The Investor's Odyssey

About this book

Anyone can buy a great business, but holding on--through the storms, the sirens' songs--is the odyssey this book helps you navigate. What does it really take to build lasting wealth in the stock market? Not forecasts. Not frenetic trading. Not the latest hot sector. According to Christopher W. Mayer, what it takes is something far simpler- and far harder: the courage to find a great business, buy it, and then do almost nothing for a very long time. In The Investor's Odyssey, Mayer provides the beeswax and the mast to lash yourself so you can ignore the voices of the sirens. In investing, they go by names like 'take profits', 'rebalance', and 'the market is over-valued.' Using the Odyssey as a powerful organizing metaphor, he walks readers through every major challenge the long-term investor faces: Packed with financial history, memorable case studies- The Investor's Odyssey is an essential guide for anyone serious about playing the long game.