Episode Details

Shree Viswanathan is the founder, president, and portfolio manager of SVN Capital. In a deep and thoughtful conversation, we revisit the book with the biggest impact on Shree's life - "A Search in Secret India" by Paul Brunton. As we discuss ego reduction, intuition, anchoring, and how to evaluate people; it is evident that spiritualism helps, and perhaps even is necessary, to become a successful investor.

For this episode, we want to give a special thanks to our listener @assonmoneymess, who connected us with Shree. We welcome all suggestions of interesting authors, books, investors, and voracious readers around the world @IB_Redeye. The episode was recorded on March 30, 2022. For more info about the podcast, go to the episode page.

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Episode Chapters

(00:00) Intro to Shree and the book

(05:07) Three most important habits

(08:13) Shree’s investing journey

(11:13) A Search in Secret India

(19:02) Ego reduction

(27:42) Body, mind, and beyond

(35:41) Shree’s investment philosophy

(42:13) Intuition in investing

(51:29) Competition is for losers

(53:52) Anchoring and overconfidence

(56:20) Finding your master

(1:01:58) Evaluating managers

(1:11:46) Westernization and investing in India

(1:14:38) Inner scorecard

(1:19:14) Shree’s reading habits

(1:23:18) Three most important books

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Books Mentioned

• A Search in Secret India - Paul Brunton
• The Productivity Project - Chris Bailey
• Books by Thich Nhat Hanh 
• Books by Jiddu Krishnamurti
• Books by Wayne Dyer
• 100 to 1 in the Stock Market - Thomas Phelps
• A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
• Diary of a Hedgehog - Barton Biggs
• Awaken The Giant Within - Tony Robbins
• The Intelligent Investor - Ben Graham
• The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - Eric Jorgenson
• The Snowball - Alice Schroeder
• Of Long-Term Value & Wealth Creation - Bharat Shah
• Fortune’s Formula - William Poundstone
• Investing Between the Lines - L.J. Rittenhouse

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Podcasts & Talks Mentioned

Buddha at the Gas Pump - David Godman

Competition is for Losers - Peter Thiel

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More on Shree Viswanathan

Website: https://www.svncapital.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SvnCapital

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreekkanth-viswanathan-ab5300/

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About the podcast

Intro episode: https://www.redeye.se/podcast/investing-by-the-books/817383/0-intro-to-investing-by-the-books

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