Investing by the Books #40 Our Top Investing Books

Investing By The Books

2023-01-23

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In this special episode, we speak with Mark Gandy about our favorite investing books. Mark is the host of The CFO Bookshelf podcast and a consultant helping CEOs and CFOs with business development and financial modeling. We discuss books that can help you understand financial statements, evaluate management, and judge the quality of a business.

Eddie Palmgren

Niklas Sävås

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This episode was recorded on January 3, 2023.

Books Mentioned

  • The Intelligent Investor – Benjamin Graham 
  • Security Analysis – Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd 
  • One Up on Wall Street – Peter Lynch 
  • Beating the Street – Peter Lynch 
  • Quality First Investing – Björn Fahlén
  • The Investment Checklist – Micheal Shearn 
  • Once in Golconda – John Brooks 
  • Business Adventures – John Brooks
  • The Go-Go Years – John Brooks 
  • Against the Gods – Peter L. Bernstein 
  • Fooled by Randomness – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Poor Charlie’s Almanack – Peter D. Kaufman
  • Damn Right! – Janet Lowe 
  • The Snowball – Alice Schroeder 
  • The Warren Buffett Way – Robert G. Hagstrom
  • The Making of an American Capitalist – Roger Lowenstein 
  • The Most Important Thing – Howard Marks 
  • Millionaire Teacher – Andrew Hallman 
  • The Little Book that Builds Wealth – Pat Dorsey
  • Investors Manual – NAIC
  • Investment Biker –  Jim Rogers 
  • The Education of a Value Investor – Guy Spier 
  • Financial Shenanigans – Howard Schilit 
  • The Interpretation of Financial Statements – Benjamin Graham
  • Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements – David Clark and Mary Buffett
  • The Black Swan – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • A Random Walk Down Wall Street – Burton G. Malkiel 
  • The Outsiders – William Thorndike 
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
  • Influence – Robert Cialdini 
  • The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway – Adam Mead 
  • The Five Keys to Value Investing – Dennis Jean-Jacques
  • 100 Baggers – Chris Mayers

Other resources 

  • Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder letters 
  • Howard Marks’ memos

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