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IInnvveesstt LLiikkee AA DDeeaallmmaakkeerr Secrets from a Former Banking Insider CHRISTOPHER W. MAYER Foreword by Addison Wiggin John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ffffiirrss..iinndddd vv 1111//1166//0077 1100::3377::2211 AAMM ffffiirrss..iinndddd iiii 1111//1166//0077 1100::3377::2200 AAMM More Praise for Invest like a Dealmaker Chris Mayer is one of the few people in America who thinks deeply and originally about investing. The ideas in this book will enrich you and change your perspec- tive about investing forever. You’ll never look at a stock symbol in the same way. This is the complete guide to sophisticated, safe investing. —Porter Stansberry, founder, Stansberry & Associates Investment Research I’ve known Chris for years now. His new book has all the essential principles of investing, historical vignettes about curious characters and insights from all the great- est investing legends, tied up in an entertaining package that only someone as well- read as Chris could produce. In the last twenty years, I’ve read hundreds of financial books. Most weren’t worth the time it took to read the table of contents. You’ll want to read Invest Like a Dealmaker cover to cover and refer to it often. —Dan Ferris, editor, Extreme Value Chris Mayer has put together a wonderful compendium of investment wisdom. You’ll find the “usual suspects”—Warren Buffett, Jay Gould, George Soros, et al. But you’ll also learn from great investors you’ve never heard of, backed up with great research. Turn to just about any page and you’ll find something profound that will help you make more money in the markets. —Mark Tier, author, The Winning Investment Habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros This excellent book by Chris Mayer, an accomplished securities analyst, can be read in three hours. But it contains so many interesting observations supported by the investment knowledge of some of the world’s most successful value investors that every reader will gain insights that will serve him well for the rest of his life! —Marc Faber, editor, the Gloom Boom & Doom Report Chris Mayer has done a nice job of explaining and illustrating how and why a com- pany (and its stock) can be valued differently by people who simply view it through different perspectives. His book is a useful addition to the library on investing. —Ron Muhlenkamp, president, Muhlenkamp & Company, Inc. ffffiirrss..iinndddd ii 1111//1166//0077 1100::3377::1199 AAMM ffffiirrss..iinndddd iiii 1111//1166//0077 1100::3377::2200 AAMM iinnvveesstt lliikkee aa ddeeaallmmaakkeerr ffffiirrss..iinndddd iiiiii 1111//1166//0077 1100::3377::2200 AAMM ffffiirrss..iinndddd iivv 1111//1166//0077 1100::3377::2211 AAMM IInnvveesstt LLiikkee AA DDeeaallmmaakkeerr Secrets from a Former Banking Insider CHRISTOPHER W. MAYER Foreword by Addison Wiggin John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ffffiirrss..iinndddd vv 1111//1166//0077 1100::3377::2211 AAMM Copyright © 2008 by Christopher W. Mayer. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. Wiley Bicentennial Logo: Richard J. Pacifico Quoted material from interview with Martin Whitman reprinted from “Value at Risk,” by James Grant, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer 24, no. 21 (November 23, 2006). Reprinted with permission of Grant’s, copyright 2007. 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HG4661.M375 2008 332.63'22—dc22 2007034460 Printed in the United States of America. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ffffiirrss..iinndddd vvii 1111//1166//0077 1100::3377::2211 AAMM CCOONNTTEENNTTSS Foreword ix Acknowledgments xv CHAPTER 1: A Tale of Two Markets 1 CHAPTER 2: T he Dealmaker’s Toolbox 29 CHAPTER 3: Creating Wealth—Or What Makes Stocks Rise 55 CHAPTER 4: Hunting Grounds 69 CHAPTER 5: T he Cracks and Crevices of Investment Wisdom 105 CHAPTER 6: W hen to Sell 161 CHAPTER 7: On Doing the Wrong Thing 169 CHAPTER 8: Small Questions, Big Opportunities 197 Notes 203 Index 211 vii ffttoocc..iinndddd vviiii 1111//1166//0077 1100::3377::5500 AAMM
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