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Recommended Books on Finance and Investing

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:08 am
by Desibabu19
We will use this thread to list books recommended by members:


1. The Little Book that beats the market (recommended by member FreeSpirit )
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Th.../dp/0471733067

2. The Four Pillars of Investing (recommended by member FreeSpirit )
http://www.amazon.com/Four-Pillars-I...e=UTF8&s=books

Recommended Books on Finance and Investing

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:19 am
by shoonya
Am currently finishing up reading "A Random Walk Down Wall Street"
http://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-Down-Wall-Street/dp/0393325350

Originally published back in 70's and has been revised quite a few times since then, it goes through investment ideologies and perspective of factors that shaped the markets over time. Overall a good read.

Recommended Books on Finance and Investing

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:27 am
by NewSchooled
Value Averaging: The Safe and Easy Strategy for Higher Investment Returns by Michael Edleson
http://www.amazon.com/Value-Averaging-Strategy-Investment-Classics/dp/0470049774/sr=8-1/qid=1170380969/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8586562-6475042?ie=UTF8&s=books

The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk by William Bernstein
http://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Asset-Allocator-Portfolio-Maximize/dp/0071362363/ref=pd_sim_b_1/103-8586562-6475042

Recommended Books on Finance and Investing

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:33 am
by Desi

Recommended Books on Finance and Investing

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:22 am
by LoveIndia
Jane Bryant Quinn's 'SMART AND SIMPLE FINANCIAL STRATEGIES FOR BUSY PEOPLE'

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780641783593&itm=1

Recommended Books on Finance and Investing

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:15 pm
by eeyore
An excellent starter book

"Personal Finance for Dummies" by Eric Tyson

Recommended Books on Finance and Investing

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:02 am
by haari_mirch
Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Recommended Books on Finance and Investing

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:59 am
by tejasvee
haari_mirch;6107Rich Dad, Poor Dad[/quote]

haari_mirch, I read Rich Dad, Poor Dad and also listened to the tapes of Koyosaki. He is motivating, but since my interest was not in real estate in US, the motivation fizzled out soon.

Recommended Books on Finance and Investing

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:02 pm
by VRG
tejasvee;6141haari_mirch, I read Rich Dad, Poor Dad and also listened to the tapes of Koyosaki. He is motivating, but since my interest was not in real estate in US, the motivation fizzled out soon.


I would still suggest reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad (and other financial/RE book out there), it is not limited to US RE only. The main thing I learnt from this book is the importance of being financially free..that too ASAP, not be part of rat race.

Once you're pumped up, you can keep learning and putting things into practice.

You can apply motivation, knowledge anywhere..bottomline is keep learning.

For example, this is R2I site and talks about AAP for R2I but you can very well apply the fundamentals that you learnt here to your portfolio regardless which part of the world you're in.

Recommended Books on Finance and Investing

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:50 pm
by haari_mirch
VRG ... agree with you