An Informed Investor Should Have These Books on Their Shelf

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Though there is more information and knowledge available online now than ever before, there are some classic tomes of stock market investing wisdom that every investor should read.

One Up On Wall Street (Peter Lynch)

An ideal book for beginning investors. The legendary manager Peter Lynch shows how to use common sense to form opinions of companies and start the critical analysis process needed to find winning stocks.

How to Make Money in Stocks (William O’Neil)

The founder of Investors Business Daily details his CANSLIM method of finding and managing stocks. O’Neil shows how stock management, instead of diversification, is the key to great portfolio performance.

Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets (Stan Weinstein)

Weinstein was the first to document in detail the four stages during a stock cycle. He goes into great depth on how to identify each stage and how you can use that information to be in the best stocks at the optimal time.

The Market Wizards (Jack Schwager)

A landmark book at the time, Schwager interviews some of the most famous stock market traders and fund managers and gleams from them insights you can’t find anywhere else. The two follow-up books New Market Wizards and Hedge Fund Market Wizards are must reads as well.

Security Analysis (Benjamin Graham)

This book, written by Warren Buffett’s idol and mentor, is the definitive book on fundamental analysis of stocks. Buffett is said to have a signed copy on his desk which he still refers to almost 80 years after publication.

Trader Vic — Methods of a Wall Street Master (Victor Sperandeo)

Often overlooked, this book lays down some of the foundations of technical analysis, specifically the best way — some say the definitive way — to draw a trendline on a stock. Sperandeo’s down to earth of writing makes this book a joy to read.

Winning on Wall Street (Martin Zweig)

Considered by many to be a must have book, Zweig takes a macro approach to evaluating the overall business climate and shows how that effects the climate for stock picking. The definitive book for those who prefer a top down approach to stock investing.

Technical Analysis Explained (Marin J. Pring)

Before this book, technical analysis was thought of as a sort of voodoo that no respected investor would be involved in. But what Pring was able to do was to quantify and show the logic behind technical analysis, and thus help to make it an acceptable approach to stock analysis, one which is widely used today.

How to Trade in Stocks (Jesse Livermore)

Written in somewhat antiquated and colloquial terms, it is however thought of as the first book to truly explain the behind the scenes mechanics of the market. Livermore’s insights into the emotional ups and downs of a stock market participants has never been written about better and still holds up to this day.

All About Options (Thomas McCafferty)