If you want to learn more about personal finance and investing, the following books are a good place to start. For your convenience, each title links directly to the Amazon.com website, where you can read a description and place an order.
Shearwater Capital makes no claims as to the accuracy of the information found in any of these books. The appearance of a book on our list does not constitute an endorsement.
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, by
Peter L. Bernstein (John Wiley & Sons, 1998).
Against
the Gods : The Remarkable Story... |
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Asset Allocation: Balancing Financial Risk, by Roger
C. Gibson (McGraw Hill Text, 2000).
Asset
Allocation: Balancing Financial Risk |
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Capital Ideas, by Peter L. Bernstein (Free Press,
1991).
Capital Ideas |
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Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for
the Intelligent Investor, by John C. Bogle (John Wiley & Sons, 1999).
Common
Sense on Mutual Funds : New... |
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A Commonsense Guide to Your 401(k), by Mary Rowland
(Bloomberg Press, 1997).
A
Commonsense Guide to Your 401(K)... |
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Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart (Simon & Schuster,
1992)
Den of Thieves |
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Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation,
by Edward Chancellor (Plume, 2000).
Devil
Take the Hindmost: A History of ... |
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Earn More (Sleep Better): The Index Fund Solution,
by Richard E. Evans and Burton G. Malkiel (Simon & Schuster Trade,
1999).
Earn
More (Sleep Better) : The Index... |
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Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Thomsom
Texere, 2004).
Fooled
by Randomness |
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Essays of Warren Buffet: Lessons for Corporate America
(Revised Edition) by Lawrence A. Cunningham, Warren E. Buffet
Essays of Warren Buffet |
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The Four Pillars of Investing, by William J. Bernstein
(McGraw Hill College Div., 2002).
The
Pillars of Investing |
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Global Investing: The Professional's Guide to the
World Capital Markets, by Roger G. Ibbotson and Gary P. Brinson
(McGraw Hill Professional Publishing, 1992).
Global
Investing: The Professional's Guide... |
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How to Be an Index Investor, by Max Isaacman (McGraw-Hill,
2000).
How
to Be an Index Investor |
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The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your
Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk, by William J. Bernstein
(McGraw-Hill, 2000)
Intelligent Asset Allocator |
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The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham (Harper
& Row, 1973).
The Intelligent Investor |
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Investing in REITs, by Ralph L. Block (Bloomberg
Press, 2002).
Investing
in REITs |
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Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis (Penguin, 1990).
Liar's
Poker
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Making the Most of Your Money, by Jane Bryant Quinn
(Simon & Schuster Trade, 1997).
Making
the Most of Your Money |
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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets
of America's Wealthy, by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko
(Pocket Books, 2000).
Millionaire
Next Door : The Suprising... |
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The Money-Making Guide to Bonds, by Hildy Richelson
and Stan Richelson (Bloomberg Press, 2002).
Money-Making
Guide |
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One Up on Wall Street: How to Use What You Already
Know to Make Money in the Market, by Peter Lynch with John Rothchild
(Simon and Schuster, 2000).
One
Up on Wall Street : How to Use What... |
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The Only Guide to a Winning BondStrategy You'll Ever
Need : The Way Smart Money Preserves Walth Today, by Larry E. Swedroe,
Joseph H. Hempen (Truman Talley Books, 2006).
The
Only Guide to a Winning Investment... |
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The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy You'll
Ever Need : Index Mutual Funds and Beyond - The Way Smart Money
Invests Today, by Larry E. Swedroe (E.P. Dutton, 1998).
The
Only Guide to a Winning Investment... |
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Completey Revised
and Updated Edition, by Burton G. Malkiel (W.W. Norton & Company;
Revised and Updated edition,l 2003)
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The Secret Code of the Superior Investor: How to
Be a Long-Term Winner in a Short-Term World, by James K. Glassman
(Crown Pub., 2002).
The
Secret Code of the Superior Investor |
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Stocks for the Long Run:The Definitive Guide to Financial
Market Returns and Long-Term Investment Strategies, by Jeremy J.
Siegel (McGraw-Hill Trade; 3rd edition, 2002)
Stocks
for the Long Run ... |
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The Successful Investor Today: 14 Simple Truths You
Must Know When You Invest, by Larry E. Swedroe (Truman Talley Books,
2003)
The
Successful Investor... |
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Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to
Personal Investment, by David F. Swensen (Free Press, 2005).
Unconventional
Success: A Fundamental Approach ... |
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The Wall Street Journal Complete Money and Investing
Guidebook, by Dave Kansas (Three Rivers Press, 2005).
The
Wall Street Journal Guide ... |
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The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money
and Investing, Third Edition, by Kenneth M. Morris and Alan M. Siegel
(Fireside, 1999).
The
Wall Street Journal Guide to... |
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The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Personal
Finance, Fourth Edition by Kenneth M. Morris and Virginia B. Morris
(Fireside, 2004).
The
Wall Street Journal Guide to... |
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Wall Street Secrets for Tax-Efficient Investing,
by Robert N. Gordon with Jan M. Rosen (Bloomberg Press, 2001).
Wall
Street Secrets |
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What Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know: How You
Can Profit from the Indexing Revolution, by Larry E. Swedroe (St
Martins Press, 2000).
What
Wall Street Doesn't Want You to... |
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Why the Tried and the True Triumph Over the Bold and the New,
by Jeremy J. Siegel (Crown Business, 2005)
Why
the Tried and the True Triumph ...
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Winning the Loser's Game, by Charles D. Ellis (McGraw-Hill,
2002).
Winning
the Loser's Game...
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Winning with the Market:Beat the Traders and Brokers
in Good Times and Bad, by Douglas R. Sease (Wall Street Journal
Book, 2001).
Winning
with the Market: Beat the Traders ... |
