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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.
- Sales Rank: #602857 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-09-02
- Released on: 2013-09-02
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author
Guy Thomas has been an independent investor since 1999. In his previous life as an employee, he was a research actuary with a firm of pension consultants, and then a university lecturer. He has published papers in academic journals covering insurance economics, actuarial mathematics, and taxation and investment. He is an honorary lecturer at the University of Kent. www.guythomas.org.uk
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Free capital: a financial resource, an investment style, a way of life
By Taylor
Please note, I received a copy of this book for review from the publisher, Harriman House, on a complimentary basis.
A methodical review of investors and their strategies
The greatest strength of "Free Capital" is its organization and layout-- it's truly like visiting an expertly-designed website in that the author has organized his investor interviews by four major descriptive categories:
-geographers; top-down investors who begin with a macro thesis then look for companies and financial instruments which will benefit from that trend
-surveyors; bottoms-up investors who start looking at individual companies and then sometimes check to see what kind of macro conditions might affect them
-activists; investors who tend to get personally involved with their investments, taking large stakes and developing a close relationship with management
-eclectics; people who don't really fit any mold, but might be day-traders, value investors, sometimes activists, etc.
Within each categorical section are profiles of 12 (in total) investors that Guy Thomas spoke with, many of whom are anonymous, most of whom he came into contact with via investor message boards he participates on, and all of whom are UK-based and have managed to grow their capital into millions even over the last decade or less.
Though many were once employed by others and some came from financial backgrounds, all are now independent, full-time investors who live off of their investment returns and it is this kind of self-directed lifestyle and the resources which are needed to finance it that primarily lend themselves to the book's title.
What's really great is that in each chapter, Guy Thomas begins with a quick "tearsheet" profile of the investor's strategy, key phrases, holding period, etc., then neatly organizes the interview material into background on the investor's life and development as a financial person, outlines their strategy, experiences and any particularly demonstrative coups or failures they've enjoyed (or sufferred) and finally and extremely helpfully, summarizes all the material again in a table at the end with the major themes or ideas explored for quick reference.
As if this weren't enough, Guy Thomas has written a lengthy (and for once, interesting) introduction to the book that serves as a combination summary of the main themes of the book as well as a how-to manual for those looking to get the most out of their reading. Thomas is correct in suggesting that the book can be read all the way through as a complete work, or explored at random based on what, if anything, sounds interesting to the reader.
It's touches like this that show a thoughtfulness on the part of the author that leave the reader painfully aware of their absence in comparison to many other books in the genre. Frankly, it'd be nice if authors and publishers took Thomas's lead on this point!
My favorite part: inspiration
I was excited to dig into the book in part because a friend had mentioned it to me and had commented favorably on it. He said a lot of the material covered wouldn't be original but that I might find it inspirational to read other people's stories of how they got where they are.
Maybe it's where I am in my life right now, maybe it's the subtle suggestion my friend made planted in my mind, or maybe it's the shining spot for the book but the inspiration was one of the most important things I took away from the book. Some of the profiles were admittedly unhelpful (such as the day-trader, an investment style I can't see any point in) or just not interesting to me (a few of the investors followed research processes I don't have the time or motivation to emulate), but there were a couple I identified with, which made me feel empowered and hopeful about myself as I read them.
I particularly liked the two named investors, John Lee (who is a dividend-oriented value investor of sorts) and Peter Gyllenhammar (who bankrupted himself twice before hitting his stride and amassing his current fortune). I believe all of the investors lives and experiences illustrated this point well, but these two in particular were examples of the phrase "Patience is a virtue." If a man can dust himself off after two bankruptcies and still make something of himself he can probably do just about anything given the time and the patience. Seeing as how I haven't suffered personal bankruptcy (yet) I felt greatly advantaged to learn from this example of perseverance and triumph over failure.
Wise aphorisms
Another theme oft explored in "Free Capital" is the role simplicity plays in good investing. To that effect, I found a lot of great investing ideas captured in brief, simple aphorisms that made them both easily digestible and sufficiently memorable to make use of them myself in my own deliberations. Some examples include:
-Good investing "requires only a few good decisions" (a helpful reminder given the way many seem to imply that a true investor is marked by the numerousness and hyperactivity of his ideas)
-An activist is an investor who goes looking for trouble
-"Quiet freedom is itself exotic" (in this way, independent investors lead quite adventuresome and even exciting lives!)
-Exposure to some chances can only arise through deliberate and possibly unpopular and eccentric choices
-Investment skill consists in not knowing everything, but in judicious neglect: making wise choices about what to overlook
-Freedom is like income that cannot be taxed
-To make good decisions, you need to look actively for reasons not to buy a company. And then invest only in those where you can live with the reasons
-Time is a limited resource with strongly diminishing returns. The first hour you spend researching a company is much more important than the tenth hour
-If an investment decision requires detailed calculations, you should pass, because it's probably too close
-The sun shines even on the poor man
Also of note is the author's book-companion blog, which goes into a bit more detail on some of the investment themes captured in the book and which I've found to be a good supplement to the reading seeing that I was still interested to learn more even after I put it down.
Conclusion
"Free Capital" is a unique offering. It has a styling and organization that many books in its genre lack and I hope this effort is continued in any future titles from the author. And it treads original ground in profiling anonymous, "everyman" successful investors that no one has heard of yet who have interesting stories, experiences and lessons to share all their own. We can all learn from more than just Warren Buffett, after all.
It's not without its flaws, of course. As the author himself states, the book doesn't cover losing investors, people who took some of the risks investors profiled took, and failed, or who took other risks that didn't turn out right, and then explores what lessons can be learned from their shortcomings. This probably could be a worthwhile book in itself, as there is a growing literature on "failure studies" and as the first lesson every investor must learn is "don't lose what you've got", learning of common mistakes to avoid could be helpful. Additionally, as an avid deep value (Benjamin Graham) guy myself, I could've done without the day trader and some of the other guys who seem like GARPy, momentum-based swing traders with short time horizons and questionable "value" metrics.
But those are minor quibbles and things that Guy Thomas could easily rectify by simply writing us more great books to read! Overall, "Free Capital" was entertaining, at times enlightening and best of all, extremely gracious with my free time as I read the entire thing in just three or four hours. Given the focus on the value of time in the book, I appreciated the fact that I could digest the meat of the book and walk away with some great insights to help my own investing... and still have time left in the day to get other things done!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Interesting book
By Rod Maciver
Some sections go into specifics important to those of us who study the market, and others are more entertaining than useful. That may be because some interview subjects were reluctant to discuss or otherwise reveal the specifics of what they do and why. Other interview subjects go into their methods fascinating depth.
All in all, a worthwhile book for serious investors, in my opinion. Not great -- I wouldn't for instance put it in the same category as "Benjamin Graham and the Power of Growth Stocks" -- but worthwhile and entertaining -- more entertaining for instance than Frederick Martin's book on Ben Graham's lessons learned growth stock investing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Well worth reading!
By Oak Tree
Excellent book, well written and giving good practical examples of what has worked for these people. Very interesting.
Would definitely buy a follow up book as am sure there are more stories of people doing this out there. Could have done with more than 12 examples basically.
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