There are so many great investing and business books out there that sometimes it's hard to know where to start, and often, finding the time to finish them is equally as challenging. This episode we review some of the books we've finished reading over the last month or so, to give you some of the great lessons learned. In this episode you will learn: • The biggest risk is not investing • Why young people must start investing early and buck the conventional market wisdom • Why picking 'the hottest' stocks may lead to meager returns • Why you should not judge investing books by their shocking covers • How the founder of Nike is inspiring Equity Mates • (if Alec's tip for the Swans to beat Hawthorn by 30 points came off) Stocks and resources discussed: • Millennial Money: How Young Investors Can Build A Fortune (Patrick O'Shaughnessy) • The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success (Harvard Business Review Press) • The Black Swan: The Impact Of the Highly Improbable (Nassim Nicholas Taleb) • Trade Like A Stock Market Wizard: How to Achieve Super Performance in Stocks in Any Market (Mark Minervini) • Shoe Dog (Phil Knight) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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