Poor Charlie’s Almanack

‘Poor Charlie’s Almanack – The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger’ is a compilation of essays, memoirs, interviews, and speeches regarding Warren Buffett’s closest friend and business partner, Charles T. (Charlie) Munger , edited by Peter D.Kaufman.

Charlie Munger is an admirer of Benjamin Franklin,and the book’s title is a tribute to Franklin’s ‘Poor Richard’s Almanack.’

This is a big’ heavy coffee-table book with well over 500 pages.It’s pretty heavy reading and best left in the library.Reading the book cover to cover is only for serious Munger fans.

Thumbing through the book I figured that the only solid take-aways I could get without knocking myself out by tackling this formidable book were (1)Mungerisms,(2)The concepts to be mastered to apply the Multiple Mental Models to think better and (3)A checklist of investing principles. Read more of this post