Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.
This week on Wealthtrack, Consuelo Mack talks to a Michael Mauboussin, Chief Investment Strategist of Legg Mason Capital Management. He refers to three main skills that successful investors need: analytical, awareness of behavioral inputs to the market, and contrarionism.
Mauboussin is the author of several books including Think Twice: Harnessing The Power Of Counterintuition and More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom In Unconventional Places. He is also a highly regarded adjunct professor of finance at Columbia Business School.
The transcript of this interview is available here.
Source: Wealthtrack, June 24, 2011.
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