10 Investing Books I am Reading on my Kindle
I have always enjoyed reading, but I never thought I would be reading as much as I am now. What has changed? The Amazon Kindle 2 and the ease and ability to carry around a bunch of books at once. This device is amazing. Compared with the Apple iTouch, iPhone, or even the Sony Reader, [...]
A Dividend Guy Book Mention – Good Bad and Downright Awful in Canadian Investments Today
I am happy to report that The Dividend Guy was mentioned in Globe and Mail writer Rob Carrick’s new book, Rob Carrick’s Guide to What’s Good Bad and Downright Awful in Canadian Investments Today. The book is a great guide for Canadian investors looking for common-sense information about investing in Canada. [ad#tdg-embedded] What I liked [...]
Your Portfolio Needs Your Help: The Investor’s Manifesto
“Having emailed and spoken to thousands of investors over the years, I have come to the sad conclusion that only a tiny minority will ever succeed in managing their money even tolerably well” — William J. Bernstein If I had to pick a favorite investment and finance writer, and one that every dividend investor should [...]
Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor
The following is a guest post by Saj Karsan of Barel Karsan, a site dedicated to finding and discussing current value investments.[ad#tdg-embedded] Warren Buffett calls Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor “by far the best book on investing ever written”. (A chapter-by-chapter summary of this book is available here.) Buffett studied under Graham while enrolled at [...]
Alternative Investments
I recently read a great book by down to earth investor, Larry E. Swedroe. In his book, The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You’ll Ever Need: The Good, the Flawed, the Bad, and the Ugly, Swedroe outlines a number of different types of investments with the main objective being to explain how one can diversify [...]
Avoiding Advisor Risk
As a DIY investor, I personally do not have an financial advisor helping me with my personal investments. I do have a lawyer that I use when need be, as well as an accountant helping me file my family’s tax returns. That being said, I am not at all against people having financial advisors if [...]
Lessons and Ideas from Benjamin Graham – by Jason Zweig
Most do it yourself investors have at the very least heard of Benjamin Graham. For the uninitiated, he is often called the father of value investing. To me, he is an individual who provided intense clarity and a clear process to fully understand the stock that goes along with a company and whether or not [...]
20 All-Time Favorite Investing Books – Part 2
A few weeks ago I presented Part 1 of my favorite investing books. This is part 2 of that series and presents another 10 investment books that I have found great value from. There is a wide selection of investing books here – some are focused on dividend investing, some are more personal financed focused, [...]
