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Wouldn't life be better if you were free of the daily grind - the conventional job and boss - and instead succeeded or failed purely on the merits of your own investment choices? Free Capital is a window into this world. Based on a series of interviews, it outlines the investing strategies, wisdom and lifestyles of 12 highly successful private investors. Each of them has accumulated £1m or more - in most cases considerably more - mainly from stock market investment. Six are 'ISA millionaires' who have £1m or more in a tax-free ISA, a result which is arithmetically impossible without exceptional investment returns. Some have several academic degrees or strong City backgrounds; others left school with few qualifications and are entirely self-taught as investors. Some invest most of their money in very few shares and hold them for years at a time; others make dozens of trades every day, and hold them for at most a few hours. Some are inveterate networkers, who spend their day talking to managers at companies in which they invest; for others a share is just a symbol on a screen, and a price chart shows most of what they need to know to make their trading decisions. Free capital - money surplus to immediate living expenses - is the raw material with which these investors work. It can also be thought of as their psychological habitat, free from the petty tribulations of office politics. Lastly, free capital describes the footloose nature of their assets, which can be quickly redirected towards any type of investment anywhere in the world, without the constraints which institutional investors often face. Although it presents many advanced insights and valuable investment hints, this is not an overly technical book. It offers practical ideas and inspiration, with revealing detail and minimal jargon, making it an indispensable read for novice and experienced investors alike.

Tiene buena pinta. Ojalá algún día se escriba un libro así sobre nosotros :)

Saludos!

Me lo apunto, gracias. Ahora estoy con Peter Lynch

Continuo el hilo con los libros que voy leyendo/releyendo

Aquí un clásico moderno de la divulgación

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Looking at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is a fresh explanation of the fundamental principles of the modern economy, illuminated by examples from the streets of London to the booming skyscrapers of Shanghai to the sleepy canals of Bruges. Leaving behind textbook jargon and equations, Tim Harford will reveal the games of signals and negotiations, contests of strength and battles of wit that drive not only the economy at large but the everyday choices we make.

Este no sé si me apetece. Parece un poco denso ¿no?

Sinceramente no lo sé, llevo 40 páginas. Suelo escuchar su programa en la BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/moreorless me gusta bastante. Supongo que estará en castellano, que siempre es un plus

Buf, no sé tanto inglés como para seguir un Podcast. Ya me cuesta leer en inglés. Pero lo mismo lo intento a ver. Gracias por enlace de todas formas.

Pues yo me leí como medio libro, y la verdad es que me pareció bastante sencillo, de hecho lo dejé porque decía cosas de sentido común sin ser nada nuevo. Creo recordar que emplea mucho Starbucks como ejemplo.