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One Up On Wall Street : How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The MarketOne Up On Wall Street : How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market by Peter Lynch
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.25
Provides the reader with many methods for good stockpicking.
Beating the StreetBeating the Street by Peter Lynch
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.97
Ditto.
Contrarian Investment Strategies in the Next GenerationContrarian Investment Strategies in the Next Generation by David Dreman
Buy new: $18.48 / Used from: $3.96
Excellent proof that value investing works.
How To Make Money In Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad, 3rd EditionHow To Make Money In Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad, 3rd Edition by William J. O'Neil
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.45
Excellent proof that proves growth stock investing works.
Going Global with Equities: Profit from the World's Equity Bargains (Financial Times)Going Global with Equities: Profit from the World's Equity Bargains (Financial Times) by Paul Melton
Buy used from: $1.99
Very informative. Proves that you should invest on a global basis.
Passport to Profits: Why the Next Investment Windfalls Will Be Found Abroad and How to Grab Your SharePassport to Profits: Why the Next Investment Windfalls Will Be Found Abroad and How to Grab Your Share by Stephen Fenichell
Buy used from: $0.72
Entertaining and well written with plenty of wisdom. Proves that you should invest in Emerging Markets.
Global Bargain Hunting: The Investors Guide to Profits in Emerging MarketsGlobal Bargain Hunting: The Investors Guide to Profits in Emerging Markets by Burton G. Malkiel
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Lots of good information. Proves that you should invest in Emerging Markets.
The Education of a SpeculatorThe Education of a Speculator by Victor Niederhoffer
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.25
Excellent proof that nothing works.
Zebra In Lion Country: The Dean Of Small Cap Stocks Explains How To Invest In Small Rapidly GrowinZebra In Lion Country: The Dean Of Small Cap Stocks Explains How To Invest In Small Rapidly Growin by Ralph Wanger
Buy used from: $4.23
Entertaining book about GARP style small cap investing.
Market Wizards: Interviews with Top TradersMarket Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $3.00
More wisdom than you can shake a stick at.
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: $11.56 / Used from: $5.00
Ditto.
Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock TradersStock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders by Jack D. Schwager
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.77
Not as good as the first two but worth reading.
Futures: Fundamental AnalysisFutures: Fundamental Analysis by Jack D. Schwager
Buy new: $63.40 / Used from: $28.99
I know of no other book like it.
Buffettology: The Previously Unexplained Techniques That Have Made Warren Buffett The WorldsBuffettology: The Previously Unexplained Techniques That Have Made Warren Buffett The Worlds by Mary Buffett
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $3.78
Warren said it is not the book that he would have written but it is good. I found it quite useful.
Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and ApplicationsTechnical Analysis of the Futures Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications by John J. Murphy
Buy used from: $22.50
Fantastic text book of TA. The work book should be purchased with it.
Technical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd EditionTechnical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd Edition by Steven B. Achelis
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $18.00
Fantastic TA dictionary.
Trader Vic II: Principles of Professional Speculation (Wiley Trading)Trader Vic II: Principles of Professional Speculation (Wiley Trading) by Victor Sperandeo
Buy new: $24.50 / Used from: $18.95
Excellent explanation of Victor Sperandeo's methods. Combining fundamentals, technicals, and money management.
Beating the Dow (Revised and Updated)Beating the Dow (Revised and Updated) by Michael B. O'higgins
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01
Fantastic method for investing in stocks in a mechanical way.
Beating the Dow with Bonds: A High-Return, Low-Risk Strategy for Outperforming the Pros Even When Stocks Go SouthBeating the Dow with Bonds: A High-Return, Low-Risk Strategy for Outperforming the Pros Even When Stocks Go South by Michael B. O'higgins
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Fantastic method for investing in stocks, bonds, or cash instruments in a mechanical way.
The Interpretation of Financial StatementsThe Interpretation of Financial Statements by Benjamin Graham
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $17.78
Excellent thin volume that is very easy to understand.
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (A Marketplace Book)Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (A Marketplace Book) by Edwin Lefèvre
Buy used from: $3.28
Very entertaining and informative.
The Money Bazaar : Inside the Trillion-Dollar World of Currency TradingThe Money Bazaar : Inside the Trillion-Dollar World of Currency Trading by Andrew Krieger
Buy used from: $2.20
Very entertaining and reasonably informative.
The Tao Jones Averages: A Guide to Whole-Brained InvestingThe Tao Jones Averages: A Guide to Whole-Brained Investing by Bennett W. Goodspeed
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Proves that imagination and critical thinking are a winning combination.
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
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $3.92
Fantastic book with a fantastic title.
This Is Not Your Father's Stockpicking Book:: Profiting from the Hidden Investment Clues Found in Everyday ThingsThis Is Not Your Father's Stockpicking Book:: Profiting from the Hidden Investment Clues Found in Everyday Things by Derrick Niederman
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Ditto.