¡°One of the best books I have read on investing in years. Buying and reading this book will be one of the best investments you will ever make.¡± ¡ªBill Ackman, founder and CEO, Pershing Square Capital Management
¡°Seessel makes Graham and Dodd proud. He acknowledges value investing¡¯s evolution to a purer form: focusing on mispriced businesses with high-quality, growing cash flows.¡± ¡ªLisa Shalett, Chief Investment Officer, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
¡°Seessel puts his finger on a central tension in today¡¯s economy and stock market: the rapid rise of software-driven businesses and the challenge/opportunity they present to many established industries. Just as importantly, he points the way toward how investors can prosper from the transition.¡± ¡ªTim Stone, former chief financial officer of Amazon Web Services and Ford Motor Company
¡°Where the Money Is should be required reading for anyone investing in the stock market, or wanting to. It honors and updates the intellectual and practical legacy of Ben Graham and Warren Buffett to account for the dramatic economic changes that continue to unfold in the 21st century.¡± ¡ªJoel Greenblatt, founder and managing principal of Gotham Asset Management and author of You Can Be a Stock Market Genius and The Little Book That Beats the Market
¡°A helpful take on playing the stock market . . . Would-be investors struggling to understand a financial landscape in which FAANG has left GE in the dust will want to check this out.¡± ¡ªPublishers Weekly
Chapter Page
A Note on Terminology xiii
Introduction: So Big, So Fast 1
Part I Preparing to Invest
Chapter 1 The World Has Changed 23
Chapter 2 Value 1.0: Ben Graham and the Age of Asset Values 36
Chapter 3 Value 2.0: Warren Buffett and the Brand-TV Ecosystem 50
Chapter 4 Value 3.0 and the BMP Checklist 67
Part II Tools for Picking Winners
Chapter 5 Competitive Advantage Then and Now 89
Chapter 6 Management: Some Things Never Change 106
Chapter 7 Price and the Value 3.0 Toolbox 121
Chapter 8 Earnings Power 132
Chapter 9 BMP Case Studies: Alphabet and Intuit 146
Chapter 10 Investing in Non-Tech Companies 169
Part III Putting it All Together
Chapter 11 Buy What You Know-With a Twist 181
Chapter 12 Thoughts on Process and Priorities 191
Chapter 13 Regulation, Innovation, and the Second Half of the Chessboard 207
Glossary of Terms 221
Acknowledgments 235
Index 239