My Top Ten Investment Books

Here are my top ten investment books in no particular order although I will start with my favourite.

1. Contrarian Investing: Anthony Gallea & William Patalon. My favourite investment book. Well written and full of excellent advice. Follow the advice in this book and your portfolio will be the better for it.

2. The Intelligent Investor: Banjamin Graham. Written by the acknowledged master of value investing. A classic on value investing. A must have for every investor.

3. The New Money Masters: John Train. A guide to the strategies of Soros, Lynch, Rogers, Neff etc. An excellent treatise on great investors.

4. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Burton Malkeil. The bestselling book on investing by a Princeton University professor of economics. The book challenged Wall Street and conventional wisdom.

5. One Up on Wall Street: Peter Lynch. From one of the acknowledged masters on Wall Street. Lynch shows us how to beat the pros.

6. Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich: Lois Frankel, PhD. Financial advice for women. Very useful for women of all ages. I enjoyed this quote: “ From birth to 18, a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 onwards she needs cash.” Sophie Tucker

7. Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes: Gary Belsky & Thomas Gilovich. This book introduced me to behavioral economics. A fascinating book on how we spend, invest, save, borrow and waste money. A must read if you want to understand the psychological causes of irrational behaviour towards money.

8. Common Stock & Uncommon Profits: Philip Fisher. Full of great investment wisdom. Even Warren Buffet recommends it.

9. Contrarian Investment Strategies: David Dreman. Another excellent book on contrarian investing.

10. Lifetime Guide to Money: Wall Street Journal. An invaluable guide to managing your finances.