Book: A Thousand Barrels A Second

Posted on June 30, 2012 by J.J. Butler

All serious investors are avid readers. You, after all, found Independent Stock Analysis while poking around the internet. But don’t forget the books!

A Thousand Barrels A Second by Peter Tertzakian was written in 2006. Daily at ISA we note the booming oil production from horizontal drilling. Yet this technological advancement is only a function of the ‘break point’ clearly explained in the book. The world still produces 1000 barrels of oil a second, and last decade Tertzakian surveyed the landscape better than anyone.

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Book: Get Smarter

Posted on June 23, 2012 by J.J. Butler

All serious investors are avid readers. You, after all, found Independent Stock Analysis while poking around the internet. But don’t forget the books!

Get Smarter by Seymour Schulich. As a Canadian self-made billionaire, Mr. Schulich has a long history in the investment, mining and oil industries. The forty-nine bite-sized self contained chapters give insight on relationships, business and values. As a co-founder of the original Franco-Nevada, Schulich’s seventeen page appendix on the life of the business was especially interesting to me.

Books

Posted on May 26, 2012 by J.J. Butler

Independent Stock Analysis has a new tab for books, and I hope to post new reviews on Saturdays. All serious investors are avid readers. You, after all, found Independent Stock Analysis while poking around the internet. But don’t forget the books!

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: With New Commentary and Insights on the Life and Times of Jesse Livermore (Annotated Edition) This a favorite in of stock traders everywhere, and the new annotated version is pretty cool: “In 1922, Edwin Lefevre began publishing his fictionalized account of Livermore’s exploits in a series of articles for The Saturday Evening Post, which appeared under the title “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator.” Now, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Illustrated combines those memorable illustrations with Lefevre’s timeless investment advice to recreate the look, feel, and message that was first published more than eighty years ago.”