Feeding My Ignorance -- Library

Normally I put the entire title in the subject line - including any subtitle - but this time the subtitle is just a tad long

New research uncovers the story of two extraordinary financial mysteries, massive investor losses, and a brilliantly straightforward blueprint to achieve huge profits from investment funds

The author, Brian Dennehy, shares many of his ideas via the FundExpert website and having got - and read - the book I have to say that I am glad I got it cheap! Not that it doesn't contain good ideas - but 95% (or more) was already familiar to me from reading Brian's blog and watching his podcasts.. Much of what he says resonates well with my own outlook - we have arrived at similar end points from quite different directions - however (and I am sure he would warn of this as well) this does mean a great risk of confirmation bias causing problems.

Not so much a change of genre - more a completely different direction. The full title is How to Own the World: A Plain English Guide to Thinking Globally and Investing Wisely and that gives you the clues about the subject matter. Needed to start to read up about this so as to ensure that I don't make too many rookie mistakes!

The first 'serious' book I have read for a while - have had the book for a few months and just started to read it. Sometimes new ideas are difficult to grasp - but for me the central idea of this book is "obvious". I put that in quotes because it is only obvious because of other things I have read/experienced/thought over the years. Taleb's style may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I quite enjoy reading him.

A very interesting read - have particularly liked the comparison of behaviour when operating under the social domain as against the market norms. That is something that many employers need to understand. There were lots of useful anecdotes and reports on research that shows that we are all often irrational - and predictably so!