Top Finance books curated by experts

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Fundamentals of Finance

Understanding the concepts of Finance starts with understanding the fundamentals. On your way to mastery, it's crucial for you to understand how certain concepts were derived, and why things work like they do. Starting with these resources is the best way to do so.

The Black Girl's Guide to Financial Freedom: Build Wealth, Retire Early, and Live the Life of Your Dreams

The Black Girl's Guide to Financial Freedom: Build Wealth, Retire Early, and Live the Life of Your Dreams

In The Black Girl's Guide to Financial Freedom, Paris Woods takes the guesswork out of wealth-building and presents a plan that anyone can follow. Paris spent years working in education and wanted to find a way to build wealth without changing careers or taking the traditional real estate or bus…

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The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them

The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them

It is an enjoyable and easy reading although a comprehensive exposure to bitcoin and blockchains. As mentioned on the back cover, this book is a crash course in money, cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings (ICO) and enterprise blockchains.

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The Intelligent Investor

The Intelligent Investor

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, first published in 1949, is a widely acclaimed book on value investing. The book provides strategies on how to successfully use value investing in the stock market. Historically, the book has been one of the most popular books on investing and Graham'…

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Monthly Bill Payment Checklist: Bill Tracker Notebook, The 4-Year Guide for Families & Money Managers, 960 Billing Records Included!

Monthly Bill Payment Checklist: Bill Tracker Notebook, The 4-Year Guide for Families & Money Managers, 960 Billing Records Included!

Getting a bit bogged down by bills and budget chaos? Jump into our cool tracking book, designed to be your financial BFF. Never stress about missed payments again – track all your bills and expenses in one easy-to-use system, bringing simplicity to your financial journey.

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One Up on Wall Street

One Up on Wall Street

In total, "One Up On Wall Street" emphasizes the significance of personal knowledge, study, and analysis in stock market trading, and it serves as a practical guide to effective investment techniques and philosophies.

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The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing

The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing

This classic text is annotated to update Graham's timeless wisdom for today's market conditions...
The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham, taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham's philosophy of "value investing" -- which shields investors from substant…

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Additional Finance Reading

These books are not required for you to learn Finance, but they are highly recommended for you to deepen your knowledge.

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management is a book by Roger Lowenstein published by Random House on October 9, 2000. The book tells an unauthorized account of the creation, early success, abrupt collapse, and rushed bailout of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM).

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Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

From inside the corner office at Lehman Brothers to secret meetings in South Korea, and the corridors of Washington, Too Big to Fail is the definitive story of the most powerful men and women in finance and politics grappling with success and failure, ego and greed, and, ultimately, the fate of …

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Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street

Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street

Book overview. Capital Ideas traces the origins of modern Wall Street, from the pioneering work of early scholars and the development of new theories in risk, valuation, and investment returns, to the actual implementation of these theories in the real world of investment management.

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Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events

Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events

In a world in which internet troll farms attempt to influence foreign elections, can we afford to ignore the power of viral stories to affect economies? In this groundbreaking book, Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert Shiller offers a new way to think about…

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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books, Big Profits)

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books, Big Profits)

The best-selling investing "bible" offers new information, new insights, and new perspectives
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is the classic guide to getting smart about the market. Legendary mutual fund pioneer John C. Bogle reveals his key to getting more out of investing: low-cos…

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A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Including a Life-Cycle Guide to Personal Investing

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Including a Life-Cycle Guide to Personal Investing

Skilled at puncturing financial bubbles and other delusions of the Wall Street crowd, Burton Malkiel shows why a broad portfolio of stocks selected at random will match the performance of one carefully chosen by experts. Taking a shrewd look at the high-tech boom and its aftermath, Malkiel shows…

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Specializations and Deeper Finance Knowledge

You've got your basics in order – time to move on to some advanced and specialized concepts. Finance is evolving every day, these books can help you master it.

MONEY Master the Game

MONEY Master the Game

Tony Robbins is one of the most revered writers and thinkers of our time. People from all over the world—from the disadvantaged to the well-heeled, from twenty-somethings to retirees—credit him for giving them the inspiration and the tools for transforming their lives. From diet and fitness, to …

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How I Invest My Money: Finance Experts Reveal how They Save, Spend, and Invest

How I Invest My Money: Finance Experts Reveal how They Save, Spend, and Invest

In this unprecedented collection, 25 financial experts share how they navigate markets with their own capital. In this honest rendering of how they invest, save, spend, give, and borrow, this group of portfolio managers, financial advisors, venture capitalists and other experts detail the 'how' …

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