Author of Uk´s Best selling Investment book

Financial times best selling author

Welcome. I hope you find something here to help you with your investment strategy. Currently, I have been doing some changes to the website. So it is a work in progress right now. If you have any idea of improvement please drop me an email. I would be very happy to hear your feedback.

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Some background
Despite holding positions of Professor of Investment and Professor of Corporate Finance, I concluded that academic life was not nearly as much fun (nor as intellectually stimulating) as making money in the financial markets.  I now spend most of my time running my equity portfolio from an office in the heart of rural Leicestershire, far from the noise of the City.  I also do a little writing.

Research and newsletters
We often hear that out-performing the market is impossible, that most fund managers don’t beat the index or even that a chimpanzee can pick stocks better than professionals. So, that raises the question, how come some individuals, by adopting sound methods, do beat the stock market in a consistent way?

For decades my main research focus has explored the question: “What works in investment?”, drawing on the work of the great investors, academic discoveries and my own experience - good and bad. I used to supervise PhD. students, and taught on this subject at university and in the City of London.

Today I'd rather concentrate on actual investment analysis, placing my money at risk. I explain the reasons behind my share purchases in my newsletters. They also provide an opportunity to discuss a range of investment ideas, from Warren Buffett's approach to research into stock market inefficiencies.

I've written a few books
The Financial Times Guide to Investing, the UK's best-selling investment book.

The Financial Times Guide to Value Investing, allowed me to set out core investment principles used by some wonderful investors, such as Benjamin Graham, Philip Fisher, Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch.

I'm writing newsletters on Warren Buffett's investments as case studies.  These are being turned into a series of books.  The first two, The Deals of Warren Buffett: Vol 1: The first $100m, The Deals of Warren Buffett, Vol 2: The making of a billionaire are already published and translated into many languages. 

Another book, The Great Investors, provides short descriptions of the investment philosophies of George Soros, John Templeton and Anthony Bolton as well as Benjamin Graham, Philip Fisher, Peter Lynch, Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and John Neff. 

Get Started in Shares is a very straight forward jargon-busting book for absolute beginners.

University textbooks: 

• Corporate Financial Management
• Modern Financial Markets and Institutions
• Essentials of Corporate Financial Management
• ​The Financial Times Handbook of Corporate Finance

Financial Times Guides:

• The Financial Times Guide to Financial Markets 
• The Financial Times Guide to Banking 
• The Financial Times Guide to Bond and Money Markets.

Disclaimer:
This website is designed to assist the development of ideas with fellow investing enthusiasts.  Despite my university Chair, teaching of investment ideas in the City and authorship of investment books, I am not allowed to give investment advice.

This is a very sensible prohibition.  I have not undertaken the training, set up the compliance systems, or bought insurance. It is only right that the FCA can ask that I be locked away for up to two years if I gave investment advice without authorisation.  Without this prohibition any Tom, Dick or Conman could pose as an investment adviser and separate you from your money. 

Any information/opinions about companies that I or other contributors discuss is given in the spirit of intellectual discourse as we each grope towards reaching some individual knowledge, some individual conclusions, on the merits of a company or investment strategy.
 
I will discuss companies in which I have a stake, but do not look at the list of shares I might have bought some time ago and think it wise to buy at this time.

If you ask me “what should I buy?” I can’t answer you – they’ll lock me up. Besides, I do not know your personal circumstances and whether that type of investment is right for you.  
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Never follow tips blindly: do your own analysis. I cannot accept responsibility for any loss occasioned to any person who either acts or refrains from acting as a result of any statement on this website.