One up on Wall Street - Peter Lynch

[jmbreci]

by Peter Lynch. While it is a bit dated, he is very insightful. The only part that really makes the book dated is the fact that the P/E #'s he talks about have gone up (on average) since the book was written.

He doesn't just talk about good things he did either, he mentions plenty of bad things and missed opportunities that he should have seen.

Next up for me is Intelligent Investor by Mr. Graham.

[Justin]

I am working on the intelligent investor right now.

Lots of good information but oh man is it boring.

[Vega$Chri$]

Originally Posted by Justin

I am working on the intelligent investor right now.

Lots of good information but oh man is it boring.

It's been sitting on my desk for a few months, I keep buying others to read in front of it just becaue it "looks" boring...I'm glad to see my fears have been validated!

I'll get to it sometime -

Chri$

[jmbreci]

Got it on the self as well. Finished One Up and have moved on to The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing by Pat Dorsey. Not that far into it yet, but he does talk about Moats, devoted chapter in the book, and I am getting into the part about financials. Seems to be another decent book. Will give a better review once I am through it.

[AlexG]

^ best book i found (not dissin phill or anything) but Pat Dorsey is exceptional and is the premise of my investing decisions

[steve44]

I have been listening to the Graham book on CD in my car on the way to work.

The CD is so boring it is almost too dangerous to listen to in the car as I have almost fallen asleep a few times.

I will try harder to get something out of this CD since everyone says Graham is one of our investor gods !

[tasty]

I also found this Pat Dorsey's book to be an excellent tour of fundamental analysis.
"Five rules for successful stock investing"
"Morningstar's guide to building weath..."


I also found Bernstein's books....to be very good introduction to the virtues of index investing and diversification.

'The intelligent asset allocator" and "four pillars of investing."
The former is a more consise version of the later.

[Kofi]

A friend just lent me the book last week, but I realize I'm having difficulty reading any other book after reading Rule #1. Can someone tell me if there's a particular chapter that's insightful. I have to return the book soon and I'd hate it if I miss out on some good points.
Thanks guys.