Michael Lewis: "Don't Eat Fortune's Cookie"

Princeton University 2012 Baccalaureate:
"The "Moneyball" story has practical implications. If you use better data, you can find better values; there are always market inefficiencies to exploit, and so on. But it has a broader and less practical message: don't be deceived by life's outcomes. Life's outcomes, while not entirely random, have a huge amount of luck baked into them. Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky."

Michael Lewis interview on the culture of Wall Street

Squawk Box presents another blue chip award to Michael Lewis, who authored "Moneyball," "Liar's Poker" and "The Blind Side."

Michael Lewis interview (WSJ)

Michael Lewis has been hitting the media circuit hard, promoting his new book, Boomerang. Here's an 11 minute interview with the Wall Street Journal.

Michael Lewis interview with Tom Keena (Bloomberg)

Michael Lewis talks with Tom Keene (Bloomberg)
Lewis has been all over the circuit, promoting his new book Boomerang that was released on Oct 3. Unfortunately, the book appears to be just a rehash of his Vanity Fair articles on different European countries (Iceland, Greece, Ireland, Germany).

Michael Lewis CNBC Interview on Europe

Michael Lewis discusses Europe, Kyle Bass on CNBC

Michael Lewis on Europe

The latest Vanity Affair article from Michael Lewis is out: It’s the Economy, Dummkopf! It's on Germany and it's um a little on the gross side and not his best work IMO. My favorite in the series still remains the one on Greece: Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds.

Here's the series so far:

•Euro Disasterland Part I: Iceland (Michael Lewis, April 2009)
•Euro Disasterland Part II: Greece (Michael Lewis, October 2010)
•Euro Disasterland Part III: Ireland (Michael Lewis, March 2011)
•Euro Disasterland Part IV: Germany (Michael Lewis, September 2011)

Michael Burry on Bloomberg

"Investing without investors is the most freeing thing"

Michael Burry is one of the heroes of Michael Lewis's excellent The Big Short, and is profiled on this Bloomberg segment. Despite making his investors a ton of money on his subprime shorts, Burry took a lot of abuse and eventually wound down his fund to manage his own money.