# Novel Investor: Compounding investing wisdom\.\.\. > A site dedicated to the journey of learning and sharing timeless investing wisdom\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.0, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Emerging Markets Performance](https://novelinvestor.com/emerging-markets-performance/) - [International Stock Market Returns](https://novelinvestor.com/international-stock-market-performance/) - [Annual S\&P Sector Returns](https://novelinvestor.com/sector-performance/) - [Annual Asset Class Returns](https://novelinvestor.com/asset-class-returns/) - [Newsletter](https://novelinvestor.com/newsletter/) ## Posts - [2026: Q2 Returns](https://novelinvestor.com/2026-q2-returns/) - [Weekend Reads \- 7/2/26](https://novelinvestor.com/weekend-reads-7-2-26/) - [Asset Class, Sector, and Global Market Quilts Updated for Q2 2026](https://novelinvestor.com/asset-class-sector-and-global-market-quilts-updated-for-q2-2026/) - [Weekend Reads \- 6/26/26](https://novelinvestor.com/weekend-reads-6-26-26/) - [Quarterly Reading – Summer 2026](https://novelinvestor.com/quarterly-reading-summer-2026/) ## Book Notes - [The Essence of a Family Enterprise by Samuel C\. Johnson](https://novelinvestor.com/notes/the-essence-of-a-family-enterprise-by-samuel-c-johnson/) - [Fifty Years of Wall Street with Anecdotiana by Dean Mathey](https://novelinvestor.com/notes/fifty-years-of-wall-street-with-anecdotiana-by-dean-mathey/): Dean Mathey was an investment banker on Wall Street\. His autobiography primarily relays his experience and lessons from his start selling bonds in 1912 through the Great Depression\. - [Hedgemanship by Conrad W\. Thomas](https://novelinvestor.com/notes/hedgemanship-by-conrad-w-thomas/): Hedgemanship provides an account of the rise in popularity of hedge funds in the 1960s\. The early success of Alfred Winslow Jones, the basic hedge fund philosophy, and the losses in the 1969 bear market are covered\. - [How to Win in Wall Street by A Successful Operator](https://novelinvestor.com/notes/how-to-win-in-wall-street-by-a-successful-operator/): Published in 1881, How to Win in Wall Street offers some historical context around U\.S\. financial markets, and the enduring role human nature plays within it, alongside timeless investing wisdom\. - [A Week in Wall Street by Frederick Jackson](https://novelinvestor.com/notes/a-week-in-wall-street-by-frederick-jackson/): Published four years after the Panic of 1837, the author's often satirical view of Wall Street describes the stock manipulations and other typical workings of Wall Street from the bubble years through the panic\. ## Quote Author - [Peter Lynch](https://novelinvestor.com/quote-author/peter-lynch/) - [Benjamin Graham](https://novelinvestor.com/quote-author/benjamin-graham/) - [Warren Buffett](https://novelinvestor.com/quote-author/warren-buffett/) - [Seth Klarman](https://novelinvestor.com/quote-author/seth-klarman/) - [Peter Bernstein](https://novelinvestor.com/quote-author/peter-bernstein/) ## Quote Category - [Behavior](https://novelinvestor.com/quote-category/behavior/) - [Investing](https://novelinvestor.com/quote-category/investing/) - [Stock Market](https://novelinvestor.com/quote-category/stock-market/) - [Stocks](https://novelinvestor.com/quote-category/stocks/) - [Value Investing](https://novelinvestor.com/quote-category/value-investing/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://novelinvestor.com/sitemap_index.xml)