What we are reading

If you want to learn more about investing the following books that we have read are a great place to start. All of the books mentioned below are available in Australia at any reputable bookstore.

Books on general investing

• The Intelligent Investor
  by Benjamin Graham (Harper, 2003).
  
• Common sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor
  by John C Bogle (John Wiley & Sons, 1999).
  
• Bogle on Mutual Funds: New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor
  by John C Bogle (McGraw-Hill, 1994).
  
• Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
  by Peter L Bernstein (John Wiley & Sons, 1998).
  
• Buffett: the Making of an American Capitalist
  by Roger Lowenstein (Orion, 1995).
  
• Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve
  by George Soros (John Wiley & Sons, 1995).
  
• A Short History of Financial Euphoria
  by John Kenneth Galbraith (Whittle Books, 1990).
  
• Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: About Money
  by Richard Carlson (Hodder, 2001).
  
• You Can be a Stock Market Genius
  by Joel Greenblatt (Fireside, 1999).
  
• Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond
  by Greenwald, Sonkin et Biema (John Wiley & Sons, 2001).
  
• The New Finance: The Case Against Efficient Markets
  by Robert A Haugen (Prentice Hall, 1999).
  
• How to Read the Financial Pages
  by Michael Brett (Century, 1995).

Book covering a specialised area: Running a business

• Building the Happiness-Centred Business
  by Dr Paddi Lund (Solutions Press, 1997).

Book covering a specialised area: Property

• The Real Estate Game
  by Poorvu and Cruickshank (Free Press, 1999). 

Book covering a specialised area: Economics

• The Worldly Philosophers
  by Robert L. Heilbroner (Touchstone, 1999).

Book covering a specialised area: Hedge Funds

•  When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of LTCM
  by Roger Lowenstein (Fourth Estate, 2002).

Book covering a specialised area: Financial Markets

• Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
  by Burrough and Helyar (Harper and Row, 1990).
  
• Den of Thieves
  by James B Stewart (Touchstone, 1992).

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