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Michael Covel's Must Read Trading & Investing Books
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The Complete TurtleTrader: The Legend, the Lessons, the ResultsThe Complete TurtleTrader: The Legend, the Lessons, the Results by Michael W. Covel
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $11.99
The only complete book on the Turtle trading experiment was a challenge, but it is my favorite Wall Street story. I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to have this story to tell.
Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets, New Expanded Edition, (Paperback)Trend Following: How Great Traders Make Millions in Up or Down Markets, New Expanded Edition, (Paperback) by Michael W. Covel
Buy used from: $9.77
My first book covers a subject still misunderstood and under-appreciated.
More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places (Updated and Expanded)More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places (Updated and Expanded) by Michael J. Mauboussin
Buy new: $15.84 / Used from: $9.95
Mauboussin's work is for anyone interested in the accumulation of wealth.
Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You RichYour Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich by Jason Zweig
Buy new: $19.76 / Used from: $2.73
Behavioral finance split open in an understandable way.
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair GameMoneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $1.99
Analyzing baseball through the lens of "numbers" is how the Red Sox won two World Series in 4 years.
Market Wizards: Interviews with Top TradersMarket Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $1.55
The classic Wall Street interview text.
The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top TradersThe New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $0.87
The classic Wall Street interview text - part 2.
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of RiskAgainst the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein
Buy new: $33.42 / Used from: $3.40
A book about risk sounds boring? Not at all. Read on.
Reminiscences of a Stock OperatorReminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre
Buy used from: $2.00
A book from over 50 years ago is relevant to making money today? Yes.
Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to DarwinFull House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin by Stephen Jay Gould
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.81
If you want to learn to think in "numbers" Gould is your man.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds & Confusión de Confusiones (Wiley Investment Classics)Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds & Confusión de Confusiones (Wiley Investment Classics) by Josef De LA Vega
Buy new: $25.51 / Used from: $9.00
Panicky sheep never go away, they just come back under a different name.
Option Volatility & Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and TechniquesOption Volatility & Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques by Sheldon Natenberg
Buy new: $33.61 / Used from: $30.95
The math of options trading in a readable format.
Atlas Shrugged: 35th Anniversary EditionAtlas Shrugged: 35th Anniversary Edition by Ayn Rand
Buy used from: $10.00
Money is the root of all evil? Not exactly as Rand lays out in her 1000+ page classic.
Human Action Scholars EditionHuman Action Scholars Edition by Ludwig Von Mises
Buy used from: $38.00
You will not read this in one sitting, but you must read it.
Merchants of Debt: Kkr and the Mortgaging of American BusinessMerchants of Debt: Kkr and the Mortgaging of American Business by George Anders
Buy new: $31.45 / Used from: $19.44
A great story. KKR, Henry Kravis and George Roberts explained.
Uncommon GeniusUncommon Genius by Denise Shekerjian
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.37
The common features found in genius. Great reading.
Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for PractitionersTrading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners by Larry Harris
Buy new: $50.12 / Used from: $42.22
An academic nitty gritty look at markets.
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others DieMade to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $14.90
Food for starting a business thought.
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition IrrelevantBlue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $10.88
A great book for thinking about and executing great business strategy.