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Winning the loser's game
Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing
Book • 2021
In 'Winning the Loser's Game,' Charles D. Ellis explains that investing has become a 'loser's game' where the outcome is determined by the mistakes of the loser, rather than the skills of the winner.
Ellis advocates for a focus on developing and adhering to wise and appropriate investment policies, emphasizing the importance of understanding client needs, avoiding high fees, and investing for the long term.
The book includes updated chapters on bond investing, investor behavior, and the impact of technology on investment decisions, while reinforcing core principles of successful investing such as indexing and reducing costs.
Ellis advocates for a focus on developing and adhering to wise and appropriate investment policies, emphasizing the importance of understanding client needs, avoiding high fees, and investing for the long term.
The book includes updated chapters on bond investing, investor behavior, and the impact of technology on investment decisions, while reinforcing core principles of successful investing such as indexing and reducing costs.
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, referencing the article in 1975 that gave rise to this line of thinking.


Howard Marks

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RWH063: Avoid Disaster w/ Howard Marks
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as a book drawing parallels between tennis and investing, emphasizing the importance of avoiding errors.


Barry Ritholtz

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Barry Ritholtz — Make Fewer Errors, Make More Money (EP.261)
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as a foundational book on indexing.


Dan Bortolotti

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Episode 337 - 2024 Year-End AMA
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in the context of market efficiency and active fund performance.

Larry Swedroe

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The 4% That Drive All Returns | Larry Swedroe on What You're Getting Wrong About the S&P 500
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as a source of inspiration for his book.

Jack Hough

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10% Market Dip? How Not to React
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as Charlie Ellis' seminal book about the benefits of passive investing.

Amy Arnott

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Charley Ellis: Indexing Is a Marvelous Gift
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as one of 

's intellectual heroes.

Downtown Josh Brown


Barry Ritholtz

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How Not to Invest With Barry Ritholtz, Dip Buyers Winning, Coreweave
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when discussing Charlie Ellis's influence on the idea of inversion.


Barry Ritholtz

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Barry Ritholtz: ‘How Not to Invest’
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as a source of inspiration for his investment philosophy, particularly the concept of avoiding mistakes.


Barry Ritholtz

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Barry Ritholtz: ‘How Not to Invest’
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as the author's latest book, the 8th edition of his seminal classic.


Ted Seides

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[REPLAY] Charley Ellis – The Magic of David Swensen (Capital Allocators, EP.197)


