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    (By Paul D. Sonkin)

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    “Book Descriptions: Whether you work at a money management firm, hedge fund, investment bank, or private equity firm, the ability to pitch a compelling investment idea determines not only your bonus, but your success on Wall Street. If you don’t have a great investment idea, there is nothing to pitch. If you have a great idea but cannot communicate it, your pitch will fall on deaf ears.

    As said by Nicholas Galluccio, CEO of Teton Advisors, “To the active portfolio manager, beating the market is essential. It’s refreshing to read a book that stresses the importance of fundamental research in stock analysis, especially when active portfolio management is under attack by ETFs and passive investment vehicles.” Given this intense pressure, managers are desperate for good investment ideas and look to analysts to provide them. Pitch the Perfect Investment shows the reader how to satisfy this need by developing the perfect investment and crafting it into the perfect pitch.

    Although these skills are so essential, they are rarely taught on Wall Street. As a result, analysts are forced to develop this expertise on their own through an agonizing process of trial and error. Pitch the Perfect Investment provides the tools to significantly accelerate this learning process. In this era of hyper-competition on Wall Street, even the smallest edge can make the difference between success and failure. Arnie Ursaner, a 43-year Wall Street sell side veteran said, “I wish I had this book when I started in the business. I remember my early days being characterized by a lot of hits and misses. Sonkin and Johnson provide the newcomer with valuable shortcuts so they can experience more ‘hits’ and fewer ‘misses’.”

    In an increasingly competitive job market, the stakes are also extremely high. The book gives the college or MBA student the edge they need to succeed, whether they are pitching a stock idea in a job interview, in a stock pitch competition, or for a student-run investment fund. Pitch the Perfect Investment accelerates the learning process of the recent college or MBA graduate who is embarking on their career on Wall Street by giving them most of what they need to know in a single book. Echoing this sentiment, Aswath Damodaran, a prolific author of over 20 books on valuation and a professor at New York University, said, “…this is a book that most of my students would have loved to have had before their first interview and job.”

    Sonkin and Johnson also seek to push the open-minded, seasoned investment professional out of their comfort zone to think about familiar concepts differently. In an industry where even the most successful veterans must worry about younger managers snapping at their heels, the authors provide tools to augment and improve their investment process. Pitch the Perfect Investment equips the Chief Investment Officer and Research Director with new tools, enabling them to tighten their analytical process and significantly improve communication and efficiency throughout their organization. As said by Geoffrey Moore, author of several highly-acclaimed strategy books in the technology industry, “Much heartache will be avoided and faster decisions will be reached by any organization that adopts these recommendations.”

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