The Unwritten Laws of Finance and Investment [Hardcover]

'The book has got prospective stocking filler written all over it... A compilation of sage wisdom on speculation.'
--Robert Thickett, Mortgage Strategy

`Imperative read for the knowledge-thirsty investor.' -- The Hindu

Insightful, engaging and refreshingly free of financial jargon, this indispensable guide makes use of lessons from the past - the 'unwritten laws' that have stood the test of time - to help you get ahead

While most financial and investment advice focuses on recent trends, or encourages consumers to buy a favoured product, this book breaks the mould, offering eternal wisdom that draws on years of expensive failures and enviable successes. Following on from the success of James Skakoon's The Unwritten Laws of Business (25,000 copies sold to date), this approachable but thoughtful gem brings together these useful lessons for the first time. Covering everything from reminders of the simplest of truths - 'Patience is a virtue' and 'Better safe than sorry' - to the more troublesome - 'Inflation is the stealthiest of enemies' and 'Guarantees are rarely guaranteed' - each law is presented in an accessible, easily digestible manner, and illustrated with examples. This is essential reading for savers and investors, novices and old hands - and these laws are applicable all around the world.

Making money - and avoiding losses - is far easier for those who use the lessons of the past, the 'unwritten' laws that have stood the test of time. Most financial and investment advice focuses on recent trends, or encourages consumers to buy a favoured product, but this book breaks the mould, offering eternal wisdom that draws on years of expensive failures and enviable successes. Following on from the success of James Skakoon's The Unwritten Laws of Business, this thoughtful gem brings together these timeless truths for the first time. Covering everything from the simplest of rules ('Better safe than sorry') to the more troublesome ('Guarantees are rarely guaranteed'), each law is presented in an easily digestible manner, and illustrated with examples. Insightful, engaging and refreshingly free of financial jargon, this is essential reading for savers and investors, novices and old hands, all around the world - and will pay for itself many times over.

Investment history repeats itself Sir John Templeton said, 'The four most expensive words in the English language are, "This time it's different".'

Robert Cole is a leader writer and Editor of the Tempus investment column for The Times. He lectured in financial journalism at City University, London for eleven years, and he has also written for The Independent, The Daily Telegraph and The Mail on Sunday.