Recommended Books on Finance and Investing

Desibabu19 · Post by **Desibabu19** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:08 am

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

shoonya · Post by **shoonya** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:19 am

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.

NewSchooled · Post by **NewSchooled** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:27 am

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

Desi · Post by **Desi** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:33 am

http://www.bobbrinker.com/books.asp

LoveIndia · Post by **LoveIndia** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:22 am

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

eeyore · Post by **eeyore** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:15 pm

An excellent starter book

"Personal Finance for Dummies" by Eric Tyson

haari_mirch · Post by **haari_mirch** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:02 am

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

tejasvee · Post by **tejasvee** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:59 am

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.

VRG · Post by **VRG** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:02 pm

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.

haari_mirch · Post by **haari_mirch** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:50 pm

VRG ... agree with you