{"product_id":"the-big-win-isbn-9780470916100","title":"The Big Win","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rousing and practical look at the extremely successful investments of top investors\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn his first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Billion Dollar Mistake\u003c\/i\u003e, author Stephen L. Weiss showcased the biggest blunders of some of the world's legendary investors—which lost them billions of dollars on a single investment. Incredibly, the mistakes they made were the same mistakes made by everyday investors but for the magnitude of the loss.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeiss's second book, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Win: Learning from the Legends to Become a More Successful Investor\u003c\/i\u003e, highlights financial successes, explaining how the world's most successful investors make a fortune and how you can do the same. As with the missteps Weiss profiled in his first book, the strategies used by these legendary investors are available to all, regardless of size or sophistication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProfiles legendary investors and highlights their investment strategies—from finding the right investment to researching to making a move\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProbes each investor's personality and questions their investment thinking\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies and describes each investor's \"big win\" and why it became their most successful investment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Win\u003c\/i\u003e is a primer on successful investing the way it is really done by the people who do it for a living—passionately and with extraordinary success. \u003ci\u003eThe Billion Dollar Mistake\u003c\/i\u003e told readers what \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e to do to get rich; \u003ci\u003eThe Big Win\u003c\/i\u003e shows readers how to do it right for the payoff of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 The Legends I Have Met: A Behind the Scenes Look at What Makes a Legend 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWanted: The Truly Successful and the Truly Interesting 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTying the Common Threads Together—The Portrait of the Perfect Investor 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Follow the Money: The Ugly Reality of Whale Watching 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 The Glass Ceiling of Performance: Renée Haugerud 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePuts and Calls and Corn 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Feel for Trading 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommodities as Mover and Shaker 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaging Risk 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRenée Haugerud’s Big Win: The Three-Instrument Trade 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 The Boom Goes Bust: James S. Chanos 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Fan of the Facts 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Baldwin-United Short 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShort Seller Supreme 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoggedly—and Successfully—Cynical 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe China Short 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Digging Deep, Coming Up Big: Lee Ainslie 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNurturing a Tiger Cub 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApprentice to Journeyman to Master 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMapping Maverick 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cognizant Big Win: Challenging Conventional Wisdom with Research 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 small caps, BIG GAINS: Chuck Royce 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Not-So-Fast Track 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaping Value 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRBA: A Classic Big Win in the Royce Style 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 The Prophet of a Profitable Vision: A. Alfred Taubman 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNative Wolverine 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBig Wins: The Enclosed Mall and the Irvine Ranch 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCore Competency 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefeating Threshold Resistance 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Process 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 The Twenty-First Century Belongs to China—and Commodities: James Beeland Rogers Jr. 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEasy Rider Explores the World 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Father’s Gift 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBullish on China 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Commodities Connection 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Opportunity is Where You Find It: R. Donahue Peebles 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo Limitations 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding the Deal 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Beach 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Peebles Way to a Win 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Finding Value in Junk: Martin J. Whitman 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducational Value Added: On-the-Job Training 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolo 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe More You Know . . . 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing the Carcass Back to Life 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion: So There You Have It . . . 211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 217\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN L. WEISS\u003c\/b\u003e is a twenty-five-year veteran of Wall Street and the Managing Partner of Short Hills Capital Partners, LLC. An active investor, markets expert, and public speaker, he is also a CNBC contributor, appearing regularly on \u003ci\u003eFast Money\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFast Money Halftime Report\u003c\/i\u003e. Weiss is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBillion Dollar Mistake: Learning the Art of Investing Through the Missteps of Legendary Investors\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley), which has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Korean versions.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BIG WIN\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Billion Dollar Mistake\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen L. Weiss explored the surprisingly pedestrian blunders of billionaire investors to show the rest of us how to avoid making the same mistakes. Now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Big Win: Learning from the Legends to Become a More Successful Investor\u003c\/i\u003e, he's back, looking at the successes—rather than the failures—of another group of living legends to show you how to make use of their unique strategies to improve your own returns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiverse in their backgrounds, each one of the investors profiled in the book triumphed by drawing on their personal strengths and transforming them into fortune-building wisdom. Weiss highlights the investment acumen and strategies that allowed these exceptional individuals to excel and details their biggest wins, focusing on those that most clearly illustrate their distinctive investing styles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncorporating end-of-chapter \"takeaways\" that succinctly summarize the key lessons to be learned from each story, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Win\u003c\/i\u003e is designed to help readers from all backgrounds and levels of experience understand the qualities that make an investor great, and how to apply the strategies of these luminaries to your investing career. Packed with advice that can be applied to any asset class, the book distills the most important achievements of true investment superstars into exciting and endlessly inspiring stories that you can easily relate to and apply to your financial pursuits to attain greater success. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the lives of men and women who made their fortunes not only in the stock market, but also in real estate, commodities, and high-yield bonds, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Win\u003c\/i\u003e is an anthology of the incredible stories of true pioneers who transcended race, gender, and class to become investment legends, and what you can learn from their experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990167044325,"sku":"NP9780470916100","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470916100.jpg?v=1761786759","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-big-win-isbn-9780470916100","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}