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Investors' Library is a frequently updated
list of books, articles and websites related
to intelligent investing. For your convenience
we have added a link to Books for Business (a Toronto bookstore),
where most of the books are available.
The articles and websites can be accessed
directly by clicking on the indicated text.
Books
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Up on Wall Street
Peter Lynch with John Rothchild
A wonderful book for the layman.
Lynch, one of America's most successful
investors, describes in an amusing and straight-forward
fashion, how he makes investment decisions.
His advice: buy quality companies you can
understand and believe in - but only if
they are selling for sensible prices.
This 1989 book was followed, in 1994, by
Lynch's Beating the Street.
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 The Essays of Warren Buffett:
Lessons for Corporate America
Selected, arranged, and introduced by Lawrence
A. Cunningham (also the publisher)
A well thought out compilation of Warren
Buffett's letters to shareholders over the
past twenty years. Larry Cunningham's Introduction
contains a good overview. Chapter
II, which sets out the framework within
which Buffett makes investment decisions
is essential reading for any investor.
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 The
Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham, Harper & Row
The timeless classic on value investing.
The fourth edition includes Buffett's famous
lecture on "The Superinvestors of Graham
- and - Doddsville".
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 Common Stocks and Uncommon
Profits
Philip A. Fisher
Phil Fisher describes
a systematic approach to identifying high
quality growth companies.
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Fooled
by Randomness
Nicholas Nassim Taleb
A short but highly insightful book on the
role
of chance in investing and in life - and how
we perceive and deal with it.
Wonderfully
irreverent. A great read.
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 Triumph
of the
Optimists: 101 Years
of Global Investment Returns
Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, Mike
Staunton
The bible on long-term investment
returns
in stocks and bonds. This book provides the first comprehensive
record of long-term investment returns in
all the developed countries. It also
contains an excellent description of the
equity risk premium. Required reading
for all serious investors.
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Articles
(These
articles will take several minutes to
download.)
Mr.
Buffett on the Stock Market
- 1999
By Carol Loomis
© 1999 Time
Inc.
Warren Buffett's insightful views of the
stock market. Worth reading
and re-reading.
Warren Buffett on the Stock Market - 2001
By Carol Loomis
© 2001
Time Inc.
Ditto.
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Web Sites
Toronto Investment
Club
This attractively designed site acts as
a global source for books, articles, conferences,
etc. on long-term investing. Short
articles by Jim Chuong are concise, clear
and helpful.
Grant's
Online
Wonderfully well written, controversial
and amusing views on both the U.S. capital
markets and individual companies.
The Motley Fool
An entertaining, much visited investment
site. A great site for the amateur
investor.
Hoover
A source for quick information
about any U.S. public company.
Stockscreener
Provides an online screening utility for
U.S. public companies. Owned by Hoovers.
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