INVESTMENT READING WORTH YOUR TIME
There are also numerous investing books that can give you color on how things work now or worked (or didn't work!) in the past-they take you on a walk through investment history, that is this group:
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HealthSouth-The Wagon to Disaster, Beam
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Fatal Risk, Boyd
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Devil Take the Hindmost, Chancellor
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House of Morgan, Chernow
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Liars Poker, Michael Lewis
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Den of Thieves, Stewart
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Barbarians at the Gate, Burrough/Helyar
And then there are things worth reading just for exactly what they are:
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The Essential Wooden, Wooden/Jamison
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Skis Against the Atom, Haukelid
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Survival in the Killing Fields, Carroll/Graf
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Game of Thrones, Martin
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The Economist Magazine
There are some investment books that are must reads (that give you some foundational knowledge for the investing world.) Maybe they remind you of the many ways to place a value on a company or the importance of diversification, maybe they remind you to always be diligent, maybe they remind you to work harder and be constantly looking for opportunities-that is this group:
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Security Analysis, Graham and Dodd
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Malkiel
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Beating the Street, Lynch
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Financial Shenanigans, Schilit
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The Warren Buffett Way, Hagstrom
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Manias, Panics & Crashes, Kindleberger
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Reminiscenses of a Stock Operator, LeFevre
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds, Mackay