markets - [Invest Like t… 2024-07-23 ▶ Play 1:39:31

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