Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Nassim Nicholas Taleb Penguin Books Ltd, 2007             Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders113 reviews Jack D. Schwager Marketplace Books, 2006 Inspiration for daytraders + Very Useful + Excellent read + Overall a good read             Money Game25 reviews Adam Smith Vintage, 1976 a great (little) book + An All Time Great Book for All Readers + Must-read for finance ph.d. + I love this book             Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment17 reviews David F. Swensen Free Press, 2000 As good as everyone else says. + Passionate yet level-headed + Good insights; Perhaps DS cannot see his own hubris though I have recommended this book to numerous colleagues at work. We use it as a great summary of our investment philosophy and as a touchstone for investment values and sanity checks. We have purchased mutiple copies which we give to stakeholders to spread the word and bring them up to speed with these ...             The Alchemy of Finance (Wiley Investment Classics)22 reviews George Soros Wiley, 2003 hard to follow + Soros's uncertainty principle is a vague form of Keynesian Uncertainty,not Heisenberg uncertainty Honestly this book was hard to follow and I'm still not sure how Soros does it. He is an excellent thinker but I think this book was over the top for me.             Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond (Wiley Finance)31 reviews Bruce C. N. Greenwald, Judd Kahn, ... Wiley, 2004 A book I go back to again and again + Overview of different value investing styles. + A Serious Academic Treatment to Value Investing I got this book from Amazon several years ago, have read it several times and applied it to my own investing. It is not for beginners, but does not require a Phd either. The authors present a rational philosophy and a unique, detailed method that will help you to really estimate the intrinsic ...             Extraordinary Popular Delusions (Dover Value Editions)7 reviews Charles Mackay Dover Publications, 2003 Chronciles of past financial bubbles I bought this bought after discovering it was a favorite of many of the greatest stock traders of all time(Baruch,Livermore, and others. First published in 1841, the English is a little richer are harder to follow than our modern day version but the book does what it sets out to do, chronicle three ...             In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington58 reviews Robert Rubin, Jacob Weisberg Random House, 2003 A book on decision making and policy making. Excellent. + in an uncertain world + behind the scenes finance + Great for understanding the connections between Wall Street and Government             When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change32 reviews Mohamed El-Erian McGraw-Hill, 2008 dissapointing you would think that the CEO of the largest bond fund would have meaningful insights to share..... but you'd be wrong             Concise Guide to Macroeconomics: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know2 reviews David A. Moss Harvard Business School Press, 2007 Exactly what the title promises + Good short explanation of macroeconomics It is rare to find a book so aptly described by its title as "A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics." The book really is concise; the text is only 141 pages long, and even that number might give an exaggerated impression because there are fairly wide margins and two blank pages between each chapter, as ...             Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It43 reviews Nicholas Dunbar Wiley, 2001 Easily the best LTCM book I've read + Interesting... + Welcome detail...the book for those in the industry This is an extraordinarily well-written book. However, if you're not well-versed in quantitative finance, you're probably going to have a hard time following some parts of the book. Be that as it may, I doubt you'll find a more accurate and more informed book on the subject. For those looking ...             You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits48 reviews Joel Greenblatt Fireside, 1999 Practical information for all investors + Awful title, Excellent book + Very Valuable Book Don't make my mistake. I avoided this book because of its title which makes it seem cheap and superficial. I finally decided to give it a try and I'm very glad that I did. Greenblatt is funny, direct, and easy to understand. His advice is practical that can be put to use immediately by investors at ...             The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business ...158 reviews Clayton M. Christensen Collins Business, 2003 Disrupt your competitors, not your customers! + every product manager must read this + No Dilemma Here With the Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen delivers a very powerful analysis of the role of innovation in gaining market leadership. The question raised is whether market leadership can be sustained through innovation alone. Indeed, the core of the Innovator's Dilemma illustrates how ...             Managing Strategic Surprise: Lessons from Risk Management and Risk Assessment Cambridge University Press, 2008 The scope and applicability of risk management have expanded greatly over the past decade. Banks, corporations, and public agencies employ its new technologies both in their daily operations and long-term investments. It would be unimaginable today for a global bank to operate without such systems in place. Similarly, many areas of public management, from NASA to the Centers for Disease Control, ...             Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Nassim Nicholas Taleb Penguin Books Ltd, 2007             Money Game25 reviews Adam Smith Vintage, 1976 a great (little) book + An All Time Great Book for All Readers + Must-read for finance ph.d. + I love this book             Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It43 reviews Nicholas Dunbar Wiley, 2001 Easily the best LTCM book I've read + Interesting... + Welcome detail...the book for those in the industry This is an extraordinarily well-written book. However, if you're not well-versed in quantitative finance, you're probably going to have a hard time following some parts of the book. Be that as it may, I doubt you'll find a more accurate and more informed book on the subject. For those looking ...             Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond (Wiley Finance)31 reviews Bruce C. N. Greenwald, Judd Kahn, ... Wiley, 2004 A book I go back to again and again + Overview of different value investing styles. + A Serious Academic Treatment to Value Investing I got this book from Amazon several years ago, have read it several times and applied it to my own investing. It is not for beginners, but does not require a Phd either. The authors present a rational philosophy and a unique, detailed method that will help you to really estimate the intrinsic ...             In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington58 reviews Robert Rubin, Jacob Weisberg Random House, 2003 A book on decision making and policy making. Excellent. + in an uncertain world + behind the scenes finance + Great for understanding the connections between Wall Street and Government             Managing Strategic Surprise: Lessons from Risk Management and Risk Assessment Cambridge University Press, 2008 The scope and applicability of risk management have expanded greatly over the past decade. Banks, corporations, and public agencies employ its new technologies both in their daily operations and long-term investments. It would be unimaginable today for a global bank to operate without such systems in place. Similarly, many areas of public management, from NASA to the Centers for Disease Control, ...