The Nature of Value: How to Invest in the Adaptive Economy

ISBN-13: 9780231162449 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 368 str.

Nick Gogerty

Opis

Using evolution as the template to understand growth, The Nature of Value takes a first-principles approach to explore the parallels between economic and ecological systems. Not only does Gogerty show how value is born out of tiny sparks of adaptive innovation, but he also explores the full scope of the economy as a complex network. He borrows from an array of disciplines--including anthropology, psychology, ecology, physics, sociology, and ethics--and, most revealing of all, examines how evolution's processes can help investors avoid risk and improve their allocation decisions.

Starting with a look at how innovation creates value for firms, Gogerty considers the economic niches where companies compete and explores how they can create defensive moats to enhance their ability to survive. Throughout the book, Gogerty demonstrates how this ecological understanding of the economy can help allocators improve their performance, supporting his arguments with extensive data and years of practitioner experience from scientific, social, and economic disciplines. Gogerty's practical takeaways, couched in vivid explanations and accompanied by intuitive illustrations, help investors of all backgrounds gain fresh insight into the behavior of corporations and the economy in general.

Recenzje

"In the great tradition of Charlie Mungers Worldly Wisdom, Gogerty delivers a multidisciplinary approach to finding investment value. Through brilliant graphics and a unique lens, Gogerty educates the reader on how to discern investment opportunities that goes well beyond currently report financial results to gain insights into how value shifts over time. Any investor that feels that current the value investing paradigm is lacking in its ability to navigate our ever increasingly complex world will benefit from the tools Gogerty offers." - Paul Johnson, Columbia University Graduate School of Business

O autorze

Nick Gogerty is a private account strategist and general problem solver for the world's leading hedge funds, banks, technology firms, and scientific research institutes. He has worked as a quantitative developer and trader on a proprietary foreign exchange desk in London, advised major institutions and the government on risk, and been a serial entrepreneur at the convergence of technology and media. He is deeply interested in creating sustainable economic value and reducing global poverty.