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.

Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever

Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever

Fifty years ago, the Manhattan Project of money management was quietly assembled in the financial industry's backwaters, unified by the heretical idea that even many of the world's finest investors couldn't beat the market in the long run. The motley crew of nerds—including economist wunderkind …

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Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post–financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks.

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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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I Will Teach You to Be Rich

I Will Teach You to Be Rich

I Will Teach You To Be Rich (2009) is a comprehensive personal finance book that you shouldn't miss. Here's why: It breaks down complex financial concepts into simple, actionable steps for readers to follow. The book covers a wide range of topics, from saving and investing to negotiating and spe…

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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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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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Additional Finance Reading

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

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

The bestselling The Millionaire Next Door identifies seven common traits that show up again and again among those who have accumulated wealth. Most of the truly wealthy in this country don't live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue-they live next door.

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Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing will show you how to incorporate this proven investment strategy into your portfolio. It will also change the very way you think about investing. Successful investing is not easy. (It requires disciplin…

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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 Black Swan

The Black Swan

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb discusses the impact of rare, unpredictable, and highly influential events or "black swans" on our lives, economies, and history. It advocates for an approach to life that embraces uncertainty.

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All the Devils Are Here

All the Devils Are Here

On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand’s godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident, but a d…

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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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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.

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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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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