Hedgehogging81 reviews Barton Biggs Wiley, 2006 Excellent book + Elegantly-written, in-your face report on hedge funds Its a great book, I came on here to buy another copy for a friend who runs a well known hedge fund. Well organized? No, not really, but it doesn't matter. It really does capture the flavor of the world nicely. The quality of the writing is substantially better than expected - which is to say ...             The Future for Investors: Why the Tried and the True Triumph Over the Bold and the New41 reviews Jeremy J. Siegel Crown Business, 2005 Excellent Research + a gift + Valuable take on investing in value stocks + Very Good + dividends resurface             Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game381 reviews Michael Lewis W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 A Brilliant Achievement + Leadership Classic + Excellent + This is what happens when you question assumptions + Baseball Market             Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street222 reviews Michael Lewis Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990 A warning for the uninitiated + Pretty Darn Interesting + Must Read + Unbelievably Superb!!! A Masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + it is enough             Investment Fables: Exposing the Myths of "Can't Miss" Investment Strategies (Financial Times Prentice Hall ...5 reviews Aswath Damodaran FT Press, 2004 Damodaran Succeeds Again + superb book + Reality check for investors + Well researched and balanced book + There is no "can't miss"investment strategy but....             Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance40 reviews Michael E. Porter Free Press, 1998 Competitive Advantage by Michael Porter + Business School Classic + Pivotal contribution to management literature + Strategy Bible + Mr.             More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places (Updated and Expanded)46 reviews Michael J. Mauboussin Columbia University Press, 2007 Practical Financial Wisdom. + An Intelligent Book + required reading Practical information any ivestor should keep in mind. Potentially very helpful if one heeds to the ideas in this book. The first 75% of the book is very tight, but towards the end there is some repetition. Overall, nice read.             Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley Investment Classics)200 reviews Edwin Lefèvre Wiley, 2006 Reminiscences of a Stock Operator + Best Book for traders and non traders + Oldy but a great Goody + The more things change ... the more they stay the same - Required reading! + An Investment Classic             A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing, Ninth Edition53 reviews Burton G. Malkiel W. W. Norton, 2007 Basic Understanding + Great book + A random Walk Down Main Street Very good book, the author takes you behind the scene of Wall Street and history of the market. He goes over the basics of our economy and the different avenues of investing. This is a must read for anyone who want to start investing but is confused on where to start. I would have given this ...             The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders42 reviews Connie Bruck Penguin (Non-Classics), 1989 It was just a party! A Very nice one! + This is a very honest book about life and how ethnicity on WALL STREET matters! + A expose of the Junk Fund King + The story of junk bonds in the 1980s + A Piece That Has What Others Don't.             Stocks for the Long Run, 4th Edition: The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns And Long Term ...6 reviews Jeremy Siegel McGraw-Hill, 2007 The environment map to help you move in ANY stock market + A New Gloss on Stocks for the Long Run + Outstanding Overview of Stock Investing + Professor Siegel gets an A+ + Investment fo Wide Audience             Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist106 reviews Roger Lowenstein Main Street Books, 1996 Great Read - Could Use More Updated Materials and a Bit More Investing Philosophy + The Business Genius as Everyman (Almost) + Wonderful, Almost Fairy Tale Like, Biography of Warren Buffet + Excellent Biography + English major lovin on Buffett             Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings (Wiley Investment Classics)55 reviews Philip A. Fisher Wiley, 2003 Great Book for Long-term Investors + The philosophy of long-term investing. This book makes me want to finish up any other project I'm currently working on so I can spend my free time finding good investments. Excellent book, not to mention it's recommended by Warren Buffett. I was disappointed, however, that there wasn't an Unabridged Audio CD version. And the reader ...             Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation58 reviews Edward Chancellor Plume, 2000 Excellent Economic History + It's been the same for hundreds of years + Bubbles bubbles! + Devil take the Hindmost: a history of financial speculation             Beating the Street67 reviews Peter Lynch Simon & Schuster, 1994 Incredibly Useful Formula for Investment Success + 1992 investing book is dated but still offers insight + A great read + Not as good as "One up on Wall Street," but better than "Earn to Learn" + Great lessons from one of the greatest money managers             Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk155 reviews Peter L. Bernstein Wiley, 1998 Great Reward + Excellent overview of the history of financial risk management + Today's hero is often tomorrow's blockhead. + Very Interesting!             Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, Fourth Edition27 reviews McKinsey & Company Inc., Tim Koller, ... Wiley, 2005 Excellent + Senior Manager at Accenture + The CD mentioned in the summary is disappointingly not included with this book.... This was the first time i purchased a book online. Transaction was simple and services were prompt.             Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco87 reviews Bryan Burrough, John Helyar Collins Business, 2003 A Big Deal + Better than "Wall Street" + Ladies And Gentlemen, The 1980s!!! Barbarians at the Gate is a classic of the business book genre, and with the private equity boom we have seen in the last couple of years, it is still as relevant as it was when it came twenty years ago. It is the story or some extremely unlikable rich people brought low by equally unsavory, but ...             Damodaran on Valuation: Security Analysis for Investment and Corporate Finance (Wiley Finance)4 reviews Aswath Damodaran Wiley, 2006 The best valuation book there is + A Must Have Text + the best book regarding vauation's methods + Very good and very useful book             Irrational Exuberance88 reviews Robert J. Shiller Doubleday Business, 2006 This phrase will live in infamy + Invested more than ten dollars? Great book based on the phrase spoken by Greenspan to try and slow down the economy.