HarperCollins Publishers, 2013, [Behavioural Finance] Grade 3
We don’t know what makes for a successful investor or the key to happiness, however we do know what does not. In the words of Warren Buffett: “Charlie and I have not learned how to solve difficult business problems. What we have learned is to avoid them”. The method of illuminating... Further reading... Link to Amazon...
Princeton University Press, 2009, [Economics] Grade 5
Animal Spirits is a book about macroeconomics with an interesting twist. Rest assured this is not another mundane behavioral economics handbook. The book was written in response to the financial crisis and the authors are economics rockstars. Robert Shiller and George Akerlof are... Further reading... Link to Amazon...
Doubleday, 2012, [Surrounding Knowledge] Grade 4
This book belongs firmly in the surrounding knowledge category, which I suspect to most readers of InvestingByTheBooks is a category we turn to after all of the “real” book titles have been exhausted. Expanding one’s horizons is important I believe. In the words of Charlie... Further reading... Link to Amazon...
Harper Perennial, 2010, [Surrounding Knowledge] Grade 5
This is an important book. In Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely highlights how our cognitive machinery frequently results in irrational behaviour. The book is an amalgate of experimental psychology and economics, with various practical applications. Ariely is a professor in Behavioural... Further reading... Link to Amazon...
Random House, 2012, [Behavioural Finance] Grade 3
Not many authors are as fearless and eloquent advocates of their views. That makes Nassim Taleb a thought-provoking author. Taleb regards himself as both a trader and philosopher. He is a household name in the investing world and was propelled into fame with his two books Black... Further reading... Link to Amazon...
