Reading Time: 4 minutes Apparently only 12% of poker hands are actually won by the best cards. It’s not the cards you are dealt that determines your success, it’s how you play them … That’s one of the central themes of the excellent book by journalist Maria Konnikova, The Biggest Bluff which charts her unlikely journey from psychology researcher, … More Think Like a Poker Player
Reading Time: 3 minutes One Way Ticket: Nine Lives on Two Wheels Compelling reading for cycling fans – a refreshingly blunt review of the last two decades of bike racing from an insider’s viewpoint. Rare to see a geneuinely new narrative emerge in such a well-covered area. amazon.co.uk The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova Poker as a metaphor … More My Summer Reading 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sixty-six percent per year average returns (before fees) over thirty years. With no down years. Yes, you read that right. That’s the spectacular track record for Renaissance Technology’s Medallion fund that author Greg Zuckerman lays out in his investigative book on the legendary mathematican and Renaissance founder: Jim Simons (“The Man Who Solved the Market“). … More The Best Investment Track Record Ever?
Reading Time: 3 minutes My latest top reads, might come in handy if you have more time at home than anticipated these days … Red Notice A true-story thriller which goes from building an asset management business in Russia in the 1990’s, being blackmailed by oligarchs to murder, corruption and becoming Putin’s #1 enemy. goodreads.com Super Pumped The … More Top Reads March 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutes How Many Pizzas Jeff Bezos famously said that the number of attendees at a meeting ought to be such that two pizzas could feed eveyone there. realreturns.blog 3 Rare Skills That Make Presentations Clear and Memorable Bad communication is like a tax we all collect from each other continuously, every year, and every day. … More 6 Most-read blogs of 2019
Reading Time: 4 minutes What if I told you that this evening you’d get an audience with some of the greatest founders, money managers, authors, researchers and Nobel prizewinners of all time in our industry? People like Robert Shiller, Rob Arnott, Michael Mauboissin, Ben Inker, Rajiv Jain, Cliff Asness, Ray Dalio and even Jack Bogle? You’d be pretty happy … More Top 10 of the FinPods
Reading Time: 3 minutes Realise I’m a little late with this list this year, but here’s what I’ve enjoyed most so far this year … you’ll see I’m showing my normal bias toward non-fiction, and in fact haven’t included any fiction in this list (although I have read some). Enjoy, and let me know what you think Bad Blood … More Summer Reading 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m not exactly ahead of the curve here talking about podcasts in 2019 (here’s an interesting blog that talks about the surprising recent rise of this relatively simple and humble medium), given it feels like almost everyone has one, or has appeared on one. However with the huge amount of stuff out there, there is … More Podcasts taking over the world
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was fortunate enough to recently read Stories from 2045 a great book of short stories from the futurist think tank The Economic Singularity Club which was founded by author & futurist Calum Chace and others to promote more thoughtful discussions about the future of jobs. The purpose of the book was to try and … More Stories from 2045
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prisoners of Geography This book was a massive “AHA” moment for me: rivers, mountains, seas, plains, boundaries and why they mean, almost everything. Shoe Dog I’ll never look at a pair of Nikes the same way again. A business non-fiction that reads like a novel. A great real life tale combining sports and business entrepreneurship … More My Top 6 Books of 2018
