Big Money Thinks Small

Joel Tillinghast is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and thirty-six-year veteran of the investments industry. He has been the manager of the Fidelity(R) Low-Priced Stock Fund since 1989.

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsPart I: Sleight of Mind1. It’s a Mad, Mad World2. Silly Human Tricks (Decision Biases)3. Gamblers, Speculators, and Investors4. Mind Over MoneyPart II: Blind Spots5. Need to Know?6. It's the Simple Life for Me7. Thinking Small8. Bulls in the China ShopPart III: Honest, Capable Fiduciaries9. Dare to Be Great! Or, Distinctive Character10. Bang for the Buck11. Do the Bad Guys Wear Black Hats?12. Shipping Bricks and Other Accounting RiddlesPart IV: Live Long and Prosper13. Is the End Near?14. Oil Gushers and Slicks15. Tech Stocks and Science Fiction16. How Much Debt Is Too Much?Part V: What’s It Worth?17. Will the Lowest Be Raised Up?18. Which Earnings Number?19. The Art of Judging Value20. Double Bubble Trouble21. Two ParadigmsIndex

Tillinghast provides a very useful checklist of the required due diligence of investments, the tenets of value investing, the need to more carefully understand the culture and rule of law of foreign countries before investing in them, and how to stay within your circle of competence. -- David Kass, University of Maryland