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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

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Behavioural Financefoundational

The Core Worldview of Behavioural Finance

Daniel Kahneman

principlesworldviewbehavioural
10 min read
Behavioural Financefoundational

System 1 and System 2 — How Your Brain Sabotages Your Portfolio

Daniel Kahneman

cognitive biasSystem 1System 2
8 min read
Behavioural Financefoundational

Loss Aversion — Why Losing Hurts More Than Winning Feels Good

Daniel Kahneman

loss aversionprospect theoryKahneman
8 min read
Behavioural Financefoundational

Overconfidence — The Most Expensive Bias in Investing

Daniel Kahneman

overconfidenceillusion of controlcalibration
8 min read
Behavioural Financefoundational

Herding — Why Smart People Follow the Crowd Off the Cliff

Richard Thaler

herdingsocial proofbubbles
8 min read
Behavioural Financefoundational

Black Swans and Tail Risk — What Models Miss

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

black swantail riskTaleb
9 min read
Contrarian Investingfoundational

Second-Level Thinking — The Foundation of Contrarian Investing

Howard Marks

second-level thinkingMarkscontrarian
8 min read
Contrarian Investingfoundational

The Core Worldview of Contrarian Investing

Howard Marks

principlesworldviewcontrarian
10 min read
Contrarian Investingfoundational

The Pendulum — Reading Market Psychology at the Extremes

Howard Marks

market psychologysentimentMarks
8 min read
Contrarian Investingfoundational

Maximum Pessimism — The Point of Greatest Opportunity

John Templeton

maximum pessimismTempletonglobal investing
8 min read
Contrarian Investingfoundational

The Evidence for Contrarian Stock Selection — Dreman's Data

David Dreman

Dremancontrarianlow P/E
8 min read
Contrarian Investingfoundational

The Courage of Conviction — Sustaining Contrarian Positions

Howard Marks

convictioncareer riskMarks
8 min read
Growth Investingfoundational

The Scuttlebutt Method — Invest in What You Can Investigate

Philip Fisher

researchqualitative analysiscompetitive intelligence
8 min read
Growth Investingfoundational

The Core Worldview of Growth Investing

Philip Fisher

principlesworldviewgrowth
10 min read
Growth Investingfoundational

The Anatomy of a Great Growth Business — What to Look For

Philip Fisher

business qualitymanagementR&D
9 min read
Growth Investingfoundational

The Ten-Bagger — Finding Stocks That Multiply

Peter Lynch

ten-baggergrowth stocksretail investing
8 min read
Growth Investingfoundational

Quality, Not Price — The Terry Smith Framework for Long-Term Compounders

Terry Smith

quality investingFundsmithreturns on capital
8 min read
Growth Investingfoundational

Scale Economics Shared — The Secret of the Greatest Compounders

Nick Sleep

scale economicscompoundingNomad
9 min read
Growth Investingfoundational

Lynch's 10-Bagger Screening Framework

Peter Lynch

11 min read
Market Cyclesfoundational

How the Economic Machine Works — Dalio's Template

Ray Dalio

economic machineDaliocredit cycle
9 min read
Market Cyclesfoundational

The Core Worldview of Market Cycles

Ray Dalio

principlesworldviewmacro
10 min read
Market Cyclesfoundational

The Credit Cycle — The Engine Behind Every Major Market Move

Howard Marks

credit cycleMarkscredit expansion
8 min read
Market Cyclesfoundational

Reflexivity — Why Markets Overshoot

George Soros

reflexivitySorosfeedback loops
8 min read
Market Cyclesfoundational

Recognising Bubbles — Grantham's Framework

Jeremy Grantham

bubblesGranthamvaluation extremes
8 min read
Market Cyclesfoundational

Positioning Through the Cycle — The All-Weather Approach

Ray Dalio

All WeatherDalioportfolio construction
9 min read
Momentum Investingfoundational

What Momentum Actually Is — And Why It Works

Richard Driehaus

momentumrelative strengthmarket psychology
8 min read
Momentum Investingfoundational

The Core Worldview of Momentum Investing

Richard Driehaus

principlesworldviewmomentum
10 min read
Momentum Investingfoundational

CAN SLIM — The Anatomy of a Market Leader

William O'Neil

CAN SLIMO'Neilmarket leaders
9 min read
Momentum Investingfoundational

SEPA — The Art of Entering at the Right Moment

Mark Minervini

SEPAMinervinientry point
8 min read
Momentum Investingfoundational

Relative Strength — Following Where Capital Flows

Richard Driehaus

relative strengthRS ratingleadership
7 min read
Momentum Investingfoundational

Risk Management — The Foundation Every Momentum Investor Needs

Mark Minervini

risk managementposition sizingstop-loss
8 min read
Momentum Investingfoundational

Weinstein Stage Analysis Framework

Stan Weinstein

11 min read
Value Investingfoundational

Price vs. Value — The Most Important Distinction in Investing

Benjamin Graham

intrinsic valuepricefundamentals
8 min read
Value Investingfoundational

The Core Worldview of Value Investing

Benjamin Graham

principlesworldviewvalue
10 min read
Value Investingfoundational

The Margin of Safety — Investing's Most Important Concept

Benjamin Graham

margin of safetyriskdownside protection
9 min read
Value Investingfoundational

Mr. Market — The Mental Model That Changes Everything

Benjamin Graham

Mr. Marketpsychologymarket behaviour
8 min read
Value Investingfoundational

The Circle of Competence — Know What You Know

Warren Buffett

circle of competenceself-awarenessedge
7 min read
Value Investingfoundational

Economic Moats — Why Some Businesses Stay Great

Warren Buffett

economic moatcompetitive advantagedurability
9 min read
Value Investingfoundational

Margin of Safety Calculation Framework

Benjamin Graham

10 min read