Good Reading -- February 2017
Good Reading -- February 2017 Philip C. Ordway
Books I was recently asked which books and articles I would recommend to an aspiring investor. I have a list of more than 200 that all have merit -- and the eminent financial writer Jason Zweig has a great list as well -- but I think almost everything important is in the top 10. So I'm going to try to reread all of these "best of the best" books and articles this year. First up: Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits -- It's no ac
"Mount Rushmore" Reading
I wrote previously that I think most of the important ideas in the investment profession can be found in a short list of books and articles. From my expanded list -- running some 220 items and counting, sorted into tiers and found here -- I cut the choices down to 29. That's still too many. I'm trying again because I was recently asked by a student to recommend the three or four books that have had the most influence on me. I couldn't make enough hard choices to get down to "