Prasad What I Learned About Investing from Darwin

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55507-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten

Pulak Prasad offers a philosophy of patient long-term investing based on an unexpected source: evolutionary biology. He draws key lessons from core Darwinian concepts, mixing vivid examples from the natural world with compelling stories of good and bad investing decisions—including his own.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prasad, Pulak

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaft: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Anlagen & Wertpapiere

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Avoid Big Risks
1. Oh, to Be a Bumblebee
Part II. Buy High Quality at a Fair Price
2. The Siberian Solution
3. The Paradox of McKinsey and Sea Urchins
4. The Perils of a Pavlovian
5. Darwin Ate My DCF
6. Bacteria and Business Replay the Tape
7. Don’t Confuse a Green Frog for a Guppy
Part III. Don’t Be Lazy—Be Very Lazy
8. Birds and Bears Bare an Aberration
9. Eldredge and Gould Dredge Up Investing Gold
10. Where Are the Rabbits?
Conclusion
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pulak Prasad is the founder of Nalanda Capital, a Singapore-based firm that invests in listed Indian equities and manages about $5 billion. He was previously the cohead of India for Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, and worked at the management consulting firm McKinsey for several years.