Hedgehogging

Funny, wise, and scary. Hedgehogging is effectively a series of fictionalised anecdotal recollections anecdotes strung together into several topical essays. The material is well-organised and non-repetitive, the writing is light and witty, yet its contents thoughtful and well worth going over again.......more

I was in a library for the first time in my adult life and saw this on a shelf among many books I've already read. I confused it with a story that goes by a similar name (Hedgehogs) that was recommended by a good friend of mine who recently moved into the money management space. This is not that boo......more

This is the second of Biggs books I've read, He has a talent for writing, and while finance can be a boring subject to read, he makes it interesting. Unlike almost all other financial writers, he is personally rich and had 40 years experience in the trenches of money management. This gives him a lot b......more

If you get a chance to drink with Barton Biggs, don't pass on the opportunity. This book is brimming with insights of a man who has spent his life dealing with the undulations of the stock market, mired in conversations of growth vs value stocks, and an avid reader. In a conversation-centric book, B......more

This is an insightful book written by a battle-tested money manager. Nothing grandiose or innovative and to be honest, and if you have been through a decent amount of investment related books you won’t learn that much from it. But it is well written and peppered with inside anecdotes on the unorthod......more