Alice DeWall

Best Book on Buffett and Munger

Reviewed: 02-24-25

This book was the closest I have ever come to feel as if I was at an actual Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting. I learned a lot about how Warren and Charlie own their successes and mistakes equally, devote their lives to learning, and remain focused on their primary purpose.

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Just listen to the Long View podcast

Reviewed: 09-29-24

This book is a re-hash of the author's podcast interviews on her show, The Long View. I am a huge fan of Christine Benz. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of publishing a book based on existing, already published content. I won't buy anything from her in the future. It's really too bad because I was hoping to get lots of brand new content.

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Excellent Book at the Perfect Time

Reviewed: 09-23-24

Josh Brown's defining characteristic defies what most people think of Wall Street: Honesty. This is the most honest perspective on markets and investing that I have ever read. It touches on many controversial ideas---When everyone wind, we all lose---and uses humility and humor to teach through experience rather than academic equations. When I finished the book, I thought to myself, "The Butcher of Wall Street" is my hero.

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Recipe for Stock Inbesting Success

Reviewed: 12-21-23

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which showed the power of buying the right companies and holding on forever. Do that and you'll have a shot at turning 1 dollar into 100 dollars. Buy right and hold on.

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Recipe for Stock Inbesting Success

Reviewed: 12-21-23

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which showed the power of buying the right companies and holding on forever. Do that and you'll have a shot at turning 1 dollar into 100 dollars. Buy right and hold on.

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Invest for Your Life

Reviewed: 11-21-23

I sat behind Guy Spier at the 2023 Berkshire Hathaway meeting. I didn't know anything about him, but I was shocked to see how many people LOVED him. I bought this book to find out who he is and why my fellow BRK shareholders admire him so much. He shows how to enjoy the life of an investor, where you make a positive impact on the world by recognizing your faults, building up others, and always learning.

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Brilliant Storytelling and Clear Thinking

Reviewed: 11-14-23

Morgan Housel's follow-up to The Psychology of Money encourages readers to stop forecasting and to start looking backward in history to siphon out what is the "same as ever." Housel goes beyond finance to make statements across human nature, motivating us readers to see our present as a result of recurrent previous events. It's a gem.

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Worth Your Time

Reviewed: 11-12-23

Michael Lewis tells a riveting story about a psychologically troubled person (Sam Bankman-Fried) who chased the dream of living altruistically but ended up robbing people of billions of dollars. How is it possible to fail so badly? As the fall of FTX and Alameda Research shows, little by little, then all at once.

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An Excellent Book About a Genius

Reviewed: 09-26-23

I highly recommend it, especially if you have positive or negative attitudes about Musk. I admit that I came in positive about him and left somewhat neutral. A few things I learned:

Musk operates as an engineer who uses businesses to solve problems. As Bob Schiller has said, “Every important issue requires financing.” Musk identifies important issues and then finds ways to finance them.

I admire his propensity to seek failure. Honestly, few people ever push themselves to their absolute limits. Musk goes way beyond his limits, fails along the way, and picks up the debris to see what we wrong.

Musk’s companies will likely experience their greatest success after he stops leading them. Throughout the book, it was clear that Musk excelled at starting businesses. In the next phase, his companies will benefit from leaders who know how to make the trains arrive on time. That’s not unique about Musk or any of his businesses. It was simply a fun thing to observe.

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Pure Genius

Reviewed: 08-23-22

I absolutely loved this book. Thorp is a genius. That term is thrown around, but this book will show you what it's like to live as a genius---and some simple strategies to emulate his success.

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