The Zulu Principle: Making extraordinary profits from ordinary shares

by Jim Slater

Overview

Jim Slater's classic text brought back into print

Jim Slater makes available to the investor - whether the owner of only a few shares or an experienced investment manager with a large portfolio - the secrets of his success. Central to his strategy is The Zulu Principle, the benefits of homing in on a relatively narrow area.

Deftly blending anecdote and analysis, Jim Slater gives valuable selective criteria for buying dynamic growth shares, turnarounds, cyclicals, shells and leading shares. He also covers many other vitally relevant aspects of investment such as creative accounting, portfolio management, overseas markets and the investor's relationship with his or her broker.

From The Zulu Principle you will learn exactly when to buy shares and, even more important, when to sell - in essence, how to to make 'extraordinary profits from ordinary shares'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781905641918
Publisher:	Harriman House
Publication date:	11/28/2008
Series:	Harriman Modern Classics Series
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 4.70(d)

About the Author

Jim Slater trained as a Chartered Accountant but first became well-known for writing an investment column in The Sunday Telegraph under the nom-de-plume 'Capitalist' before starting Slater Walker in 1964. After his high-profile days in the City, Jim produced his autobiography and wrote many children's books and investment books including the best-selling The Zulu Principle. He devised Company REFS, a monthly company statistical guide, and took advantage of the commodities boom by co-founding Galahad Gold which over four years made profits averaging 66% per annum from gold, molybdenum and uranium investments.

www.jimslater.org.uk

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface to the 1992 edition Preface 2008, Jim Slater 1. Winning 2. Small dynamic growth shares 3. Earnings, growth rates and the PEG factor 4. Creative accounting 5. Liquidity, cash flow and borrowings 6. Something new 7. Competitive advantage 8. Momentum and relative strength 9. Other criteria 10. Weighting the criteria 11. Cyclicals and turnarounds 12. Shells 13. Asset situations and value investing 14. Leading shares 15. Overseas markets 16. Your broker and you 17. Portfolio management 18. The Market 19. Ten guidelines 20. Glossary Index

Editorial Reviews

The writing is simple and easy - and fun - to read. This doesn't mean that Slater has backed away from writing a book that is meant to beat the investment professionals at their own game. Few books are equally well suited in helping a prospective young investor raise his game.” —Mats Larsson, InvestingByTheBooks

“Praise for the original edition” —

“Jim Slater was, for a time, the single most powerful influence on the business scene. Twenty years on, he has refined, honed and distilled his investment thoughts into a book that is vintage Slater: innovative, imaginative, original and fresh with sophisticated investment methods made to seem simple and glaringly obvious - if only you'd thought of them before.” —Ivan Fallon, Sunday Times

“When I was making my run from being a small business man to something larger, Jim Slater dominated the City. Somehow or other he was involved in virtually every major deal. He rode the waves with unprecedented skill, imagination and charisma. No wonder this book is an essential building block for understanding investment.” —Sir James Goldsmith

“Jim Slater's book is very readable, alive and fascinating. For anyone seriously interested in investment, it is essential reading. I recommend it strongly.” —Lord Hanson

“The writing is simple and easy - and fun - to read. This doesn't mean that Slater has backed away from writing a book that is meant to beat the investment professionals at their own game. Few books are equally well suited in helping a prospective young investor raise his game.” —Mats Larsson, InvestingByTheBooks

“Praise for the original edition” —

“Jim Slater was, for a time, the single most powerful influence on the business scene. Twenty years on, he has refined, honed and distilled his investment thoughts into a book that is vintage Slater: innovative, imaginative, original and fresh with sophisticated investment methods made to seem simple and glaringly obvious - if only you'd thought of them before.” —Ivan Fallon, Sunday Times

“When I was making my run from being a small business man to something larger, Jim Slater dominated the City. Somehow or other he was involved in virtually every major deal. He rode the waves with unprecedented skill, imagination and charisma. No wonder this book is an essential building block for understanding investment.” —Sir James Goldsmith

“Jim Slater's book is very readable, alive and fascinating. For anyone seriously interested in investment, it is essential reading. I recommend it strongly.” —Lord Hanson

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