Best Investment book for Xmas?

3rd Dec '14 by iwright7

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With Xmas presents looming would Stocko readers suggest the Investment book that they have most enjoyed and /or most positively influenced their investment technique? Thanks Ian

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jjis

3rd Dec '14

I'd recommend Contrarian Investment Strategies - By David Dreman

more technical but influenced me:

Quantitative Value: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment- By Wes Gray & Tobias Carlise

I also did a post about a more recent book here which I'm just reading and looks promising.

The book is calledExcess Returns: A comparative study of the methods of the world's greatest investors

Finally there is a more extensive list of books and other resources available here.

Seasons Greetings,

Compound Income

Edward Croft

3rd Dec '14

Best book I've read this year is "Behavioural Portfolio Management" by C. Thomas Howard.

Just go buy it ! There's so much in there I agree with - from releasing one's 'emotional brakes', becoming comfortable with short term volatility for long term gains, blurring out the names of companies you are buying etc. The biggest issues for investors are behavioural - this helps to notice and deal with them.

bsharman

3rd Dec '14

I like the FT Guide to Value Investing and Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything: 1966-2013.

The Signal and the Noise: The Art and Science of Prediction

and Trading in the Zone (a classic!)

AnonymousUser37567

3rd Dec '14

Intelligent Investor (Benjamin Graham) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intelligent-Investor-Collins-Business-Essentials-ebook/dp/B000FC12C8/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417605558&sr=1-1&keywords=intelligent+investor

Snowball (Warren Buffett) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Snowball-Alice-Schroeder-ebook/dp/B003FI37RC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417605641&sr=8-1&keywords=snowball+warren+buffett

Philip Fisher (all books in one collection) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philip-Fisher-Collected-Works-Foreword-ebook/dp/B008847LKW/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417605685&sr=1-3&keywords=philip+fisher

The Philip fisher collection was good to give you the complete mindset. Four books in total.

Free Capital http://www.amazon.co.uk/Free-Capital-private-investors-millions-ebook/dp/B004TLNNL4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417605787&sr=1-1&keywords=free+capital

A good read in general for peoples life experiences.

johnrosier

3rd Dec '14

"The Zurich Axioms" by Max Gunther. A quick read but with some no nonsense axioms which could just save you money and make you a better investor/speculator!

It's a couple of years old now but "Cracking the Code" by Jim Mellon and Al Chalabi . After reading it you might just realise what a mistake it is not to have some Biotech in your portfolio. And for all those who say it's too risky buy an investment trust like the brilliantly managed Biotech Growth Trust. This story still has a long long way to run!

iwright7

4th Dec '14

An interesting selection including titles most of which I have not come across - More homework to do.

The book that has most changed my investment strategy for the better its Pat Dorsey's, "The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing". His "Moat" concept alongside his quality screening metrics such as FCF/Sales, ROA, Net Margin and ROIC% are outstanding.

In terms of easy reading with an lot of common sense, my pick has to be Robbie Burns, "The Naked Trader". This is a book worth re-reading several times.

Both books are well worth the cost and if implemented sensibly will re-pay expenditure many fold. Ian

dlaw

4th Dec '14

Speaking of Jim Mellon has anyone else ordered his latest book Fast Forward? I ordered in early November (hard copy) and am yet to received it - there is no link or address to contact the publisher either as far as I can tell - pretty disappointing really. Hope I get it before Christmas.

TheWatchmaker

13th Dec '14

Thanks to all contributors - some interesting additions for my bookshelf have now been selected - 3 of 5 choices picked up at bargain 2nd-hand prices via abebooks. The other two have been added to my wish list - let's hope Santa puts them into my Christmas stocking !
Cheers
Geoff

iwright7

14th Dec '14

One book that I will add that was published only last week is Dual Momentum by Gary Antonacci http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dual-Momentum-Investing-Innovative-Strategy/dp/0071849440

I have just finished reading it and it gives a new insight into share/bond asset allocation based on 12 month market momentum. The concept has been back tested 40 years on the S&P 500 and uses ETFs to limit the damage of bear markets such as 2000 and 2007. If it does this for me in the future it will have been worth every penny.

I too have sourced some of the older investment books recommended above from EBay Buy it Now at a fraction of their cover price - Highly recommended

Ian

Mark Simpson

15th Dec '14

My top 10

1. Expected Returns, Ilmanen
2. Quantative Value, Gray & Carlisle
3. You can be a stock market genius, Greenblatt
4. Hedge Fund Market Wizards, Schwager
5. The New Finance, Haugen
6. The Dandho Investor, Pabrai
7. Stocks For the Long Run, Siegel
8. The UK Trader's Bible, Conelly
9. The Most Important Thing, Marks
10. Reminisces of a Stock Operator, Lefevre

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