Beginner's Guide to Investing
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying
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Suze Orman describes the steps you can take to take you to financial
independence.
Automatic Wealth for Grads... and Anyone Else Just Starting Out
by Michael Masterson describes a complete program for recent college graduates and any else just starting
to achieve financial independence.
If You're Clueless About the Stock Market and Want to Know More
by Seth Godin. Good way to learn about the stock market,
especially if you are an investor and not interested in day
trading.
Irrational Exuberance: Second Edition
by Robert J. Shiller. An evaluation of market volatility and
market excesses that can destabilize the economy and disrupt the
stock market. In this edition he also examines the inflated real
estate prices and its potential to harm markets and economies.
One Up On Wall Street : How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market
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Peter Lynch, a highly successful mutual fund manager, teaches
you to use what you know and see everyday to be a successful
investor.
Stock Investing for Dummies
by Paul Mladjenovic. Another good book to
get you familiar with investing in the stock market.
The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Second Edition.
Professor Lawrence Cunningham selects and arranges Warren
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letters. Excellent tool
to understand how the "world's best investor" thinks.
The Little Book That Beats the Market
by Joel Greenblatt. In about 2 hours you can read one of
the best books on how to beat the market. In fact, this
book is one of the foundation blocks to our portfolio
recommendations. A must read.
The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing
by Jason Kelly combines friendly guidance and sound financial
expertise, giving readers a solid foundation on which to build a
profitable portfolio. The guide includes important tips from
Wall Street masters Peter Lynch, Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett,
and others.
The Little Book That Builds Wealth: The Knockout Formula for Finding Great Investments (Little Books. Big Profits)
by Pat Dorsey. Applies Michael Porter's Business Strategy
Theories to Investing.
The Intelligent Investor: The Classic Text on Value Investing
by Benjamin Graham, the father of Value Investing. Warren
Buffett studied under Mr. Graham and he became a very successful
investor. An important read for every investor.
You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits
by Joel Greenblatt. Joel provides a fresh view on finding
undervalued investing opportunities.
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
The Exchange-Traded Funds Manual
by Gary L. Gastineau. The manual on Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).
The Stock Market
The Stock Market Course
by George A. Fontanills An easy to
read book on the basics of the stock market.
The Stock Market Course, Workbook
is also available. Highly recommended.
Stock Market Logic: A Sophisticated Approach to Profits on Wall
Street (Dearborn Financial Publishing)
by Norman Fosback. A valuable book on many stock market
indicators and how to assess the health of the market.
Home Buying
The New Complete Book of Home Buying
is a good place to start when buying a home.
Career Development
Don't Blow the Interview : How to Prepare, What to Expect, and
How to React
helps you get ready for that all important interview. Good
luck.
Right from the Start: Taking Charge in a New Leadership Role
discusses how to begin that new job or position so you will be a
success. It covers the non-technical aspects of career
success and is especially helpful as you become an executive.
Magazines
Barron's
A weekly news paper for investors that contains some of the best
analysis on companies, markets and the economy.
Financial Times
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The latest UK and international business, finance, economic and
political news, comment and analysis with a global perspective.
The Wall Street Journal [1-year subscription]
This daily newspaper seeks to inform the educated reader about
pressing economic, business, finance and world events.
Investor Gizmos and Gadgets
Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device
An interesting and new way to read on the go. I actually like it.
Read books, periodicals, articles, and magazines on the go.
Fundamental Investing
Active Value Investing: Making Money in Range-Bound Markets (Wiley Finance)
by Vitaliy Katsenelson. The core of
Katsenelson's strategy is to break down into three key pieces
what you need to look at when analyzing a company: Quality,
Valuation, and Growth (QVG).
Ahead of the Curve: A Commonsense Guide to Forecasting Business and Market Cycles
by Joe Ellis is an excellent book on how to predict macro moves
of the market.
Analysing and Interpreting the Yield Curve (Wiley Finance)
by
Moorad Choudhry does a good job explaining how to trade and
invest using the yield curve. Investors interested in the bond
market will find this book helpful.
