Investments

Behavioral Trading by Woody Dorsey. Have you ever wondered to what extent investor confidence and expectations, rather than solid financial analysis, impact stock market prices? In Behavioral Trading, stock market contrarian, Woody Dorsey, gives readers for the first time insight into his unique and highly successful market diagnosis technique based on proprietary methodologies, often described as market expectations theory, behavioral finance and most commonly contrary opinion analysis. Although long popular with major investors and the financial media for his macroeconomic perspective that is more than six months ahead of the crowd, Dorsey shows how his technique makes behavioral economics practical, accessible and understandable.

The Brainwashing of the American Investor by Steven R. Selengut. Investment Manager Steve Selengut's new exposé of Wall Street conspiracy, conflict of interest, and misrepresentation. It explains how the author made his million (in real dollars, not in market value) actually investing (not writing about investing, not by commissions, and not by salary from a mutual fund company).

The Market Maker's Edge: Day Trading Tactics from a Wall Street Insider by Joshua Lukeman, Josh Lukeman. You'd expect that a market maker at Morgan Stanley might know a thing or two about day trading. In The Market Maker's Edge, Josh Lukeman shows how markets really work and how just about anyone with a little discipline can find their own edge.

Investing for Dummies by Eric Tyson. Covers all aspects of investing, from stocks and bonds to real estate and collectibles. Tyson points readers towards investments that actually work and raises warning flags about strategies you should avoid. The book also considers whether starting and running your business can be a good investment option. If you're looking for a good place to start building a secure financial future, this is it.

101 Investment Lessons from the Wizards of Wall Street :The Pros' Secrets for Running With the Bulls Without Losing Your Shirt by Michael Sincere. Written in a concise, easy-to-read style free of technical jargon and suitable for all investors who want to reap the rewards of our phenomenal bull market and avoid the most common mistakes, this basic, practical primer is a collection of helpful, friendly advice from the people in the best position to know.

Computerized Trading: Maximizing Day Trading and Overnight Profits by Mark Jurik (Editor). Jurik enlists the help of 20 experts--a mix of veteran traders, consultants, and investment gurus who author individual chapters. His textbook-style primer starts with the basic trading skills needed to design trading strategies and continues with testing and evaluation methods, including an interesting chapter on the psychology of trading. The guide then progresses into more complex indicators, such as nonlinear pricing and reflexivity, as well as market models using data-mining technology.

Trading to Win: The Psychology of Mastering the Markets by Ari Kiev. Kiev spent five years with a group of professional traders at SAC Capital Management, a $500 million hedge fund, studying the psychological and emotional aspects of what makes for a successful trader. Kiev advocates a disciplined, Zen-like approach to the markets that begins with articulating a specific goal then committing oneself to attaining that goal in the most objective way possible, overcoming the emotional baggage that too often leads to poor decision-making.

Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation: Beat the Market by Going Against the Crowd. by David N. Dreman. One of the Street's best-known and most articulate contrarians, Dreman has updated his 1982 investment classic, Contrarian Investment Strategies, using recent research on investor psychology. His revised book combines proven techniques for selecting undervalued stocks with fresh insights on how to defy, and thereby profit from, the popular fears or enthusiasms of the moment.

The Individual Investor Revolution by Charles B. Carlson. Charles B. Carlson strongly believes that anyone can become a blue-chip stock investor: you can do it with $50 a month, little or no money up front, no fees, and--best of all--no broker. Carlson is a noted pied piper of "dividend reinvestment plans" or DRIPs--programs that invite you to buy stock directly from companies, without a broker.

Outperforming the Market by John Merrill. Just how well did your stock portfolio do last year? The fact is, most of us really don't know--or are too embarrassed to want to know. John Merrill shows you how to lay the foundations for making sound, long-term investment decisions.

The Unemotional Investor: Simple Systems for Beating the Market by Robert Sheard. Falling in love with your investments is easy to do. The more the stock goes up, the more you like it. If the stock goes down a bit, you're usually pretty forgiving. But if it goes down a lot, you find yourself in a big dilemma. Should you hang on, hoping for better days, trusting that your reason for buying the stock in the first place was sound? Or should you admit your mistake, dump it, and move on? Robert Sheard, author of the Dow Dividend Approach and Foolish Workshop for The Motley Fool, offers a way around this dilemma.

Investing from Scratch: A Handbook for the Young Investor by James Lowell. From the author who prepared post-collegiates for "life" in How to Survive in the Real World comes an essential book for newcomers to the world of investing. Lowell speaks frankly to readers ages 25 to 35 about current ecocomic issues and offers much-needed advice about how to reduce the overall risks associated with investing while helping achieve a decent return on one's money.

The Investor's Anthology: Original Ideas from the Industry's Greatest Minds by Charles D. Ellis and James R. Vertin. This book brings together a collection of great short writings from investment luminaries such as Barton Biggs, Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, and John Templeton, on all the topics for which they are known. Sprinkled with anecdotes and stories from each writer's experiences, The Investor's Anthology is both amusing and educational.

Kiss Your Stockbroker Goodbye: A Guide to Independent Investing by John G. Wells. Some 10 million Americans use full-commission stockbrokers today--and most of them are overpaying for under performance.

Mutual Funds on the Net: Making Money Online by Paul B. Farrell. The first online guide specifically for mutual funds, this guide teaches investors how to choose, analyze, purchase shares, track, and trade mutual funds with online resources. It offers tips and instruction on how to use online mutual fund brokers, accessing the top-20 mutual fund families, using the electronic business news services, using online mutual fund business letters, and tapping into government databases, private bulletin boards and more.

Bernard M. Baruch: The Adventures of a Wall Street Legend by James Grant. This biography of Bernard Baruch considered to be renowned as the definitive story about the notorious financial wizard and presidential advisor. Baruch's political policies are discussed briefly, and James Grant includes a detailed account of Baruch's trading and investment gains and losses. Baruch obtained his millions by risking his fortune again and again. In the history of our stock market and government, there are few who have obtained his mythical status as a successful investor of all times.

The Intelligent Investor: The Classic Bestseller on Value Investing by Benjamin Graham. A revised edition of the best-selling investment guide takes account of both the defensive and the enterprising investor, outlining the principles of stock selection, explaining simple portfolio policy, and offering advice on a range of strategies.

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