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Favourite investing/wealth/finance books?
11-04-2008, 07:11 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
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Favourite investing/wealth/finance books?
Hi there, I'm new to the forum and am wondering what everyone's favourite books are. I picked up 2 today and have the Bogleheads' Guide to Investing on hold at a store. The 2 I just bought are:
Sleep-Easy Investing: Your Stress-Free Guide to Financial Success, by Gordon Paper
How to Pay Less and Keep More for Yourself: The Essential Consumer Guide to Canadian Banking and Investing, by Rob Carrick
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11-04-2008, 07:32 PM
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Most people here (including myself) will tell you The Four Pillars of Investing (Bernstein) is a must read.
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11-04-2008, 07:42 PM
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Here you go
The Wall Street Journal Guide to Planning Your Financial Future *
The Wealthy Barber *
Richest man in Babylon *
The Millionaire Next Door *
The Intelligent Asset Allocator
Frank Armstrong's Investment Strategies
Consumer Reports Money Book *
Rich Dad Poor Dad *
The Richest Man in Babylon
Bogle on Mutual Funds
The Millionaire Next Door
The 4 Pillars of Investing
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Wealth of Experience: Real Investors on what Works and What Doesn't
Index Mutual Funds: How to Simplify Your Life and Beat the Pros
The Coffeehouse Investor
the Armchair Millionaire.
All About Asset Allocation - Rick Ferri, CFA
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
All About Index Funds - Rick Ferri, CFA
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism - John C Bogle
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing - Michael LeBoeuf, Mel Lindauer & Taylor Larimore
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The ETF Book : All You Need to Know About Exchange-Traded Funds - Rick Ferri
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Character Counts - John C Bogle
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Coffeehouse Investor - Bill Schultheis
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Common Sense on Mutual Funds - John C Bogle
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Four Pillars of Investing - William Bernstein, Ph.D. M.D.
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Great Mutual Fund Trap - Greg Baer & Gary Gensler
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Index Your Way to Investment Success - Walter R. Good and Roy W. Hermansen
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Informed Investor - by Frank, III Armstrong
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed. - Benjamin Graham and Jason Zweig
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Intelligent Portfolio - Christopher Jones
Taylor's Gems; Amazon Link
Investment Guide - Paul Keck
Taylor's Gems ; Paul's website
Investors Guide by American Association of Individual Investor's - AMII
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Lazy Person's Guide to Investing - Paul Farrell
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing - John C. Bogle
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Millionaire in You - Michael LeBoeuf, PhD
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Morningstar Guide to Mutual Funds - Christine Benz
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Only Guide to a Winning Bond Strategy - Larry E. Swedroe and Joseph H. Hempen
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
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The Only Proven Road to Investment Success - Chandan Sengupta
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Probability of Fortune - Moshe Arye Milevsky
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Protecting Your Wealth in Good Times and Bad - Richard A. Ferri
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
A Random Walk Down Wall Street - Burton G. Malkiel
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Random Walk Guide to Investing - Burton G. Malkiel
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Rational Investing in Irrational Times - Larry E. Swedroe
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Serious Money - Richard A. Ferri
Link To Free Book Online
Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People - Jane Bryant Quinn
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read - Daniel Solin
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Straight Talk on Investing - Jack Brennan
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Take on the Street" - Authur Levitt
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Successful Investor Today - Larry E. Swedroe
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
The Unbeatable Market - Ron Ross, Ph.D
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Unconventional Success - David F. Swensen
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Wealth of Experience: Real Investors on What Works and What Doesn't - Andrew S. Clarke, and Jack Brennan
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Where Are the Customers' Yachts - Fred Schwed, Peter Arno, and Jason Zweig
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Winning With Index Mutual Funds - Jerry Tweddell and Jack Pierce
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Wise Investing Made Simple - Larry E. Swedroe
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Yes, You Can Supercharge Your Portfolio - Ben Stein, Phil DeMuth
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
You've Lost It, Now What? - Jonathan Clements
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
Your Money and Your Brain - Jason Zweig
Taylor's Gems ; Amazon Link
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11-04-2008, 07:58 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
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Wow -- thanks everyone. Someone earlier today recommended the Four Pillars, but the bookstores across the city were sold out. I'll have to put one on order. As for the rest of the recommendations, looks like there's no shortage of good stuff out there.
Thank you!
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11-04-2008, 08:02 PM
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You should find and read any basic book about behavioral finance. I will see if I can dig up a title, but the field is the study of why our primitive monkey brains push us to do really, really dumb things with money and investing. If you at least know about the common traps most people fall into, you have a better chance of avoiding them.
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11-04-2008, 08:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by just wondering
Wow -- thanks everyone. Someone earlier today recommended the Four Pillars, but the bookstores across the city were sold out. I'll have to put one on order. As for the rest of the recommendations, looks like there's no shortage of good stuff out there.
Thank you!
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Try the library.
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Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think). --- Guy Lombardo
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11-04-2008, 08:11 PM
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A lot of these books can be gotten from the library. Start with those and only purchase what you feel you need to own. LBYM (Live beneath your means) is a mantra that encourages personal monetary conservation. Taxes pay for libraries and the books are free for the asking. Save money and home clutter.
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11-05-2008, 07:36 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Originally Posted by ats5g
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Bingo! That is exactly the title which was escaping me.
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Ezekiel 23:20
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11-05-2008, 04:50 PM
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To the OP:
I think the Bogleheads book is probably the best all-in-one common-sense investing book I've ever read. If you read it and get a handle on what it says, then follow through with a plan, I think you'll do fine.
Follow that up with Bogle's Little Book of Common Sense Investing to really drive the lesson home.
I found the Four Pillars to be a good book, but it confused the asset allocation issue for me somewhat substantially. I wish I had read the Bogleheads and Bogle books first.
For an emotional/spiritual perspective on money and what it means in our lives, I really like Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Roberts. Just don't take the investing advice it gives.
And use the library. If they don't have the book you want, use interlibrary loan to get it.
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11-06-2008, 11:03 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
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Great -- thanks for the advice. My husband and I tend to read sporadically, so I'm not sure the library is the best option for us on these. Spending $100 on books may save us thousands of dollars in unwise investments, so I think that's probably a good ROI!
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11-06-2008, 02:36 PM
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You can get great a deal by buying them used at Half.com / Books that is where I get mine.
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11-06-2008, 03:36 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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The Millionaire Next Door, is my personal favorite! It's on the nightstand, next to my Bible, and book of Common Prayer...all well worn and used for inspiration.
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11-06-2008, 03:51 PM
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I saw that one at the bookstore. I'll have to get through the Bogleheads' Guide first!
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