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# Investing for Growth: How to make money by only buying the best companies in the world – An anthology of investment writing, 2010–20

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Review: Read it a few times. - Really solid tips in a light style but don't gloss over the simplicity. To actually find and sift through quality companies takes time and a lot of balance sheet knowledge. I found it just like a master class of really good analyst insights and it just builds on the value lessons i have had over the years. If you have an interest in value & long holdings then this is great book. What i liked about the book is that each chapter is short and there is a lesson with supporting numbers or metrics to apply. Like the Accounting For Growth book copy I have the paper version of Investing For Growth already has some under lining! I paid for the paper copy back last year and it arrived only two weeks ago so in the meantime I bought a kindle copy and read it then read the hardback version and just picked up a lot of extra details. Its one of those books to read a few times .
Review: A different and very valuable look at investing - Smith is a buy and hold investor, buying great companies (with very high returns on invested capital) for a reasonable price and then holding (almost) forever. Like Charles Munger he believes that an investor's returns over long periods on a stock are tied to the stock's return on capital, not so much on price paid. He has certainly been successful with it. But for any investor, new or experienced, the book offers a different and valuable way at looking at investing, even if the reader does it differently. The first example is on p. XIX with a graph showing what PE ratio someone could have paid for different companies while still getting a 7 % annual return over the next 46 years (1973 to 2019): over 100 times earnings for Pepsico, Heineken, Colgate, Hershey, Lindt and L'Oreal. "What investors can learn from Alex Bird's 500 winning bets at the races" is a great illustration of why financial analysis is valuable and required. Another chapter questions the value of investing in a company with a great CEO (Jack Welch for example); the success might be illusory or temporary, and the successor is unlikely to live up to the predecessor. The contents are taken from articles and annual shareholders' letters written over 9 years so there's some repetition. But overall it's a worthwhile read for any investor.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #360,542 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #469 in Stock Market Investing (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (840) |
| Dimensions  | 6.5 x 1.1 x 9.45 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 0857199013 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0857199010 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 320 pages |
| Publication date  | October 27, 2020 |
| Publisher  | Harriman House |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Read it a few times.
*by J***N on February 8, 2021*

Really solid tips in a light style but don't gloss over the simplicity. To actually find and sift through quality companies takes time and a lot of balance sheet knowledge. I found it just like a master class of really good analyst insights and it just builds on the value lessons i have had over the years. If you have an interest in value & long holdings then this is great book. What i liked about the book is that each chapter is short and there is a lesson with supporting numbers or metrics to apply. Like the Accounting For Growth book copy I have the paper version of Investing For Growth already has some under lining! I paid for the paper copy back last year and it arrived only two weeks ago so in the meantime I bought a kindle copy and read it then read the hardback version and just picked up a lot of extra details. Its one of those books to read a few times .

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A different and very valuable look at investing
*by R***Y on March 2, 2021*

Smith is a buy and hold investor, buying great companies (with very high returns on invested capital) for a reasonable price and then holding (almost) forever. Like Charles Munger he believes that an investor's returns over long periods on a stock are tied to the stock's return on capital, not so much on price paid. He has certainly been successful with it. But for any investor, new or experienced, the book offers a different and valuable way at looking at investing, even if the reader does it differently. The first example is on p. XIX with a graph showing what PE ratio someone could have paid for different companies while still getting a 7 % annual return over the next 46 years (1973 to 2019): over 100 times earnings for Pepsico, Heineken, Colgate, Hershey, Lindt and L'Oreal. "What investors can learn from Alex Bird's 500 winning bets at the races" is a great illustration of why financial analysis is valuable and required. Another chapter questions the value of investing in a company with a great CEO (Jack Welch for example); the success might be illusory or temporary, and the successor is unlikely to live up to the predecessor. The contents are taken from articles and annual shareholders' letters written over 9 years so there's some repetition. But overall it's a worthwhile read for any investor.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good Compilation of the Old Writings of a Great Investor
*by J***L on December 20, 2020*

I found this to be a good compilation of writings from a great investor (Terry Smith). His wit and style make them easy to read and comprehend for even the average investor. I highly recommend it.

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