The finance books that have influenced you the most

[Viceroy]

@Matt_Likes_Analysis

if Reminiscences is good at one thing, it’s pushing you to grow some nuts and take chances when a large part of you says hold back, manage risk. without Reminiscences, I wouldn’t have had the guts to put big dollars down and keep adding when the stars were lining up. i owe a lot to this book. and keep going back to it.

on the other hand, it is also a cautionary tale, if you’ve tracked his life over time.

bottom line is that there is no harm reading a book about the best stock trader in history. dude went from what, zero to ~$1 billion (in today’s dollars) in about 5 years, then down to zero, and zero to ~$28 billion in about 10 years?, then back down to zero. absolutely nuts.

I agree with what you wrote, but again, I am sceptical as to how much fiction slipped in there…

[system]

@Greenman72

@blackomen

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki (i don’t like most of his other books but this one teaches the absolute “basics” really well.)

This is the all-time worst personal finance/investing book ever written. #'s 2-22 are the other twenty one Robert Kiyosaki books.

Here’s some good reading on Bobby K. http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html

Word. Fk that Fraud Robert Kiyosaki!

[former_trader]

The Richest Man in Babylon.

The Wealthy Barber

[Ghibli]

The Moral Animal: Why We are, the Way We Are

Fooled by Randomness

Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in Ameircan Life

Where are the Customers Yachts

[Greenman72]

@Ghibli

Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in Ameircan Life

And I thought I was the only one who thought highly of this book.

Go get him, Bchad!!!

[Codtrawler87]

Just finished reading Spitznagel’s Safe Haven.

A must read to anyone counting on that 8% CAGR to secure an idle retirement in Florida