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Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing) Hardcover – September 15, 2015

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Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway's visionary vice chairman and Warren Buffett's indispensable financial partner, has outperformed market indexes again and again, and he believes any investor can do the same. His notion of "elementary, worldly wisdom"―a set of interdisciplinary mental models involving economics, business, psychology, ethics, and management―allows him to keep his emotions out of his investments and avoid the common pitfalls of bad judgment.

Munger's system has steered his investments for forty years and has guided generations of successful investors. This book presents the essential steps of Munger's investing strategy, condensed here for the first time from interviews, speeches, writings, and shareholder letters, and paired with commentary from fund managers, value investors, and business-case historians. Derived from Ben Graham's value-investing system, Munger's approach is straightforward enough that ordinary investors can apply it to their portfolios. This book is not simply about investing. It is about cultivating mental models for your whole life, but especially for your investments.
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Charlie Munger is, arguably, the world's best investor. His 'worldly wisdom'―a latticework of understanding separate disciplines―is a powerful way to achieve superior investment results. Without it, success in the market―or anywhere else―is a short-lived fluke. -- Robert Hagstrom, author of The Warren Buffett Way and Investing: The Last Liberal Art

Griffin offers an elegantly unified theory of Munger's ideas, organized in a coherent framework from a generous sampling of his scattered remarks in various forums over many years. Intelligent, thoughtful, helpful―and a delight to read. -- Lawrence Cunningham, author of Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values

What if I told you that the world's greatest living investor was also one of the most prolific writers and thinkers on the subject? And what if there were a single book containing all of his most insightful comments in a highly focused series of lessons, anecdotes, and instructions for success? I'm happy to tell you that, in Tren Griffin's Charlie Munger, that book has finally arrived. -- Joshua M. Brown, CEO, Ritholtz Wealth Management, author of Backstage Wall Street

Griffin is better than anyone else at explaining the most important ideas from the best and brightest minds in business and investing in a way people can easily understand. This book is overflowing with wisdom. Readers will receive a master's degree in decision making, investing, human psychology, and much more. The definitive book on Warren Buffet's business partner. -- Ben Carlson, author of A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan

Munger's life is about facing reality, from personal relationships to lofty financial transactions. Griffin demonstrates how Munger sees 'possible' where others see the opposite. How Munger sees the weeds in the river yet also the wonderful fish swimming there. -- Janet Lowe, author of Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Billionaire Charlie Munger

Charlie Munger is one of the greatest thinkers of our time. Combine his wisdom with Griffin's ability to synthesize thoughts and this book is truly a work of wisdom. It will guide you on how to think differently, which is the most important―and most lacking―skill among business leaders and investors. -- Morgan Housel, author of Everyone Believes It, Most Will Be Wrong: Motley Thoughts on Investing and the Economy

Griffin does an extraordinary job of curating, synthesizing, and organizing the vast wisdom Munger has left for humanity. -- Shane Parrish ― Farnam Street

treasure trove of observations and comments by Mr. Munger, Warren Buffet's investment expert. -- Nancy K. Webman ― Pensions & Investments

All who are interested in finance will want this book.... Highly recommended. ― Choice

If you put it down feeling as if you haven't learned enough, blame yourself, not the author. ― Better Investing

Well-organized and thoughtful.... Griffin expertly displays how Munger's own ideas both emerged from, and later departed with the intellectual foundations laid by [Ben] Graham. ― The Charlieton

About the Author

Tren Griffin works at Microsoft. Previously, he was a partner at Eagle River, a private equity firm controlled by Craig McCaw, with investments in the telecommunication and software industries, including McCaw Cellular, Nextel, Nextel Partners, XO Communications, Teledesic, and many start-up firms. His early career included five years working and living as a business consultant in Korea and Australia. Tren blogs about investing and other topics at 25iq.com. He is the author of The Global Negotiator: Building Strong Business Relationships Anywhere in the World; Korea, The Tiger Economy; Taiwan's Economy; Ah Mo: Legends from the Northwest; and More Ah Mo.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Columbia Business School Publishing (September 15, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 023117098X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0231170987
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.9 x 9.1 inches
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Tren Griffin is an executive at Microsoft. Before joining Microsoft, Tren was a partner at the private equity firm Eagle River which makes investments telecommnications busnessses and startups. He previously worked as a consultant in Australia and Korea. He writes the www.25iq.com blog and is active on Twitter.

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Austin Bravo
5.0 out of 5 stars I thought this was a great book. I have nothing to do with investing
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2016
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I thought this was a great book. I have nothing to do with investing. I read the book purely to learn from Charlie Munger's most useful thinking and that's exactly what I got. I actually got annoyed with how often I had to pick up my pencil to underline things.

I get what people are saying in other reviews about the author not adding much - but that's kind of the point of Munger's wisdom. Like how he says teachers make things more complicated than they need to be or they wouldn't have jobs.

