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The Four Pillars of Investing |
By William Bernstein | | William Bernstein gives investors the tools they need to construct top-returning portfolios without the help of a financial adviser. In a relaxed, nonthreatening style, Dr. Bernstein provides a distinctive blend of market history, investing theory and behavioral finance, one designed to help every investor become more self-sufficient and make better-informed investment decisions. Containing all of the tools needed to achieve investing success, this book presents practical investing advice based on fascinating history lessons from the market, exercises to determine risk tolerance as an investor and an easy-to-understand explanation of risk and reward in the capital markets. 
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By Zvi Bodie and Michael J. Clowes | | Make sure your money will be there when you need it – for retirement, college or anything else. This book outlines Six Steps to Worry-Free Investing for every risk-averse investor. Drawing on little-known U.S. government investments and three powerful risk-reduction strategies, it virtually eradicates risk while helping you achieve returns in excess of inflation.
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The ETF Book: All You Need to Know About Exchange-Traded Funds |
By Richard A. Ferri, CFA | | Written by veteran financial professional and experienced author Richard Ferri, The ETF Book gives you a broad and deep understanding of this important investment vehicle and provides you with the tools needed to successfully integrate exchange-traded funds into any portfolio. Each chapter of the book offers concise coverage of various issues and is filled with in-depth insights on different types of ETFs as well as practical advice on how to select and manage them.
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All About Asset Allocation |
By Richard A. Ferri, CFA | | Rick Ferri goes beyond sound-bite financial columns and TV programs to explain asset allocation in terms that anyone can understand. Using a concise style, this book features straightforward explanations of asset allocation, a review of the asset allocation process and guidelines for implementing strategies and programs.
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All About Index Funds, 2nd Edition |
By Richard A. Ferri, CFA | | This book will help you discover your unconscious money beliefs and break their power, transforming the role of money in your life. It will give you practical, down-to-earth guidance along a new path to help you achieve fulfillment and prosperity far deepr than just financial success.
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The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing |
By Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf | | This book is a slightly irreverent, straightforward guide to investing for everyone. Originally just the chat-line ruminations of Boglehead founder Taylor Larimore and forum leading cohorts Mel Lindauer and Michael LeBoeuf, their trusted advice has been brewed and distilled into an easy-to-use, need-to-know, no frills guide to building up your own financial well-being – so you can worry less and profit more from the investments you make. If you face a financial crisis or problem, or simply want to know what is prudent to do with the money you save, the Bogleheads will have the answers you need to help you gain your financial footing and keep it.
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The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing |
By Benjamin Graham with updated examples by Jason Zweig | | One of the greatest investment advisors of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. This revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today's market, draws parallels between Graham's examples and today's financial headlines and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham's principles of value investing.
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You've Lost It, Now What? |
How to Beat the Bear Market and Still Retire on Time By Jonathan Clements | | This book has a feisty and easy-to-understand style that gives you a road map for the years ahead. It takes you step-by-step through the process of rebuilding your investments and explains how after reaching retirement you can squeeze the maximum out of your savings.
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Does Your Broker Owe You Money |
By Daniel R. Solin, Esq. | | This book discusses how investors can avoid being victimized by brokers and how to get their money back if they incurred losses on account of broker misconduct. An excellent primer for those wanting to get "the inside skinny" of the brokerage business. Shows investors the various forms of broker fraud, and helps them determine if they have a claim. Gives you the tools to assess if you have a claim and advises you on what your next steps should be.
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Bogle on Mutual Funds: New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor |
By John Bogle | | This book explains the various investment markets and different types of mutual funds (bond, stock, balanced, money market, etc.). It tells you how to understand and evaluate risk and gives advice on how to construct an investment program for whatever purpose you may have in mind. It also gives advice on how much risk is prudent for different investment time horizons.
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Protecting Your Wealth in Good Times and Bad |
By Rick Ferri, CFA | | Protecting Your Wealth is an essential guidebook to a secure savings and investing strategy. Step by step, this book walks you through the process of developing and implementing a sound lifelong plan to grow and protect your hard-earned assets.
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Saving Money: An Easy, Smart Guide to Saving Money |
By Barbara Loos | | Formerly published under the title I Haven’t Saved a Dime, Now What?!, this book has been repackaged, and sold under the Barnes & Noble Basics label. It is designed to walk you through the often puzzling and worry-producing world of money.
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Serious Money, Straight Talk about Investing for Retirement |
By Rick Ferri, CFA | | Serious Money explains why stockbrokers, investment firms, financial consultants and the mass media do not always have your best interests at heart. In this hard hitting book, author Richard Ferri takes the investment industry to task for spending too much effort on selling and too little on meeting the needs of serious investors.
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street: |
The Best Investment Advice for the New Century By Burton Malkiel | | This is an investment classic, originally published in 1973. It has just been updated, and now takes into account the dot-com meltdown. Among other topics, Malkiel gives an entertaining history of past market bubbles, and explains why it’s not worth trying to beat the market. There is also a life-cycle guide to investing in the market.
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The Only Investment Guide You Will Ever Need |
By Andrew Tobias | | This guide has been updated many times and available for more than 20 years. This is an easy-to-read book covering many of the basics of personal finance, from investments and life insurance to Social Security.
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