The Journey to Increasing Investment Acumen & Book Recommendations (PART 3)
August 17th, 2010 at 10:56 am by CB | No CommentsSelected Book Recommendations A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Revised and Updated) by Burton G. Malkiel If the reader is very new to investing, then this is a great book. This book not only introduces the reader to investment lingo, but also surveys... [Read more]
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The Journey to Increasing Investment Acumen & Book Recommendations (Part 2)
August 13th, 2010 at 11:50 am by CB | No CommentsFundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis In brief, the two primary strategies used when selecting stocks are fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Fundamental analysis examines a company’s operations, competition, financial statement results, strategy, future growth, and management (all... [Read more]
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The Journey to Increasing Investment Acumen & Book Recommendations (Part 1)
August 12th, 2010 at 10:41 am by CB | No CommentsMany readers have expressed interest in learning more about equity (or stock) investing over the last few months and have asked for book recommendations that will allow them to build a strong foundation in the subject. Initially, one would believe such a request to be simple to fulfill. Yet, upon... [Read more]
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Book Review: The Corruption of Capitalism
July 15th, 2010 at 9:42 am by CB | No CommentsRichard Duncan’s The Corruption of Capitalism is primarily dedicated to detailing the various causes and the continuing ramifications of the 2008 systemic financial crisis. While making his arguments, Duncan clearly explains to the reader the many economic factors he used in his analysis and their... [Read more]
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Book Review: Why We Hate the Oil Companies
June 12th, 2010 at 2:49 am by CB | No CommentsThe author John Hofmeister, former President of the Shell Oil Company, provides the reader with a rare insider’s view of the operations, relationships, motivations, and the politics of the U.S. energy industry. He concisely illustrates the current state of not only the oil business, but of the general... [Read more]
Tagged with: John Hofmeister, Oil, Shell Oil Company, U.S. Energy Policy
Book Review: Mosaic by Mohnish Pabrai
April 19th, 2010 at 5:27 am by CB | No CommentsMosaic: Perspectives on Investing, which is currently out-of-print, was the first book written by respected value investor Mohnish Pabrai. This book is actually a compilation of Pabrai’s investing articles that he published on various Internet sites from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Most... [Read more]
Tagged with: Free Cash Flow, Investing Perspectives, Investors, Mohnish Pabrai, Mosaic
Book Review: Quality of Earnings by Thornton O’glove
April 5th, 2010 at 12:59 am by CB | No CommentsThe Quality of Earnings by Thornton O’glove highlights the profitable insights that the average investor can derive from reviewing a company’s publicly-disclosed financial statements like the 10-K, an annual filing, and the 10-Q, a quarterly filing. The book focuses primarily on the analysis of... [Read more]
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Credit Suisse Jonathan Wilmot’s Reading List
December 20th, 2009 at 5:53 am by CB | No CommentsThe following is a holiday reading list provided to FT Alphaville by Jonathan Wilmot, the Credit Suisse strategist. While CB has not read any of these books, some of them look interesting and will definitely be read in the near the future. The books from this list that CB is most interested in reading... [Read more]
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Review: Jesse Livermore’s Methods of Trading in Stocks By Richard Wyckoff
November 8th, 2009 at 4:13 am by CB | No CommentsThis book is a short collection of articles from the Magazine of Wall Street (out of print) that resulted from interviews Richard Wyckoff had with Jesse Livermore (1877-1940). During the publication of these articles, Jesse Livermore was widely considered to be a major force in the markets. These... [Read more]
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Recommended Reading List
August 18th, 2009 at 1:16 pm by CB | No CommentsWe have provided a list of books that were beneficial to our investment education over the last few years. We believe that the information contained in the following books presents many different perspectives and is helpful to obtaining a good idea of the various forces in the investment world. As... [Read more]
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