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Carnegie
Peter Krass
Wiley, 2003
A Great Biography and History of the Robber Baron Era
+ Angel or Demon?
Without a doubt, one of the best biographies about Carnegie on the market. This book provides a good history of Carnegie's upbringing, rise to power, and ultimately the formation and sale of US Steel. What really makes Carnegie's life interesting is what he did with his time out of work (he was ...
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A Demon of Our Own Design: Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Perils of Financial Innovation
Richard Bookstaber
Wiley, 2007
Great Book
+ fun thoughtful read, but you can't stop the music
+ Prescient in Description but Unimaginative in Prevention
+ Most cogent explanation for today's financial crises
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Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings (Wiley Investment Classics)
Philip A. Fisher
Wiley, 2003
The Bible of Growth Investing
+ Excellent book...
This book is a timeless classic on growth investment principles and research. Some reviewers have implied that Fisher's painstaking research is not practical and doesn't apply today. Beware, because if you are like Philip Fisher and you don't like diversification, the lack of research can be deadly ...
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John Neff on Investing
John Neff
Wiley, 2001
John Neff on Investing
+ An interesting read,
A life experience about investing in stocks from one of the best investors, in simple words.
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Value Investing: A Balanced Approach (Frontiers in Finance Series)
Martin J. Whitman
Wiley, 2000
Sage Advice for a Fraction of the Price
Mr. Whitman packs an entire course worth of information into just 265 pages. Marty Whitman is reknowned for his frank shareholder letters, in which he often explains very complex investments in an easily understandable terms. If you are a fan of his notorious shareholder letters (as I am), and ...
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More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places
Michael J. Mauboussin
Columbia University Press, 2006
Practical Financial Wisdom.
+ An Intelligent Book
+ required reading
+ More than a rehash
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The Essays of Warren Buffett : Lessons for Corporate America
Warren E. Buffett
The Cunningham Group, 2001
Best book to read if you want to learn from the master
+ There's only one Warren Buffett
+ A fantastic resource
+ Essays on Warren
+ Good
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The Future for Investors: Why the Tried and the True Triumph Over the Bold and the New
Jeremy J. Siegel
Crown Business, 2005
Excellent Research
+ a gift
+ Valuable take on investing in value stocks
+ Very Good
+ dividends resurface
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Contrarian Investment Strategies in the Next Generation
David Dreman
Simon & Schuster, 1998
A must-read
+ One of the few investments books that proves its arguments
+ pretty good book
I have read this book three times now, and intend to do so again. Dreman is obviously an outstanding investor, and his strategies flesh out and arguably "modernize" the techniques used by the noted fundamental investor Benjamin Graham, who was the mentor to Warren Buffett (although, I might add, ...
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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
Roger Lowenstein
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2001
Entertaining read on complex subject
+ One of the best books I've read
+ Markets are not science
+ good read
+ "It was the arrogance of people... who really believed that they were more intelligent than others."
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The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
Ron Chernow
Grove Press, 2001
Great Book if Specifically Interested in JPM
+ The House of Morgan
+ Chernow's breadth of knowlege is breathtaking
+ Got some time to kill....
+ Morgan House
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Capital Ideas Evolving
Peter L. Bernstein
Wiley, 2007
Accessible explanation of the foundations of finance
+ Capital Ideas Evolving
+ Unique and sunsurpassed.
+ An excellent book
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Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow
Penguin Press, 2004
An amazing book that I know I will read again someday!
+ Hamilton's Vision.
+ The Single Most Important Founding Father
+ 6 stars - I didn't want it to end
+ Absolutely Magnificent
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Lessons from the Legends of Wall Street : How Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, Phil Fisher, T. Rowe Price, ...
Nikki Ross
Kaplan Business, 2000
A Classic "Must Read" Investment Book
+ A Must Read for Investors
Nikki Ross has documented principal strategies and investing advice from the great Wall Street legends of our time. I have found the underlying principals of Buffet and his mentors as well as Price and Templeton to be very helpful. It is an easy to read enjoyable book. It may not be for day ...
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Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich
Jason Zweig
Simon & Schuster, 2007
Sobering experience
+ Good insight into the inner workings of the brain.
+ You CAN teach an old primate new tricks (about investing)
+ Interesting Read
+ great insight
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