Investing by the Books

Mar 03 2025 70 ep. 66 mins 193

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Investing by the Books is a podcast to educate sophisticated and aspiring investors. We believe books are an excellent source for timeless knowledge, enhanced through deep conversations with authors and other guests. Hosts: Eddie Palmgren and Niklas Sävås. Producer: Eddie S. Ahlgren Twitter: @IB_Redeye

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#68 Phil Rosenzweig: The Halo Effect

Mar 03 2025 71 mins

Phil Rosenzweig has been a professor at IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland, for about 30 years. We discuss Phil’s legendary book “The Halo Effect”, which debunks much of the classic management literature and explains how we tend to think that when a company performs well, the CEO is fantastic, the company has operational excellence, and the employees love to work th

#67 Jaime Lester: Pause to Think

Feb 03 2025 50 mins

Jaime Lester is a hedge fund industry veteran who has worked at firms such as Steinhardt Partners and David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and has managed his own investment fund for nine years. We discuss his book “Pause to Think,” which is a compilation of thirty-two mental models. Jaime also applies these models to

#66 William Barnes: In Practise

Jan 06 2025 62 mins

Will Barnes is the co-founder of the primary research firm In Practise and joins us to discuss their new book “In Practise”. The book has eleven chapters, each featuring an in-depth interview with an experienced operator helping us to better understand successful companies like Spotify, Danaher, and Constellation Software. In Practise is the first volume in a series of books th

#65 Asif Suria: The Event-Driven Edge in Investing

Dec 09 2024 43 mins

Asif Suria is an entrepreneur and investor in the US who focuses on a specific investing strategy that we haven’t talked about much in the podcast: event-driven investing or special situations. The title for this conversation is Asif’s book The Event-Driven Edge in Investing, in which he explains six different event-driven strategies, such as merger arbitrage and stock buybacks

#64 Brett Gardner: Buffett's Early Investments

Nov 11 2024 47 mins

Brett Gardner is an investment analyst at the US-based investment partnership Discerene Group and, since about a week, a published author with his book Buffett’s Early Investments. The focus of our conversation is Brett's book, where he has uncovered a few of Buffett’s investments in the 1950s and 1960s that until now have been rather unknown.

#63 Simon Kold: On the Hunt for Great Companies

Oct 14 2024 74 mins

Simon Kold is the founder of the Denmark-based investment firm Kold Konstellationen and was previously at Novo Holdings, one of the world’s largest investment organizations. Our conversation focuses on Simon’s upcoming book, On the Hunt for Great Companies, which details how to determine business quality. We cover the aspects we find the most interesting and encourage everyone

#62 Moritz Sitte on The Clock of the Long Now

Sep 16 2024 70 mins

Moritz Sitte is the investor at Antheia AB, a private investment firm founded by Daniel Ek. Moritz has previously worked as an investment manager at Baillie Gifford in Edinburgh for twelve years. We speak about The Clock of the Long Now and discuss topics such as investment philosophy, reframing one’s state of mind, and balancing the long with the short term.

#61 Stephen Clapham: The Smart Money Method

Aug 19 2024 87 mins

Stephen (Steve) Clapham is the founder of Behind the Balance Sheet, an investment research and investor training consultancy. He has 25 years of experience as an investment analyst and has been a partner and head of research at two multi-billion dollar hedge funds. We discuss his book, the Smart Money Method, how he trains finance professionals, and his investment philosophy.

#60 Torbjörn Arenbo: Capital Allocation and Value Creation

Jul 22 2024 57 mins

Torbjörn Arenbo is the Chief Analyst and Head of Corporate Advisory Sweden at Danske Bank. He has 25 years of experience working as a corporate finance advisor, portfolio manager, and risk manager. Our conversation is centred around Torbjörn’s book Capital Allocation and Value Creation, published in 2023.

#59 Chris Waller on We Are Bellingcat

Jun 24 2024 71 mins

Chris Waller is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Plural Investing in New York. He previously worked in London at Goldman Sachs and holds an MBA from the Value Investing program at Columbia Business School. Our conversation is centred around the book “We Are Bellingcat” and covers how investors can deepen their research by better utilising open-source information.