The best investment books?

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#31
Rainbow 
Good morning valuebuddies.

I usually borrow books from library and I just read and forget.

The first time that I seriously reading a "Trading?Investing" book is from HS.

We did not talk about stocks market until one day suddenly he spokes about his MBA.

Suddenly, he says that he have 3 pdf which he wanted to pass to me.
Code:
And now, in term, I pass to you:
1. reminiscences-of-a-stock-operator
2. how-i-made-$2,000,000-in-the-stock-market
3. elder-alexander-come-into-my-trading-room-a-complete-guide-to-trading


I read thru them very carefully and I sort of imagine that I'm the author.
I imagine that I had gone thru the life that they had completed and how do I feel?
I felt that given a chance, I should copy some of their good stuff and
at the same time, be mindful of those bad stuff.

I'm not sure about you, I learn a lot from these PDFs and HS too.

HS shared with me a simple method using CPFIS:
1. Pick a blue chip that gives consistent Dividends
2. Check the stock price -> it usually range bound.
3. For example, look at SPH, the dividend is usually 20+ cents.
4. Says, it always range between $3 to $4 (for example lar, for actual price range, check out yourself, ok).
5. Says, SPH goes up and down between $3 to $4 and with a dividend of 20 cents,
6. What you will do is wait patiently.
7. When SPH drop to $3, you buy every single cents that you could with your CPFIS.
8. After you brought, wait very patiently (and collect dividend while you wait)
9. When SPH goes up to $4, you sold everything (like dog Sh** and don't hesitate).
10. Then, you park your $$$ in CPF and earn 2.5% happyly.
12. Go back to Step #6

Enjoy and have a good weekend (of reading).
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#32
(08-10-2016, 12:09 AM)chialc88 Wrote:
Code:
And now, in term, I pass to you:
1. reminiscences-of-a-stock-operator
2. how-i-made-$2,000,000-in-the-stock-market
3. elder-alexander-come-into-my-trading-room-a-complete-guide-to-trading


HS shared with me a simple method using CPFIS:
1. Pick a blue chip that gives consistent Dividends
2. Check the stock price -> it usually range bound.
3. For example, look at SPH, the dividend is usually 20+ cents.
4. Says, it always range between $3 to $4 (for example lar, for actual price range, check out yourself, ok).
5. Says, SPH goes up and down between $3 to $4 and with a dividend of 20 cents,
6. What you will do is wait patiently.
7. When SPH drop to $3, you buy every single cents that you could with your CPFIS.
8. After you brought, wait very patiently (and collect dividend while you wait)
9. When SPH goes up to $4, you sold everything (like dog Sh** and don't hesitate).
10. Then, you park your $$$ in CPF and earn 2.5% happyly.
12. Go back to Step #6

wow this trick still valid in this time? sounds quite logically leh, but now i wont dare to touch SPH though
what blue chip stocks do u practise with your CPF?

sorry for so many questions. haha new and reading around
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#33
(03-01-2012, 12:28 PM)Mr Nobody Wrote: Which investment book has helped you the most?

1 Intelligent Investor?
2 Essays of W.B.? [a compilation of his letters to B.H. shareholders]
3 Common Stock, Uncommon Profit?
4 One Up On Wall Street?
5 Security Analysis
6 Random Walk Down Wall Street?
7 Winning the Loser's Game?
Or others?

For me, I am strongly influenced by 1, 2, 6 & 7. How about you?

for newbie, which book should i start?
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#34
hi dividendangel,
Welcome to Valuebuddies!

To your question, my personal opinion is that "One Up on Wall Street" by Peter Lynch is a pretty good book to start with because IIRC, it does not contain a lot of financial gargons. Or maybe, if you are really newbie, the first book to start with would be some introductory book about all the basic financial gargons.

This was my first ever financial book that i purchased, some time ago, which kick started everything:
https://www.amazon.com/Citibank-Guide-Bu...0470821345
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#35
(07-01-2017, 09:10 AM)weijian Wrote: hi dividendangel,
Welcome to Valuebuddies!

