Everyday Reading (saying up to date on markets and business opportunities)

 Wall Street Journal (minimum – left column, front page of Section b, and 2 other interesting articles)
 Barron’s every Saturday

General Books on understanding Wall Street

 Wall Street Primer: The Players, Deals, and Mechanics of the US Securities Markets (Jason Pedersen)
 Understanding Wall Street (Little and Rhodes)
 A Random Walk Down Wall Street (Burton Mahkiel)
 Investment Banks, hedge Funds, and Private Equity (David Stowell)

General Investing
 The Intelligent Investor (Benjamin Graham)
 The Essays of Warren Buffet (Lawrence Cunningham)
 Snowball (Schroeder)
 Thinking Fast and Slow (Danield Kahneman)
 Market Wizards (Jack D. Schwager)
 Stock Market Investing for Beginners (Mark Atwood)

Commercial Books to help understand historical events that shaped the finance industry
 Liar’s Poker (Michael Lewis) – 80’s bond market
 Den of Thieves (James Stewart) – Insider trading
 Barbarians at the Gate (Bryan Burrough & John Helyar) – the rise of P/E and the LBO
 When Genius Failed (Roger Lowenstein) – good book about hedge funds
 Too Big to Fail (Andrew Ross Sorkin)
 The Big Short (Michael Lewis)

Credit Investing/Fixed Income

 The Bond Book (Annette Thau)
 Handbook of Fixed Income Securities (Frank Fabozzi)
 Inside the Yield Curve (Martin Leibowitz)
 Distressed Debt Analysis (Stephen Moyer)
 Steph by Step Bond Investing: A Beginner’s Guide to the Best Investments (Joseph Hogue)
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Equity Investing/Valuation
 Equity Asset Valuation, CFA Institute Investment Series (Jerald Pinto)
 Equity Valuation and Portfolio Management (Frank Fabozzi)
 The Investor’s Guide to Equities: Equity Pricing, Trading and Investing (Stuart Veale)

Investing in Companies (PE/VC, etc)

 Investing in the Next Big Thing: How to Invest in Startups and Equity Crowdfunding like an Angel
Investor (Joseph Hogue)
 Good to Great (Jim Collins)
 HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business (Richard Ruback & Royce Yudkoff) – Based on
entrepreneurship by acquisition
 Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main Street (Appelbaum & Batt)