I recently finished my last book, Outliers, and am in need of another. Maybe something about investing or something interesting along those lines. Not a “how-to” book, but an interesting story. Thanks
Damn it Feels Good to be a Banker The Greatest Trade Ever The Predator’s Ball When Genius Failed Or, if you want to take a break from finance read A Game of Thrones. Much more entertaining.
I haven’t read Outliers, but if you like Malcolm Gladwell, I like “What the Dog Saw.” As for stories, Michael Lewis’, “The Big Short” is good. Michael Mauboussin’s book “More than you know” is great. Short stories about how we think that have an investment application. “Think Twice” is also good, but I like MTYK better (they’re both pretty similar). It’s not a story, but I’m looking at reading “The Most Important Thing” by Howard Marks, now that John Hussman has recommended it. I’m so far behind in my reading… Here’s what’s still on my incomplete list: “Future Files: A brief history of the next 50 years” “Blue Ocean Strategy” “High Probability Trading” (it was cheap on Kindle and has a nice review of what technical indicators measure what). “The Only Three Questions That Count,” sensible ideas from Ken Fisher, although his argument for why the P/E ratio is useless makes me question his knowledge of statistics. I’m less dubious of the argument itself, more dubious of how he justifies it.
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Any good books out there about genuises???
More specifically, are there any good books out there about geniuses failing???
http://www.amazon.com/Mission-Accomplished-How-Won-Iraq/dp/B003E7EV7O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305049007&sr=8-1 “All the golden oldies are here, from the title of the book itself to Rumsfeld’s “freedom is untidy” to Kenneth Adelman’s prediction that the war would be a “walk in the park” to Cheney and McCain’s prediction that the Iraqis would greet us as “liberators.” Readers may wish to do Sudoku puzzles instead of wallowing in memories of Ari Fleischer and WMDs. But readers who opt for Mission Accomplished may find that it pins them to their, um, seats.”-- Salon.com
Recently read the autobiography of Alan Greenspan - The Age of Turbulence followed by Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged (as he was a close friend of hers and mentions her specifically as an influence on him). There is lots of interesting stuff in the Greenspan book including politics, economics, history plus stuff about himself that I just never knew. As for Atlas Shrugged, you’d be better off reading Adam Smith - The Wealth of Nations to reach her long winded point through a so-so analogy (1,000+ pages) that societies progress better with open market forces and man’s self interest… Long story short, grab an autobiography of someone interesting and you’ll get an interesting story.
American Steel (Excellent if you’re at all interested in the steel industry, and especially Nucor’s story. Surprisingly, a real page turner.) Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (if you haven’t already read Phil Fisher, start here) While America Aged (Roger Lowenstein of ‘When Genius Failed’), book about the issues with pensions and pension accounting, really good and again, a surprising page-turner. “The wealth and poverty of nations” - similar to ‘Guns, Germs, and Steel’, but focused on business history and why some countries have been markedly more economically successful than others. Good stuff to know, but to me, this was pretty boring.
“Bonfire of the Vanities” - story of my life.
Does anyone have any suggestions for books dealing with FREE MARKET CAPITALISM???
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robber07 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone have any suggestions for books dealing > with FREE MARKET CAPITALISM??? Anything by Larry Kudlow, I’m sure.
so true
Anyone else read that Alan Greenspan book? I think that will be my next selection. Nothing really stands out as a “must read”
Greenspan was ok, not the best book ever, but worthwhile i guess.
Hilarious. “Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle” http://www.amazon.com/Monkey-Business-Swinging-Through-Street/dp/0446676950
Does it have to be about investing or inspirational? If not, may I suggest “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?” http://www.amazon.com/Justice-Whats-Right-Thing-Do/dp/0374180652 Step away from those books about success and inspriation for a moment; the brain likes to think a little different sometimes.
The book which I am reading at the moment which is a nice simple read if your are studying or what not, is Treasure Islands (Tax havens and the men who stole the world) by Nicholas Shaxson. Its a very interesting read http://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasure-Islands-Havens-Stole-World/dp/1847921108