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Anyone can buy a great business, but holding on--through the storms, the sirens' songs--is the odyssey this book helps you navigate.

What does it really take to build lasting wealth in the stock market?

Not forecasts. Not frenetic trading. Not the latest hot sector. According to Christopher W. Mayer, what it takes is something far simpler- and far harder: the courage to find a great business, buy it, and then do almost nothing for a very long time.

In The Investor's Odyssey, Mayer provides the beeswax and the mast to lash yourself so you can ignore the voices of the sirens. In investing, they go by names like 'take profits', 'rebalance', and 'the market is over-valued.' Using the Odyssey as a powerful organizing metaphor, he walks readers through every major challenge the long-term investor faces:

Packed with financial history, memorable case studies- The Investor's Odyssey is an essential guide for anyone serious about playing the long game.

Christopher W. Mayer is the co-founder and portfolio manager of Woodlock House Family Capital. The firm takes a long-term, concentrated approach to investing in exceptional businesses- a philosophy Mayer has developed and refined over more than two decades as an investor, writer, and analyst.

He is the author of 100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1, which has become a key resource for long-term investors worldwide, examining the common traits of stocks that have multiplied investor wealth by 100 times.

He lives with his family in Maryland.