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Six Schools of Investment Principles
Each school has its own mental models, analysis frameworks, and decision systems. Start with one school, go deep, then build across them.
All foundational lessons
(57)Behavioural Financefoundational
The Core Worldview of Behavioural Finance
Daniel Kahneman
principlesworldviewbehavioural
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Behavioural Financefoundational
System 1 and System 2 — How Your Brain Sabotages Your Portfolio
Daniel Kahneman
cognitive biasSystem 1System 2
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Behavioural Financefoundational
Loss Aversion — Why Losing Hurts More Than Winning Feels Good
Daniel Kahneman
loss aversionprospect theoryKahneman
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Behavioural Financefoundational
Overconfidence — The Most Expensive Bias in Investing
Daniel Kahneman
overconfidenceillusion of controlcalibration
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Behavioural Financefoundational
Herding — Why Smart People Follow the Crowd Off the Cliff
Richard Thaler
herdingsocial proofbubbles
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Behavioural Financefoundational
Black Swans and Tail Risk — What Models Miss
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
black swantail riskTaleb
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Behavioural Financefoundational
Anchoring and Mental Accounting
Daniel Kahneman
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Behavioural Financefoundational
The Disposition Effect
Daniel Kahneman
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Behavioural Financefoundational
Emotions vs. Evidence in Investment Decisions
Daniel Kahneman
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Contrarian Investingfoundational
Second-Level Thinking — The Foundation of Contrarian Investing
Howard Marks
second-level thinkingMarkscontrarian
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Contrarian Investingfoundational
The Core Worldview of Contrarian Investing
Howard Marks
principlesworldviewcontrarian
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Contrarian Investingfoundational
The Pendulum — Reading Market Psychology at the Extremes
Howard Marks
market psychologysentimentMarks
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Contrarian Investingfoundational
Maximum Pessimism — The Point of Greatest Opportunity
John Templeton
maximum pessimismTempletonglobal investing
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Contrarian Investingfoundational
The Evidence for Contrarian Stock Selection — Dreman's Data
David Dreman
Dremancontrarianlow P/E
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Contrarian Investingfoundational
The Courage of Conviction — Sustaining Contrarian Positions
Howard Marks
convictioncareer riskMarks
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Contrarian Investingfoundational
Why the Consensus Is Usually Wrong at Extremes
Howard Marks
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Contrarian Investingfoundational
The Patience Required to Be Contrarian
Howard Marks
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Contrarian Investingfoundational
Risk in Contrarian Investing — Early vs. Wrong
Howard Marks
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Growth Investingfoundational
The Scuttlebutt Method — Invest in What You Can Investigate
Philip Fisher
researchqualitative analysiscompetitive intelligence
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Growth Investingfoundational
The Core Worldview of Growth Investing
Philip Fisher
principlesworldviewgrowth
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Growth Investingfoundational
The Anatomy of a Great Growth Business — What to Look For
Philip Fisher
business qualitymanagementR&D
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Growth Investingfoundational
The Ten-Bagger — Finding Stocks That Multiply
Peter Lynch
ten-baggergrowth stocksretail investing
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Growth Investingfoundational
Quality, Not Price — The Terry Smith Framework for Long-Term Compounders
Terry Smith
quality investingFundsmithreturns on capital
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Growth Investingfoundational
Scale Economics Shared — The Secret of the Greatest Compounders
Nick Sleep
scale economicscompoundingNomad
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Growth Investingfoundational
Evaluating Management in Growth Companies
Philip Fisher
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Growth Investingfoundational
When Growth Investing Fails
Peter Lynch
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Growth Investingfoundational
Growth vs. Value — A False Dichotomy
Peter Lynch
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Growth Investingfoundational
Lynch's 10-Bagger Screening Framework
Peter Lynch
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Market Cyclesfoundational
How the Economic Machine Works — Dalio's Template
Ray Dalio
economic machineDaliocredit cycle
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Market Cyclesfoundational
The Core Worldview of Market Cycles
Ray Dalio
principlesworldviewmacro
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Market Cyclesfoundational
The Credit Cycle — The Engine Behind Every Major Market Move
Howard Marks
credit cycleMarkscredit expansion
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Market Cyclesfoundational
Reflexivity — Why Markets Overshoot
George Soros
reflexivitySorosfeedback loops
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Market Cyclesfoundational
Recognising Bubbles — Grantham's Framework
Jeremy Grantham
bubblesGranthamvaluation extremes
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Market Cyclesfoundational
Positioning Through the Cycle — The All-Weather Approach
Ray Dalio
All WeatherDalioportfolio construction
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Market Cyclesfoundational
Reading Macro Indicators for Portfolio Positioning
Ray Dalio
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Market Cyclesfoundational
Global Capital Flows and Emerging Markets
Ray Dalio
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Market Cyclesfoundational
Historical Market Cycles — Patterns and Lessons
Ray Dalio
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Momentum Investingfoundational
What Momentum Actually Is — And Why It Works
Richard Driehaus
momentumrelative strengthmarket psychology
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Momentum Investingfoundational
The Core Worldview of Momentum Investing
Richard Driehaus
principlesworldviewmomentum
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Momentum Investingfoundational
CAN SLIM — The Anatomy of a Market Leader
William O'Neil
CAN SLIMO'Neilmarket leaders
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Momentum Investingfoundational
SEPA — The Art of Entering at the Right Moment
Mark Minervini
SEPAMinervinientry point
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Momentum Investingfoundational
Relative Strength — Following Where Capital Flows
Richard Driehaus
relative strengthRS ratingleadership
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Momentum Investingfoundational
Risk Management — The Foundation Every Momentum Investor Needs
Mark Minervini
risk managementposition sizingstop-loss
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Momentum Investingfoundational
Understanding Price Trends and Moving Averages
William O'Neil
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Momentum Investingfoundational
Volume as Confirmation of Price Action
William O'Neil
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Momentum Investingfoundational
The Mental Model of a Momentum Investor
William O'Neil
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Momentum Investingfoundational
Weinstein Stage Analysis Framework
Stan Weinstein
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Value Investingfoundational
Price vs. Value — The Most Important Distinction in Investing
Benjamin Graham
intrinsic valuepricefundamentals
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Value Investingfoundational
The Core Worldview of Value Investing
Benjamin Graham
principlesworldviewvalue
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Value Investingfoundational
The Margin of Safety — Investing's Most Important Concept
Benjamin Graham
margin of safetyriskdownside protection
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Value Investingfoundational
Mr. Market — The Mental Model That Changes Everything
Benjamin Graham
Mr. Marketpsychologymarket behaviour
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Value Investingfoundational
The Circle of Competence — Know What You Know
Warren Buffett
circle of competenceself-awarenessedge
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Value Investingfoundational
Economic Moats — Why Some Businesses Stay Great
Warren Buffett
economic moatcompetitive advantagedurability
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Value Investingfoundational
Understanding Intrinsic Value
Warren Buffett
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Value Investingfoundational
Reading a Balance Sheet Like an Investor
Benjamin Graham
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Value Investingfoundational
Warren Buffett's Two Rules
Warren Buffett
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Value Investingfoundational
Margin of Safety Calculation Framework
Benjamin Graham
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