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The Dhandho Investor: The Low Risk Value Method to High ReturnsThe Dhandho Investor: The Low Risk Value Method to High Returns by Mohnish Pabrai
Buy new: £10.96 / Used from: £8.00
An excellent book, really focuses on the importance of cash flows in business.
Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal InvestmentUnconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment by David Swensen
Buy new: £12.09 / Used from: £2.14
Superb! The first book on investing everyone should read. Makes a strong case for using index trackers yet acknowleges the role active management can have.
The Intelligent InvestorThe Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
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The Daddy! If you haven't read it, read it!
One Up on Wall Street (A Fireside book)One Up on Wall Street (A Fireside book) by Peter Lynch
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A great book exploring the ways in which amateurs can beat pros.
Contrarian Investment Strategies: Beat the Market by Going Against the CrowdContrarian Investment Strategies: Beat the Market by Going Against the Crowd by David N. Dreman
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A very persuasive case for value investing (in case Graham hasn't got to you first).
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly ImprobableThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Read it, it will change the way you view the world! If you don't understand risk (both in a posituve and negative sense), you will after reading this.
The Warren Buffett WayThe Warren Buffett Way by Robert G. Hagstrom
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Yes, this book has some flaws but it is a good intro to the man and his methods.
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of RiskAgainst the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein
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An alternative view of the risk to Taleb. Worth a read.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsExtraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay
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Want to know why bubbles arise? Read this! It's a classic, I just love the language and the Victorian "all-knowing" tone.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: A Time-tested Strategy for Successful InvestingA Random Walk Down Wall Street: A Time-tested Strategy for Successful Investing by BG Malkiel
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Makes the case of efficient markets and index investing.
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (Great Minds Series)The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (Great Minds Series) by John Maynard Keynes
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Second only to Graham, Chapter 12 (among others) is essential reading for any stock market participant.
The Zulu Principle: Making Extraordinary Profits from Ordinary SharesThe Zulu Principle: Making Extraordinary Profits from Ordinary Shares by Jim Slater
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Hasn't aged that well but this is still an interesting book, in particular for its exposition of classic growth & GARP investing.
The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Investors and Managers, Revised EditionThe Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Investors and Managers, Revised Edition by L. A. Cunningham
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A really good compilation of some really great writings on invesment. Essential reading.
You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market ProfitsYou Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits by Joel Greenblatt
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Special situation investing. Interesting and this must have launched a few hedge funds over the years!
The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize RiskThe Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk by William Bernstein
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A good and comprehensive introduction to asset allocation. More accessible than Swensen.
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings (Wiley Investment Classics)Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings (Wiley Investment Classics) by Philip A. Fisher
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A major classic, no investor should proceed without having read this!