Thumbs Up from R. F.
David F. Swensen's 2005 book Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment is a potentially life-changing book. Swensen oversees Yale University's $14 billion endowment and has formidable investment expertise which he focuses in this book to show just how tough--almost impossible--for individual investors to "beat" the market. This is a book that young earners--mid-to late 20s--and middle-aged earners alike should read, study and apply so that they don't get fleeced by misconceptions about investment or by the financial--and especially the mutual fund--industry which is largely designed to gain its own profits at the expense of small investors. - R. F.