First of all, I know that college will not teach you to be a good investor and that the best investors come from different backgrounds, but if you look at it, there are several patterns.
Carl Icahn, George Soros, Peter Lynch, Peter Thiel, Bill Miller, Jim Rogers, and Guo Guangchang studied philosophy at the university. Icahn says that studying philosophy of the XXI prepares you for acquisitions; Peter Lynch in One Up on Wall Street assures that history and philosophy are the best preparations for investment than mathematics and statistics, and that his courses in logic and philosophy were the ones that helped him the most; Jim Rogers recommends studying history and philosophy in college; Dan Loeb says that to be a good investor you have to be a bit of a philosopher.
David Abrams, Terry Smith, James Anderson, and Nick Train majored in history. Paul Singer and Leon Levy studied psychology. Steinhardt specialized in sociology. Stanley Druckenmiller studied English. Bill Ackman studied Social Sciences. David Einhorn and Stephen Mandel studied Government.
There appears to be a pattern of lean towards the social sciences and the liberal arts. I personally want to pursue asset management professionally, and after reading the advice and suggestions of those I admire, I plan to study philosophy at university.
So my question is: What do you think is the best college preparation for the investment world or what would you have studied to be a better investor?
Submitted July 08, 2021 at 04:13AM by Saborizado https://ift.tt/3dVlScx