Economic Growth
by David Weil. An easy to read book that presents the key
factors to understand global economies. It is expensive and is
used as a text book for college students, but it is worth the
money.
Financial Institutions, Markets, and Money
by David S. Kidwell, David W. Blackwell, David A. Whidbee and
Richard L Peterson. The best book I can find on financial
institutions including how they work and analyzing their
statements.
Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation
by Stephan Penman. Focuses on the output of financial
statements to understand how to use
them to value companies. While expensive,
this text book is an excellent reference for any investor and will pay for itself very
quickly.
The Financial Times Guide to Investing
by Glen Arnold, introduces you to the complex art of investing,
and how to invest successfully, whether you are actively
involved in investing or just thinking about it.
How To Make Money In Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad, 3rd Edition
by William J. O'Neil is an excellent book on how to pick winning
stocks. Mr. O'Neil is the founder of
Investors Business
Daily a national financial newspaper read by many
professional traders and investors.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Taleb. Examines the influence of highly improbable and
unpredictable events that have massive impact.
The Entrepreneurial Investor: The Art, Science, and Business of Value Investing
by Paul Orfalea. An easy and fun read on value investing.
The Secrets of Economic Indicators: Hidden Clues to Future Economic Trends and Investment Opportunities, 2nd Edition
by Bernard Baumohl. A great source of economic indicators and how to
use them.
The Super Analysts
by Andrew Leeming. An expensive book but well worth it. Describes
how the best investors have succeeded giving you a non-academic
perspective.
Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond
by
Bruce C. N. Greenwald,
Judd Kahn,
Paul D. Sonkin,
Michael van Biema Value
investing in the manner initially defined by Benjamin Graham and
David Dodd rests on three key characteristics of financial
markets.
Sector Investing, 1996
by Sam Stovell discusses how to use sector rotation in your
investing endeavors. Another expensive book, but worthwhile for
those interested in using sector rotation strategies to improve
the performance of their portfolios.
Standard & Poor's Guide to Sector Investing 1995
by Sam Stovell introduces the concept of sector rotation and how
to use it to achieve higher performance in the stock market.
While expensive, it is an important read for anyone interested
in the theory and application of sector rotation.
Trading Secrets: 20 Hard and Fast Rules to Help You Beat the Stock Market (Financial Times Series)
Presents investing rules that work, including one from Hans at
Trading Online Markets.
Unexpected Returns: Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles
by Ed Easterling. One of the best, easy-to-read, study of
stock market cycles of which I know.
When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change
by Mohamed El-Erian a former co-CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO. This is an
intelligent account of the credit crisis: why it happened and how to
survive it. Winner of the 2008 Financial Times
and Goldman Sachs
business book of the year award.
Investing Discipline
Its When You Sell That Counts
by Donald Cassidy. Selling your stock can be one of the more
difficult decision you make. Just remember you never make any money
until you sell.
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. Provides a framework to help to
remove the reason for the bad choices we make, so we make better
decisions.
The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes
by Mark Douglas. Controlling ones attitudes and emotions
are crucial if you are to be a successful trader. An
important read for all investors and traders.
Stock Options
Options As a Strategic Investment (4th Edition Study Guide)
by Lawrence G. McMill is a thorough study of options. It is an
excellent reference book and provides all the detail you would need
to understand options.
Options Made Easy: Your Guide to Profitable Trading (2nd Edition) by Guy Cohen is an easier read that helps investors understand options.
Technical Analysis
Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns (Wiley Trading)
by Thomas N. Bulkowski is the only definitive
study of chart patterns that includes statistical analysis of
the success and failure of over 50 chart patterns. It is a
must have reference for every trader.
Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets
is one of the best books on "reading the market". It is
easy to read and an excellent description of how traders and
investors use technical analysis.
Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market Technicians
by Charles D. Kirkpatrick and Julie R. Dahlquist.
Superb job explaining technical analysis for those new to technical analysis as well experienced practitioners.
