If I ever needed to know more about a subject, like many people, I try to pick up a good book on it. Starting in 2003, I’ve read quite a few books that helped me tremendously. I simply cannot express enough how important it was to me and how much impact it has on how my journey in investing, financial management and trading. There are so many times when I read some perspective, philosophy, quote or approach and have an “a-ha” moment. Those moments have been great for me in terms of either helping me sort out my finances, tweak my portfolio, change my investing or trading process and also even avoid mistakes I’ve yet to commit. I hope they give you the same insight as these are the books I have read and would recommend. Maybe one day I will give a brief review of these individually. These are in sequence, and I have not gone back to re-read any yet. Maybe one day.
RICH DAD POOR DAD – ROBERT KIYOSAKI
CASHFLOW QUADRANT – ROBERT KIYOSAKI
RICH DAD’S GUIDE TO INVESTING – ROBERT KIYOSAKI
BEATING THE STREET – PETER LYNCH
THE ONE MINUTE MILLIONAIRE – MARK V HANSEN & ROBERT ALLEN
THINK AND GROW RICH – NAPOLEAN HILL
MULTIPLE STREAMS OF INCOME – ROBERT G. ALLEN
INVESTING BASICS – CURTIS MONTGOMERY
BUILDING THE PERFECT PORTFOLIO – CURTIS MONTGOMERY
ONE UP ON WALL STREET – PETER LYNCH
HOW TO PICK STOCKS LIKE WARREN BUFFETT – TIMOTHY VICK
COMMON STOCKS AND UNCOMMON PROFITS – PHILIP FISHER
THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR – BENJAMIN GRAHAM, JASON ZWEIG
SHOW ME THE MONEY VOL 1. – TEH HOOI LING
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INVESTING – JOHN NOFSINGER
JOHN NEFF ON INVESTING – JOHN NEFF WITH MINTZ
MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR – THOMAS STANLEY
THE PREHISTORIC INVESTOR – CURTIS MONTGOMERY
THE CRAFT OF INVESTING – JOHN TRAIN
REMINISCENCE OF A STOCK OPERATOR – EDWIN LEFEVRE (my first book on trading)
A RANDOM WALK DOWN WALLSTREET – BURTON G. MALKIEL
MARKET PANIC – STEPHEN VINES
GOOD DEBT BAD DEBT – JON HANSON
WISDOM OF CROWDS – JAMES SUROWIECKI
THE ESSAYS OF WARREN BUFFET – LAWRENCE CUNNINGHAM
WHERE ARE THE CUSTOMERS’ YACHTS? – FRED SCHWED
FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS – NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB
FREAKONOMICS – STEVEN LEVITT
BUILT TO LAST – JIM COLLINS
THE TIPPING POINT – MALCOLM GLADWELL
THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST – TIM HARFORD
THE WARREN BUFFETT WAY – ROBERT HAGSTROM
ECONOMICS EXPLAINED – ROBERT HELBRONER
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? – ARUN ABEY & ANDREW FORD
THE PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTOR – CURTIS MONTGOMERY
WINNING PSYCHOLOGY OF DEFENSIVE TRADERS – CONRAD LIM
You might have spotted a few that were…. erm, may not be exactly related to investing or trading…. ah, that is important as well as I can share with you, that knowledge in other disciplines or subjects other than investing, financial management and trading, can give you greater and deeper insights to the subject for you to be even more successful.
Well, that’s how I see it.