Stuck for what to buy the wealth manager or fund manager in your life for Christmas? What about a book about the markets? Here's Investment Week's quick guide for a few ideas on the book front which have hit our desks this Christmas.
My current favourite out of the books we received in the office is Paul Mumford's The Stock Picker, a history of the last 30 years from the perspective of the fund he has run and the companies he has invested in. Mumford, who is reckoned to be the longest serving fund manager on the same fund, is a classic stockpicker and if you spend more than half an hour with him you will see why. He constantly gets calls from brokers and has an incredible knowledge of the companies he has or hasn't invested in. His ‘process' doesn't neatly fit into the ‘tick-box' analysis system many work under now b...
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