The Greatest Investment Books Ever

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1. Investorial said:

   I’m sure you have included Graham’s “The Intelligent Investor” but I’d recommend the updated Jason Zweig edition of the book. I also echo Mark Cuban’s recommendation for Alex Berenson’s “The Number”.

   March 16th, 2006 at 11:39 pm
2. trip said:

   A few of my current favorite authors are:

   Jeremy Siegel
   Jeff Opdyke
   Ben Stein

   Anything by them is practical and interesting.

   March 17th, 2006 at 8:28 am
3. Dave said:

   I’d second the Intelligent Investor. Although I find Jason Zweig’s commentary more annoying every day. Random Walk Down Wall Street is good from what I’ve read of it so far.

   March 17th, 2006 at 11:41 am
4. Glenn said:

   I have to say my favorite book on investing is A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel. After working in the investment industry for several years, I have learned it is very difficult to beat the markets over the long run.

   March 17th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
5. david said:

   reminiscent of a stock market operator….a classic by Edwin Lefevre. You will enjoy it.

   March 21st, 2006 at 9:26 am
6. Average Joe said:

   I would add “The Investment Zoo” by Stephen Jarislowsky. Great book.

   March 21st, 2006 at 10:14 pm
7. Geoff Gannon said:

   My own suggestions are heavily “value” biased. So, they might not appeal to everyone.

   My picks for the best investment books would be:

   1. Security Analysis – Graham

   2. The Intelligent Investor – Graham (I prefer the Zweig free edition)

   3. Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits – Fisher

   4. The Little Book That Beats the Market – Greenblatt

   5. Contrarian Investment Strategies – Dreman

   6. One Up on Wall Street – Lynch

   7. You Can Be a Stock Market Genius – Greenblatt

   8. Beating the Street – Lynch

   May 9th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
8. Rick Maher said:

   Not so much an investing book, but a very insightful look at those who have been successful investors – The Millionaire Mind by Thomas J. Stanley

   May 16th, 2006 at 12:28 am
9. jo treggiari said:

   I’d like to recommend Lowell Miller’s “The Single Best Investment” as being a clear, concise, non-bombastic guide to picking quality stocks without hoopla and creating income through dividend payout. It’s easy for the layman to understand but he doesn’t condescend or speakdown to those people like me who have money to invest but barely any experience doing it. Great, informative read!

   May 30th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
10. Fisher Outreach said:

    I’m with Fisher Investments and I believe another must-read investment book is by Philip Fisher’s son, Ken Fisher, called The Only Three Questions that Count. In it, Ken outlines the important questions investors should be asking themselves prior to investing in the market. It was well received by both independent investors and people in the financial services trade.

    July 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 am
11. The Dividend Guy said:

    I have written about Ken’s book in the past – I really like his approach to asset allocation.

    July 23rd, 2009 at 4:26 pm
12. Adrian said:

    “Running Money” by Andy Kessler
    ” Wall Street Meat” by Andy Kessler.

    All of Martin Meyer’s books.

    September 30th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
13. Andrea Travillian said:

    It has already been mentioned a couple of times, but Random Walk Down Wall Street is a great investing book.

    Also while not necessarily a book on investing, and instead on Risk Management is Against the Gods by Peter Bernstein is worth reading.

    December 6th, 2011 at 11:38 am

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