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TOP TEN BOOKS ON INVESTING
Dear Visitors,
We consistently receive requests from readers asking for a list of recommended
fundamental investing books. After careful consideration, here is the
list of our top ten choices. Each book has proved immensely valuable for
our website visitors and online forumers and we urge you to begin putting
together a library of your own.
The books here are arranged in order of easy reading. If you are just
starting out, read the book at the top of the list first and slowly advancing
down to a more 'heavy' reading. Enjoy your reading!
Professor
Sage : Investing Basics
A WallStraits Publication
WS Price : S$19.90
Montgomery's book provides a valuable and lively introduction
to the ins and outs of how to make sound investment decisions
- including pithy tips from likes of Warren Buffett, Sun Tzu
and others. If you are interested in how to make money in
the stock market, this is a good place to start - Justin Doebele
: Senior Editor (Asia) : Forbes Global
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Professor Sage : Building the Perfect Portfolio
A WallStraits Publication
 WS Price : S$19.90
This second book (2004) in our popular 'pocket book series' offers readers a detailed description of the 8-step stock screening process used to select investments for our own real-dollar WallStraits 8 Portfolio, which was set up in September 2000 and through mid-2004 has beaten the STI Index by a whopping 30+ percent per year . All our top secret business assessment methods are revealed and even demonstrated.
Read our review |
The
Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham, 1973, HarperCollins
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Price : US$21.00
Columbia University professor Benjamin Graham is recognized
as the father of fundamental investing, and this classic writing
describes his philosophy. No investor should formulate their
strategy before at least reading Chapters 8 and 20 in this
timeless masterpiece.
Read our review |
One
Up On Wall Street
Peter Lynch, 1989, Fireside
 Amazon
Price : US$11.20
Lynch is the famous manager of the Fidelity Magellan mutual
fund with a track record unmatched by other equity fund managers.
His book, surprisingly, chides the fund industry and encourages
individual investors to have confidence in choosing their
own stocks instead of relying on professionals. It is a very
entertaining read.
Read our review |
Sun
Tze On Investing
Curtis J Montgomery, 2003, Wiley
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Price : US$24.95
Written in an easy-to-read style that is both engaging and
informative, this book offers priceless advice for anyone
preparing to do battle in the ruthless environment of world's
stock markets.
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Magic
Numbers: The 33 Key Ratios That Every Investor Should Know
Peter Temple, 1973, HarperCollins
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Price : US$20.97
This book will help you quickly understand how 33 commonly
used financial ratios are calculated, and the relevance to
investors of each ratio, as well as a real-company example
of how to find the numbers from annual reports and perform
the calculation on your own.
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Buffettology
Mary Buffett & David Clark, 1997, Rawson Associates
 Amazon
Price : US$3.00 (used)
Mary Buffett, Warren's daughter-in-law, was able to observe
Buffett first-hand over many years. In this book, she has
captured the key ingredients in Warren Buffett's investing
methods.
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The
Essays on Warren Buffet
Lawrence A. Cunningham, 2002, Wiley
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Price : US$25.00
For those not willing to spend hours pouring over every detail
of Warren Buffett's annual letters to shareholders over the
last three decades, Lawrence Cunningham has collected the
essential insights in this concise book
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Good
to Great
Jim Collins, 2001, HarperCollins
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Price : US$19.25
Collins follows up in his classic Built to Last with a prequel
that investigates how average companies have occasionally
made a transformation that has led to tremendous shareholder
returns. It is comprehensively researched and insightful to
investors at all levels.
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A
Random Walk Down Wall Street
Burton G. Malkiel, 1999, W.W. Norton & Company
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Price : US$20.97
This timeless writing of Malkiel offer investors a historical
perspective of the US stock market and valuable insights into
human psychology
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Valuegrowth
Investing
Glen Arnold, 2002, Pearson
 Amazon
Price : US$29.00
Arnold takes investors on a grand tour of value investing,
which introduces the thinking and methodology of Warren Buffett,
David Dreman, Philip Fisher, Benjamin Graham, Peter Lynch,
Charles Munger (Buffett's partner), and John Neff. If you
are not interested in building a large library, this is a
succinct study of seven masters in one well-written book.
Read our review |
Curtis J Montgomery is the founder and
Chief Executive Sage of WallStraits.com (http://www.wallstraits.com),
a leading investor relations service provider based in Singapore.
Curtis graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Microbiology,
but has focused his career increasingly on finance and investing.
Today, WallStraits.com is recognized as a leading free-access
finance and investment web site in Asia, serving as a bridge
between inquisitive investors and small-cap businesses. Curtis
travels extensively in Asia and spends most of his waking
hours visiting and analyzing small businesses in Asia. He
is frequently interviewed by CNBC Asia, Channel News Asia,
and The Asian Wall Street Journal.
Curtis is the author of two books: Professor Sage: Investing
Basics and Sun Tze on Investing. |
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