Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Recommended books

These are the really good ones and I have read few not so good ones also, which said things like moon cycle and why nine months is used to predict the stock market because it takes nine months for most of us to be born. Well I am a rational being and I don’t believe in something that has astrology, planetary positions and strange logics. You should also be rational.

Rich Dad Poor Dad: It won’t tell you how to earn money but it will certainly inspire you into earning a lot. It will first clear all the misconceptions that we have about jobs and money management in general.

Rich Dad Poor Dad- Cash flow Quadrant: This you can skip but it is a good read and tells you about businesses in general and all kind of Kiyosaki’s trademark stuff like Cash flow Quadrant and all.

Buffettology - The Previously Unexplained Investing Techniques of WB: An amazing book written by his son’s wife. It is very simple so if you want to jump into this area, I would recommend you should start from this book. Trust me it is very easy to understand and is very powerful.

Peter Lynch -One Up on Wall Street: A great book by 2nd most successful investor after Warren buffet. He is into long term investing and is really good. This book has very nice methods to pick a winner among the stocks. When read it the first time I got so excited that I got down and identified some 30 stocks and bought 15 of them. I will discuss them and their great returns later . So even if you don’t read the book. Don’t worry I will cover it.

Peter Lynch- Beating the street: Again a great book. It is lighter, humorous and discusses mutual funds, fundamental analysis and other tips and tricks to identify great stocks.You will especially like the peter principles in it.

Technical Analysis of Stock Trends: This is the Bible of technical analysis. Technical analysis is a field in which you try to predict the stock movement by looking at the chart patterns. It is very useful for short term investors but has a steep learning curve. This book cuts short that learning curve significantly. In fact support and resistances are going to be your best friends in stock market. Technical analysis can be very beautifully mixed with fundamental analysis to give very powerful signals of impending disasters or windfalls. Especially in leveraged instrument.

Williams, Larry - The Secret Of Selecting Stocks For Immediate And Substantial Gains : This is a good book and explains stock market in a very different way, neither Technical or Fundamental Analysis. It uses supply demand concept and can be quite enlightening but if you don’t have time then stay with me, I will incorporate best of it here.


Najarian - How I Trade Options (2001): If you want to go into Options then this is the book to read. Nicely explained and contains all the tricks that retail investors can use.

Options Institute - Options Essential Concepts and Trading Strategies (2nd Ed.) : Amazing book. It should be read after you have a little knowledge about options. But once you learn the basics of options you will breeze through this book. Especially the chapter for retail investors is quite enlightening.

Lawrence G. McMillan - Profit with Options (Essential Methods for Investing Success): this must be for those who really love options and are striving to live rest of their lives investing in options only.If you want that then go ahead and read it.

And last but not the least if you don’t want to read all these books then you can keep coming to this site where I will tell you the best of all these books. Thank you

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