I think it would have been easy for the author to add a bunch of his own bull s***, and that would have made it a much less valuable book - at least for my purposes.
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505badgolfer
4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for beginning investors
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018
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To the best of my knowledge, the author, Tren Griffin, has never interviewed Charlie Munger. In other words, this book is a compilation of Mr. Munger's public statements about investing. The great shortcoming of the book is that it does not describe the actual process explaining why Berkshire Hathaway has purchased or sold a specific asset, including the accounting figures looked at and how the net current asset value was calculated from prospective future income streams. That having been said,I don't think that Warren Buffett or Charlie Munger have EVER gone into much detail about the actual figures relied on before making a purchase or sale of a Berkshire asset.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great fundamentals for investing
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2021
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I would highly recommend this book if you thought about or are actively investing. There are other nuggets in there that you can use in your life. This book can definitely help with FOMO fear of missing out and help to ease your mind when investing. The author did a great job
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3.0 out of 5 stars To say that value investing is mainstream is an understatement but my knowledge of the finer points has been limited and so when
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2015
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Value investing, an investment approach and discipline popularized by Ben Graham dating back to the depression years, has a host of acolytes including the likes of Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger (partners in Berkshire Hathaway) and the author of this little book, Tren Griffin. To say that value investing is mainstream is an understatement but my knowledge of the finer points has been limited and so when I saw this book citing the views of one of the most distinguished practitioners of value investing I purchased a copy.

After reading the first couple of chapters two thoughts came to mind. First, the author seems almost sycophantic is his admiration for Mr. Munger, citing him tiresomely to drive home points about his (Mr. Munger's) value investing philosophy and approach. After reading roughly half the book it was clear to me (it didn't actually take that long to be fair to myself) that the information presented to that point could have been said in a quarter or less of that space. Second, at the same time I was annoyed with myself for not simply securing a copy to start with of Ben Graham's, The Intelligent Investor. The Definitive Book on Value Investing and get it directly from the progenitor of value investing himself. (I subsequently have.)

This is not to say I didn't learn anything from Mr. Griffin's book. It's hard not to given the extent of needless repetition. The book's long on philosophy and psychology (providing a bevy of observations and suggestions to help an investor overcome the biggest impediment to successful investing: himself) and short on analytical tools of finance. That's okay except that the author repeatedly cites the importance of understanding the intrinsic value of a business (the present value of future cash flows) yet how exactly it is derived remains nebulous throughout. My take away here is that intrinsic value may be hard to define but you know it when you see it. Well, okay. Beyond these limitations I found the book wanting in illustrative examples of Mr. Munger's actual investments to reinforce the many useful philosophical elements presented. And finally, the large and tedious number of quotations from Mr. Munger had for me the unintended consequence of characterizing him as a bit of a curmudgeon, probably unfair and undeserved but read the book and see what you think?

All in all, this book reminds me why I seldom read business books. The authors are often inexperienced writers who are either in love with themselves or their subjects, doing an injustice to all concerned. There is certainly a place for "complete investor" presentations but for me they are the stuff of articles in magazines, not monographs, Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor being a deserving exception.
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R. Cepuch
5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best book yet on the extraordinary Charlie Munger – entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2015
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Probably the best book yet on the extraordinary Charlie Munger – entertaining, informative and eminently readable. It's a well-curated collection of important wisdom for investors based on quotes from Munger (and more than a few from Warren Buffett). If you're not able to go to the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting in Omaha every spring for a refresher course in common sense investing, reading this book might well be the next best thing.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Ok
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
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paul reece
5.0 out of 5 stars Read every book available on/about Charlie Munger. This book ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2015
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Read every book available on/about Charlie Munger. This book repeats much of what was already written, nothing new, but makes it very, very usable. Purchase this before you buy any other books about Munger. It'll save you money and lots of reading time. I'll sell you all my books on Munger if you wish and I'll just keep this one !
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Myles C. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Charlie Munger and Thinking to Think
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015
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Munger is one of my heroes! Tren Griffin's book is invaluable for anyone seeking an introduction or refresher on Charlie's contribution to lifelong learning. Like MINDSET, I find his worldly wisdom requires constant effort and repetition. I love CHARLIE's ALMANACK and Peter Bevelin's SEEKING WORLDLY WISDOM titles. Whereas they provide a sparkling scrapbook or collection of his quotes this book also brings another level of coherence to learning how to make decisions in investing and life. Full disclosure....I have been honored to publish DAMN RIGHT by Janet Lowe and this book. As a passionate student of value investing, new mental models and learning I am committed to the dissemination of this thinking and have gained greatly from it.
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Reviewed in Italy on January 21, 2024
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Libro che cambia il punto di vista per gli investimenti
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
Reviewed in Germany on December 27, 2021
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A must read, nothing to add!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2021
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Very interesting book, more about principles of value investing, than Charlie Munger definitely worth a read, really enjoyed reading the book
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henrique
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book
Reviewed in Brazil on July 16, 2020
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I liked it a lot, specially the psychological section of the book; investor psychology studies were new to me, and I think Everyone who’s interested on investing should have a look at it.

Besides that, the author wrote the book with no interviews from Munger nor Buffet, even though they are mentioned throughout the book, but always by citations of speeches from Berkshire meetings or other events that they took part of. It looks as if the author uses these speeches to prove theories. Ben Graham is always mentioned all the time, which makes the book very coherent.

There is nothing practical, like an example of a valuation of a company. But in this case this is forgivable, because by reading this book you’ll want to know more about it; material about this is not hard to find.
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SJBlevins
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in France on July 28, 2020
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Lots of straightforward wisdom and advice. Insights about human nature and an engaging approach to investment problems. Unfortunately the book has two structural flaws l: it ends abruptly and he constantly repeats the term graham value investor.
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