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  • #16
    stock investment

    I know that you are looking out for a book on investing. It depends where you're looking out to invest to start with. But here's something that will provide you with some insight on investing and investments.
    Investments are the best way towards building a better future. Investments are done in various forms. Investors are broadly classified into 2 categories- High-risk takers, and low-risk takers.
    If you are a high-end risk taker, you can choose from stocks, bonds, Forex etc. Any type of investment is done with an ulterior motive of minting money for future savings.
    There are a few trading tips one needs to keep in mind before investing:
    1.Know your investment plan: When you know what you are buying you are also subjected to know the risks involved in that stock. Thus, knowing your product allows you to play calculated risks.
    2.Setting price limits: When you want to buy or sell a stock/ security at a specified price, you need to place a limit order rather than the prevalent market order. This allows you to avoid buying or selling or stocks at a price higher or lower than the one you want.
    3.Right research: Experts have always opined that a thorough market research, and also research on different companies stocks, their history can contribute to a more defined approach towards investing. And an investor can reap better results if he has a better understanding into his product.
    4.Chart reading: Financial markets display their stock behaviour in the form of chart readings. Reading charts can prove to be beneficial for investors to trade effectively.
    5.Choosing the right shares: Make sure you do not buy a share which shows a declining trend assuming that it will show improvement in the future.
    6.Choosing the right agent: A stock broker is a person who is specifically assigned the job of reading the market behaviour, understanding the stocks pattern. Therefore it is advisable to select the right broker for a better management of your stocks. It is also advisable to pick a discount broker rather than a full service broker.
    7.Setting exit points: While dealing with stocks, you can make profits only when you sell your stocks at the right time. Therefore it is crucial for you to decide on the right exit points to achieve the desired profits.
    8.Technical analysis: While indulging into the stock market you can first try doing a technical analysis in order to examine the history of security’s trading pattern and if the external factors like the economic, fundamental or news events impact the trading pattern.
    9.While buying a stock don’t make emotional decisions.
    10.Follow the market trend: It is found that people decide to move with the market flow, so when a particular stock is going up, it is noticed by more people and then buy that stock for assured returns.

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    • #17
      investment tips

      Do you know why an investor reaps better benefits than another investor? It is because the successful investor has followed certain rules or techniques in order to reach his targets. Therefore, before investing in the stock market, you should always learn these tips.
      There is a lot of scope to make profits while investing provided you have done the right thing. Few tips that you could follow are listed below:
      1.Picking the right stocks: Stock picking is of prime significance while investing. You need to look for company valuations and always try putting your money into large companies; ideally the one’s which are a part of market index.
      2.Understanding your stock returns: It is has been commonly observed that the transaction volumes received are far less than the one’s depicted during the security purchase. This means that the price rise or fall expected on a particular stock is purely speculative.
      3.Investing in Gold: Gold market is one particular commodity which has its prices going up all the time. Hence, it is one area an investor can always earn well.
      4.Time to invest: Whenever you are investing into heavy stocks, it is always recommended to start investing right at the beginning of the new financial year (i.e. April each year).
      5.Insurance: You can do any kind of investment but always keep insurance in your kitty. Eg., A life cover, health insurance etc.
      6.Property investment: Think you want to buy a house? Excellent. It is one of the best ways of putting your money into a source which can earn you future profits.
      7.Portfolio tracking: Keeping a track of your portfolio is good. But the regular you start tracking your portfolio, the more conscious will you become to study its progress, and this in turn can cause you emotional distress.
      8.Research and analysis: Any decision is always supported by a good planning. Similarly when you want to go for investment it is necessary that you do a thorough research and identify the stock pattern, and if it is insurance identify the right cover is important. You can use internet, read Ben Graham’s stories etc. for a better understanding.
      9.The right mindset: A good investor needs to have a passion and diligence of dealing with his product. It is important that you have evaluation skills and don’t get influenced often.
      10.Investment management: A lot of investors put huge sums of money into one particular category predicting a great return. But it is the most risky way of investing. The key to regulate your returns and manage investment risks is to spread your assets and investments across various other investment categories. This minimizes your risk and offers better returns.

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      • #18
        Unconventional Success by David Swensen.

        He manages Yale University's endowment and he provides an insanely in-depth argument why Index funds along with a "balance" of bond funds are best for the average investor (read: not average returns, a non-professional investor that does this full time).

        It's not an easy read, lots of data and written at relatively high reading level.

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        • #19
          I'd like to pick this up I've been interested in learning about it for a while.

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          • #20
            In my opinion, it is crucial to build the investment mindset first rather than learning techniques of investing (How to staff). I would recommend following book for investment / wealth mindset:

            - Rich Dad Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki)
            - Rich Dad Cash Flow Quadrant (Robert Kiyosaki)
            - The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaire and Middle Class (Keith Cameron Smith)
            - The Secret of the Millionaire Mind (T. Harv Eker)
            - The Strangest Secret (Earl Nightingale)
            - Challenge to Succeed (Jim Rohn)

            Once you understand about how rich people think and invest, then I highly recommend to learn macro-economic picture of what is happening right now as well as past monetary history (There are many many similar financial crisis happened in the past). If you understand the past history of what government or banking system did when similar things happened in the past as well as current economic condition (Eurozone situation, US situation and rest of the world), then you will automatically get what to invest in and what not. Here is the great books for learning economic situation.

            - Rich Dad Conspiracy of the Rich (Robert Kiyosaki)
            - Rich Dad Guide of Investing in Gold and Silver (Michael Maloney)
            - Creature from Jekyll island (G. Edward Griffin)
            - Crash Course (Chris Martenson)

            To me, if people don't understand those knowledge and still invest, then it is just pure speculation and it is extremely hard for people to make money in investment.

            I hope this will help!

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            • #21
              why not opt books on investing that are updated and with new featured tactics? I think they might give you more data and new tactics.

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              • #22
                Books:
                Options for the Beginner and Beyond: Unlock the Opportunities and Minimize the Risks by W. Edward Olmstead
                The Bible of Options Strategies: The Definitive Guide for Practical Trading Strategies (Hardcover) by Guy Cohen
                Trading Options in Turbulent Markets: Master Uncertainty Through Active Volatility Management (Bloomberg Financial) by Larry Shover
                All About Investing in Gold (All About Series) by John Jagerson and S. Wade Hansen
                Spread Trading: An Introduction to Trading Options in Nine Simple Steps (Wiley Trading) by Greg Jensen
                Understanding Options by Michael Sincere
                The Intelligent Investor
                One Up on Wall Street
                The Essays of Warren Buffett
                Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits & Other Writings
                Security Analysis
                How to be a Billionaire
                The Interpretation of Financial Statements

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by emanon1501 View Post
                  Could someone recommend a good book that was published within the last few years on investing. I want to learn how to invest for mid and long term. I prefer to buy a used book to save money if possible.

                  Thanks
                  I think that a "newness" requirement for an investment book implies that something has changed recently to alter the preferred strategy for personal investment management. I do not think that this is the case.

                  In addition to the other excellent books that have been suggested in this thread, I would add "Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street" (1993) and "Capital Ideas Evolving" (2007) by Peter Bernstein. These books chronicle of the intellectual development of modern investing. They are neither easy nor hard reads. If you put in the time, they can help a person to understand why effective strategies endure.

                  Another book that is clearly not new: Ben Franklin’s Autobiography. His discussion of frugality are still current. If a person does not save, there is nothing to invest.

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                  • #24
                    Rule #1 by Phil Town is pretty easy to follow.

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