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Routines and OrgiesThe Life of Peter Cundill, Financial Genius, Philosopher, and Philanthropist |
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The biography of value investor Peter Cundill - marathon runner, world-traveler, philosopher, cultural enthusiast, and playboy.
Peter Cundill (1938-2011) was highly regarded as one of the greatest value investors of his time, but he was also a teacher and mentor who was generous with his knowledge and shared the wealth of his experience with many aspiring investors. He was taken with Aldous Huxley's words that the "rhythm of human life is routine punctuated by orgies," and spent his life shaking off the quotidian tasks that dulled thought and striving for the excitement of new experiences.
Supported by four decades of Cundill's meticulously kept daily journals, which are intimate, frank, self-admonishing, and confessional, Routines and Orgies covers all aspects of what Cundill referred to as his "wonderful life" - commercial, artistic, romantic, and adventurous. As he would have wished, the exposure of his investment approach has been carefully continued in this biography by close friend and confidant Christopher Risso-Gill, who initially explored Cundill's professional life in There's Always Something to Do.
Routines and Orgies acquaints the reader with a generous and complex man. Spanning over seventy years, and covering most corners of the globe, it is a tale of hard-won professional development and extraordinary challenges faced and survived. Although not meant to be an investment manual, those seeking perspective from an expert mind in finance will find a great deal in its pages.
Supported by four decades of Cundill's meticulously kept daily journals, which are intimate, frank, self-admonishing, and confessional, Routines and Orgies covers all aspects of what Cundill referred to as his "wonderful life" - commercial, artistic, romantic, and adventurous. As he would have wished, the exposure of his investment approach has been carefully continued in this biography by close friend and confidant Christopher Risso-Gill, who initially explored Cundill's professional life in There's Always Something to Do.
Routines and Orgies acquaints the reader with a generous and complex man. Spanning over seventy years, and covering most corners of the globe, it is a tale of hard-won professional development and extraordinary challenges faced and survived. Although not meant to be an investment manual, those seeking perspective from an expert mind in finance will find a great deal in its pages.
Details
452 Pages, 6 x 9
10 b&w photos
ISBN 9780773544727
November 2014
Formats: Cloth, eBook
Christopher Risso-Gill works as the senior consultant at The Peter Cundill Foundation and is the author of There's Always Something to Do: The Peter Cundill Investment Approach.
Illustrations follow pages viii and 192
Introduction 3
PART ONE
1 Some Family History 9
2 An Unusual Childhood 21
3 Rites of Passage 28
4 The Early Journals: A Sampler 36
5 New Challenges 43
6 Vancouver-Bound 48
7 Apprenticeship on the Move 56
8 Going it Alone 67
PART TWO
9 Taking the Plunge 81
10 Epiphany and a Fallen Idol 86
11 The Cundill Value Fund 92
12 Tilting at Windmills 100
13 European Experiments and Expeditions 108
14 A Tale of Two Cities 116
15 Cycles and Sashimi 123
16 Crisis and Opportunity 128
17 A Farewell and a Promise 131
PART THREE
18 Vintages ’48 and ’38 137
19 The Everest Trek 141
20 The International High Life 147
21 In Dante’s Dark Wood 151
22 Confidence Regained 159
23 Reclaiming the Initiative 166
24 Travelling with Purpose 173
25 Alarums and Excursions 182
PART FOUR
26 Reality Checks 209
27 Now We Begin Again 220
28 A Year of Anniversaries 228
29 The Perfect Balance 236
30 The Turn of the Tide 248
31 The Seeds of a Troubled Decade 259
32 Confronting Mortality 272
PART FIVE
33 A Bachelor Again 291
34 Time Present 303
35 Triumph and Disaster 315
36 The Turn of the Screw 328
PART SIX
37 A Brief Respite 341
38 The Tide Turns Again 348
39 The Spark of Life Regained 353
40 Living in the Moment 358
41 Fast Lane to the Finish 367
Epilogue 381
Appendices
A Net-Net Work sheet 395
B Notes from a Battle-Scarred Warrior 399
Index 405
Introduction 3
PART ONE
1 Some Family History 9
2 An Unusual Childhood 21
3 Rites of Passage 28
4 The Early Journals: A Sampler 36
5 New Challenges 43
6 Vancouver-Bound 48
7 Apprenticeship on the Move 56
8 Going it Alone 67
PART TWO
9 Taking the Plunge 81
10 Epiphany and a Fallen Idol 86
11 The Cundill Value Fund 92
12 Tilting at Windmills 100
13 European Experiments and Expeditions 108
14 A Tale of Two Cities 116
15 Cycles and Sashimi 123
16 Crisis and Opportunity 128
17 A Farewell and a Promise 131
PART THREE
18 Vintages ’48 and ’38 137
19 The Everest Trek 141
20 The International High Life 147
21 In Dante’s Dark Wood 151
22 Confidence Regained 159
23 Reclaiming the Initiative 166
24 Travelling with Purpose 173
25 Alarums and Excursions 182
PART FOUR
26 Reality Checks 209
27 Now We Begin Again 220
28 A Year of Anniversaries 228
29 The Perfect Balance 236
30 The Turn of the Tide 248
31 The Seeds of a Troubled Decade 259
32 Confronting Mortality 272
PART FIVE
33 A Bachelor Again 291
34 Time Present 303
35 Triumph and Disaster 315
36 The Turn of the Screw 328
PART SIX
37 A Brief Respite 341
38 The Tide Turns Again 348
39 The Spark of Life Regained 353
40 Living in the Moment 358
41 Fast Lane to the Finish 367
Epilogue 381
Appendices
A Net-Net Work sheet 395
B Notes from a Battle-Scarred Warrior 399
Index 405
