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Top Books Recommended For Beginning Investors?
Posted on 4/11/11 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 4/11/11 at 10:21 pm
I will claim I know little to anything about the stock market but want to get my feet wet and begin investing. What are some books you recommend for absolute beginners to understand the basics of investing from short sells to online trading and overall stock market basics?
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Posted on 4/11/11 at 10:32 pm to Beaux
Jim Cramer "Getting Back To Even" 
Posted on 4/11/11 at 11:16 pm to klewis
A random walk down wall street.
Then you shouldlearn why that book is wrong.
Then you shouldlearn why that book is wrong.
Posted on 4/11/11 at 11:33 pm to TheHiddenFlask
Posted on 4/12/11 at 8:15 am to Alabama Slim
Ben Graham's book "the intelligent investor", followed by Buffett's "Essays of Warren Buffett". After that, I would read Peter Schiff.
Posted on 4/12/11 at 8:25 am to Beaux
Richest Man in Babylon. Book has been around for decades and it lays out the basics of investing through parables.
Posted on 4/12/11 at 9:33 am to RollTide4Ever
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Ben Graham's book "the intelligent investor",
this may be the bible of investment...but for a rookie? ive read it twice and dont understand 1/3 of the words in that book
Posted on 4/12/11 at 10:28 am to TheHiddenFlask
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Then you shouldlearn why that book is wrong.
Why is it wrong?
Posted on 4/12/11 at 10:44 am to tycertd
Practice makes perfect. 
Posted on 4/12/11 at 11:43 am to OohPooPahDoo
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Why is it wrong?
It's one of my favorite books that I have ever read, but it's just far too elementary.
Posted on 4/12/11 at 11:48 am to Beaux
Jesse Livermore, "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" has to be on the list.
Posted on 4/12/11 at 11:55 am to Beaux
Fooled by Randomness was pretty good....thank you walt morales
Posted on 4/12/11 at 9:29 pm to BilJ
TRADING BY THE BOOK by JOE ROSS if ya wanna trade commodities kid. 
Posted on 4/12/11 at 11:41 pm to OohPooPahDoo
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Why is it wrong?
Markets are not random, so Burton is wrong.
To the OP, I'd recommend Making Money In Stocks by William O'Neil.
Posted on 4/12/11 at 11:55 pm to Alabama Slim
Posted on 4/12/11 at 11:57 pm to RollTide4Ever
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Ben Graham's book "the intelligent investor",
And then if you want to learn his system in more detail, go to his best classic, Security Analysis (3rd ed., 1951; 1st ed. was in 1934), which runs almost 800 pages.
This post was edited on 4/12/11 at 11:59 pm
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