May
25
2011

Must Read Books on Investing

The Intelligent Investor
This book by Benjamin Graham is an example of one of the intelligent works on investment from the twentieth century. The author has advised people to value investments and have also told readers how to do it and how important investing is. He has focused on two different types of investments which depict two mind sets displayed by people when it comes to investing which decides if they would be successful or not.

Trading for a Living
If you are a novice trader, this book by Alexander Elder should be treated like a trade bible. It tells you about the details involved in smart and safe trading. The author also talks about some neglected yet crucial aspects involved in trading, such as customer psychology, money and asset management, and technicalities involved in trading, etc. It talks about one of the most important parts of trading and that is the trader. So, it is one of the all time classics that you must possess if you are a newbee in a business.

The New Market Wizard
Authored by Jack D Schwager, this book will help you identify the difference between the abilities and skills possessed by those very successful and the average ones. This book tells you how successful investors have reached that level and what are those factors which pull back the average trader. This book is essentially an account of many successful traders who describe how they achieved success in their business. So this book can serve as a great inspiration as well.

9 Steps to Financial Freedom
This book largely deals with financial management which is far more than just balancing checkbooks and picking up some investments. An expert of the stream, Suze Orman, has discussed nine crucial steps that help you make smarter, safer, and profitable investments. The book helps us break the barriers that hold us back from making good decisions on financial matters. The book also explores the power of money in the society in all aspects. It is probably some of the few books that shape and change our attitude and feeling towards money and money management.

Apart from these books on investment there are many other books that can qualify as the best books on investing. They are as follows: •One Up On Wall Street- Peter Lynch
•The Essays of Warren Buffet- Lawrence Cunningham
•Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Wittings- Philip Fisher
•Security Analysis- Benjamin Graham
•How to Be a Billionaire- Andres Hernandez Alende
•The Interpretation of Financial Statements- Benjamin Graham and Spencer Meredith
•Use The News- Maria Bartiromo
•Financial Shenanigans- Howard Schilit
•How to Make Money in Stocks- William J O’Neil
•The Disciplined Trader- Mark Douglas
•Option Volatility and Pricing- Sheldon Natenberg
•Technical Analysis of the Financial Market- John J Murphy
•Trading in the Zone- Mark Douglas
•Reminiscences of a Stock Operator- Edwin Lefevre
•The Master Swing Trader- Alan S Farley
•The Future for Investors- Jeremy Siegel
•Beating the Street- Peter Lynch
•You Can Be A Stock Market Genius- Joel Greenblatt
These were some of the books that can enlighten and educate you about the basics and current trends associated with investment market. So try to read as many of them as possible to get an extensive knowledge about investment and economy. You may not become the next finance guru but it would certainly help you manage and invest your hard earned wealth smartly.

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