To your question, my personal opinion is that "One Up on Wall Street" by Peter Lynch is a pretty good book to start with because IIRC, it does not contain a lot of financial gargons. Or maybe, if you are really newbie, the first book to start with would be some introductory book about all the basic financial gargons.

This was my first ever financial book that i purchased, some time ago, which kick started everything:
https://www.amazon.com/Citibank-Guide-Bu...0470821345

thanks so much! ur first book? citibank guide? a bit confused, is the book done by citibank?
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#36
For 2017, I bought The Little Book of Valuation by Aswath Damodaran.
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#37
Been buying from http://bookoutlet.com/. Cheap inv books. But titles and qty not constant.
Books may be scratched or dent. I am sure VBs will see the value beyond the superficial..haha.

Ship via 65daigou/ezbuy.

All in cost may be cheaper than Amazon.

https://www.krisflyerspree.com/entertain...ook-outlet. Can also earn KF miles.
"... but quitting while you're ahead is not the same as quitting." - Quote from the movie American Gangster
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#38
Where is the place in Singapore for cheap inv. books ?
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#39
(09-01-2017, 10:16 PM)soros Wrote: Where is the place in Singapore for cheap inv. books ?
Can borrow from here :

http://search.nlb.gov.sg/Search?query=va...&cont=book


otherwise there is a computer program with name similar to bitcoin which u can use to download ;D
Virtual currencies are worth virtually nothing.
http://thebluefund.blogspot.com
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#40
“Reminiscences of a Stock Operator” — Edwin Lefevre, 1923

“Security Analysis” — Benjamin Graham, David Dodd, 1934

“Where Are the Customers’ Yachts?” — Fred Schwed Jr., 1940

“The Intelligent Investor” — Benjamin Graham, 1949

“The Great Crash, 1929” — John Kenneth Galbraith, 1954

“Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits” — Philip A. Fisher, 1958

“The Money Game” — George Goodman, 1967

“A Random Walk Down Wall Street” — Burton Malkiel, 1973

“Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises” — Charles Kindleberger, 1978

“The Alchemy of Finance” — George Soros, 1987

“Market Wizards” — Jack Schwager, 1989

“Liar’s Poker” — Michael Lewis, 1989

“101 Years on Wall Street, an Investor’s Almanac” — John Dennis Brown, 1991

“Beating The Street” — Peter Lynch, 1993

“Stocks for the Long Run” — Jeremy Siegel, 1994

“What Works on Wall Street” — James O’Shaughnessy, 1997

“The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America” — Lawrence Cunningham, 1997

“Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk” — Peter Bernstein, 1998

“Common Sense on Mutual Funds” — Jack Bogle, 1999

“Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation” — Edward Chancellor, 1999

“When Genius Failed” — Roger Lowenstein, 2000

“One Up On Wall Street” — Peter Lynch, 2000

“Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2001

“Confessions of a Street Addict” — Jim Cramer, 2002

“The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio” — William Bernstein, 2002

“Winning the Loser’s Game” — Charles Ellis, 2002

“Bull: A History of Boom and Bust 1982-2004” — Maggie Mahar, 2004

“Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger” — Peter Kaufman, 2005

“All About Asset Allocation” — Rick Ferri, 2006

“Your Money and Your Brain” — Jason Zweig, 2007

“Bailout Nation” — Barry Ritholtz, 2009

“The Big Short” — Michael Lewis, 2010

“The Quants” — Scott Patterson, 2010

“More Money Than God” — Sebastian Mallaby, 2010

“The Most Important Thing” — Howard Marks, 2011

“Backstage Wall Street” — Josh Brown, 2012

“Quantitative Value” — Wesley Gray, Tobias Carlisle, 2012

“Millennial Money: How Young Investors Can Build a Fortune” — Patrick O’Shaughnessy, 2014

“A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan” — Ben Carlson, 2015

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-mos...2015-11-19
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