Comments on: Pre-Retirement Reading: Three Great Books About Investing

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:58:51 +0000

All of the above are great money books. But if you only read one money book in your entire life, it better be “The Four Pillars.” William Bernstein lays out investment knowledge in a way us liberal arts majors can grasp and his wit is just an extra treat! (“Brokers service their clients like Bonnie and Clyde serviced banks.” LOL! Priceless!) I’m looking forward to his new book too!

By: curious

curious — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:00:39 +0000

have any “pundits” commented on lending clubs as part of an investment strategy?

By: Craig Ford

Craig Ford — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:54:13 +0000

Two thumbs up for Your Money or Your Life. Just finished reading and reviewing it and I loved it.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:20:24 +0000

I love the Boglehead. A good gift I got.

By: Clf

Clf — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:20:52 +0000

Read all three of these, but I have to say that “The Four Pillars” was the best information if you are looking at a “bang for the buck” or value ratio.

By: John DeFlumeri Jr

John DeFlumeri Jr — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:38:19 +0000

You have to keep reading everything you can if you want to make out financially.

Thanks for the three reviews!

By: Rex Huston

Rex Huston — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:00:50 +0000

My personal favorite investing book is The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. Graham was the mentor of Warren Buffet. This book is the Bible for Value Investors.

By: Retirement Savior

Retirement Savior — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:22:04 +0000

My favorites are Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre, One up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch, and the Ivy Portfolio by Mebane Faber.

That Guide to Investing you mentioned does seem like the best all-scenario book to buy if you are new to investing and had to buy just one.

By: Mike Piper

Mike Piper — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:15:12 +0000

In addition to those you mentioned, my favorites are: Malkiel’s Random Walk Down Wall Street, Taleb’s Fooled by Randomness (while it isn’t about investing as such, it sure does apply to investing), Bogle’s The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, and Allan Roth’s How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street.

What can I say? I’m a believer in index funds.