Terry Smith

Desde una perspectiva histórica, el autor ofrece respuestas convincentes a toda una serie de cuestiones que sirven para desmenuzar el papel de los artistas, el mercado, los críticos de arte, las instituciones, etc.¿Quién puede decir qué cuenta como arte contemporáneo? ¿Artistas, críticos, curadores, marchantes, el propio público? De este modo construye una definición multifacética y consistente que sortea la afirmación simplista de lo que se produce en la actualidad. Para ello explora las principales corrientes en cuestión: el regreso al modernismo en artistas como Richard Serra, o el retrosensacionalismo de otros como Damien Hirst y Takashi Murakami; el modo en que artistas poscoloniales se ocupan de temas como la identidad, la historia y la globalización, etc. Analiza también la postura de los museos,las galerías y las casas de subasta en relación con las tendencias artísticas actuales, revelando el papel que han ocupado en la redefinición de la noción de valor artístico.

By the end of 1971, the hastily raised, poorly trained, and woefully led Cambodian army had suffered a string of defeats and heavy casualties inflicted by North Vietnamese army and Viet Cong units. With many of its best infantry battalions and much of its armour, transport and equipment destroyed, only three of its 15 brigade groups were militarily effective. In South Vietnam, America and its allies were in the process of withdrawing and handing back to the Vietnamese full responsibility for the conduct of the war. A small group of Australians, which never numbered more than 30 officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, helped train 27 light infantry battalions of the Cambodian army in South Vietnam during 1972. This project was, according to one historical study, `a classic example of using special forces as a force multiplier, and had been `recognised as one of the most successful foreign internal defence missions of the Vietnam War. The story of these few men is told against the background of the war in South Vietnam, and in particular Phuoc Tuy province, as both sides fought to secure villages and hamlets during 1972, before the Peace Accords being negotiated in Paris to end the war were signed. Training the Bodes is an interesting and valuable book that tells a moving story. The excerpts from letters and reports, and the photographs, are fascinating. It fills a small gap in Australias military history.

Britains most popular stockpicker Financial TimesBuffett 2.0 Investors ChronicleSecond edition of the celebrated guide to investing from renowned fund manager Terry Smith, with new content covering 20202025. Foreword by Lionel Barber, former editor of the FT.Buy good companies. Dont overpay. Do nothing.Some people love to make successful investing seem more complicated than it really is. In Investing for Growth, an anthology of essays and letters written between 201025, leading fund manager Terry Smith delights in debunking the many myths of investing and making the case for simply buying the best companies in the world.These are businesses that generate serious amounts of cash and know what to do with it. The result is a powerful compounding of returns that is almost impossible to beat. Even better, they arent going anywhere. Most have survived the Great Depression and two world wars.With his trademark razor-sharp wit, Smith not only reveals what these high-quality companies really look like and where to find them (as well as how to discover impostors), but also: Why you should avoid companies that abuse the English language How share buybacks can destroy value How to spot quality businesses and why you should invest in them What investors can learn from the Tour de France Why leveraged ETFs are much riskier than most realise Why you should avoid investing in bank shares His ten golden rules for investment And much, much more. Backed up by the analytical rigour that made his name with the cult classic, Accounting for Growth, this book is a hugely enjoyable and eye-opening tour through some of the most important topics in the world of investing as well as a treasure trove of practical insights on how to make your money work for you.No investors bookshelf is complete without it.

Compra empresas de calidad. No pagues de más. No vendas. Muchos inversores pretenden convencernos de que invertir es más complicado de lo que realmente es. El veterano empresario Terry Smith, que re

Compra empresas de calidad. No pagues de más. No vendas.Muchos inversores pretenden convencernos de que invertir es más complicado de lo que realmente es. El veterano empresario Terry Smith, que revoluciono el mundo de la gestion de fondos con Fundsmith, desmitifica en estas paginas el mundo de la inversion y demuestra que la estrategia exitosa no reside en formulas enrevesadas, sino en principios claros y eficaces.La filosofia de Smith es sencilla: comprar las mejores empresas del mundo, a un precio justo y mantenerlas a largo plazo. Compañias que generen enormes cantidades de efectivo y que sepan como utilizarlo, dando como resultado un poderoso efecto de capitalizacion de rendimientos.. No en vano, se trata de negocios que perduran en el tiempo: la mayoria ha sobrevivido a la Gran Depresion y a dos guerras mundiales.En este libro, el autor no solo desentraña como son realmente estas empresas de alta calidad y donde encontrarlas, sino tambien como identificar a los impostores.Para ello, Smith combina su caracteristico ingenio afilado con el rigor analitico que le dio renombre mundial. El resultado es un recorrido enormemente entretenido y revelador por algunos de los temas mas importantes del mundo de la inversion, ademas de un verdadero tesoro de consejos practicos sobre como invertir con sentido comun, crear valor sostenible a largo plazo y hacer que tu dinero trabaje para ti.