I need some audio books, preferably from audio. Anything good to do with business will do. Already have Lean Startup (A+ btw) and Jack Welch's books. What else is good? I got really excited when I started listening to audio books but it doesn't look like they have a ton of what I'm really looking for. Also anything related to being successful that isn't scammy. I'm thinking like "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and "Outliers." Both are solid btw even though I know "7 Habits" sounds super scammy. It's well regarded.

Also, anything (including normal books) focused on business strategy would be great. I don't want something elementary and am fine with complex stuff. Thanks.

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Hi, there was no answer to this question, could somebody please give any recommendations?

I am considering investing in RE, buy-to-let, in the UK market

Would very much appreciate this!!

- I have ordered 'The millionaire real estate investor' by Gary Keller, cheap on Amazon. Heard this was a good read.

I want to become an expert at reading annual reports.

I have a basic understanding of reading swedish annual reports but
i want to improve and would also like to be more comfortable reading
annual reports in english as I plan to do most of my investments outside of scandinavia in the future.

Which books about financial accounting should i buy?

Are there any audiobooks available that i can download?

Hey guys,

I am looking for financial podcasts, basically about anything on business/finance/economics-related. If there are any specific on Europe, even better.

Appreciate any links, cheers

I listen to Econ talk, NPR's planet money, several Motley Fool podcasts, freakonomics, and wake up to money. I'm not sure how they fit in with you are looking for...

Thanks a lot! They look great. If anyone has any favourites, please post. I have listened a bit to "Financial News Hour", but it is often so conspiratorial and somehow feels a bit dodgy.

a couple of books i'd suggest are marty zweig winning on wall street (there's a big name u never hear anymore) and william oneil how to make money in stocks

The Economist, FT Money, Bloomberg on the Economy* are all decent. I think FT Money is a bit boring though, so I don't listen to it very often.


Do people in the financial industry actually listen to Bloomberg during the day, or is it more for wannabee kind of types?

I've skimmed it and didn't find anything worthwhile listening. No alpha there (so to say)....

Hi everyone,
New to this forum but after skimming for a few weeks, I decided to register and have a look. There's seems to be no shortage of great advice going around.

Now not sure if this should be in this thread or the "I have XX money to invest, where should I put it?" one but I've been reading into Asian Investment a bit and a friend recommended me over to this website.
http://asianinvestmentforum.com.au/
I've found some of the stuff useful although haven't subscribed yet, (still a bit iffy with subscription websites) so curious to see what some other people think.
Legit or not?
Cheers for the help

Just came across CFA Institute Publications website. A load of free research

For example on2012 there is "Expected Returns on Major Asset Classes" by Antti Ilmanen which appears to be shortened version of his
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Expected-Ret...2236934&sr=1-1

and loads and loads of similiar stuff.

http://www.cfapubs.org/loi/rf

I'm looking for a book that would help me answer the following questions:
a) Suppose that the whole market cap of the stock market is 100 trillion. Suppose that tomorrow, everyone tries to sell and the stock market collapses and is worth almost nothing after a 10 trillion worth was sold. How does this affect the world? How does this affect the purchasing power of people?

b) Suppose I have 1 billion dollars. I decide to withdraw it from my investments and burn it. How does this affect the world? Does this hurt the economy in any way? If so, when would it recover from it? I understand that 1 billion is nothing, but just think of it as a theoretical problem.

c) What would happen if the debt levels continue to increase up to a level where people barely have any disposable income anymore? Is this state even possible? Why not? What would happen? In a way, if people keep working as hard or harder, the world can't possibly get less rich (in terms of amount of physical goods, etc...)

tl;dr: I don't understand how money works. Looking for a book(s) that would help me understand such issues better

I'm looking for reading material that deals with how I, as an average Joe, can beat the market. It just seems that picking stocks is silly when I'm competing with experts. Anything I know, they would know better. I realize the market isn't 100% efficient, but isn't it efficient enough that the Harvard educated stockpickers have a huge edge on me? I realize that a lot of individual stockpickers do quite well and that guys like Peter Lynch champion this idea, so I know that it's possible, but I just don't understand the theory behind it. How can I hope to understand where Apple is going to be next year better than the experts?

level?

In your post, instead of Apple put the name of another company that most experts haven't even heard of and you have your starting point (as in poker you dont want to play against ivey but against fish)

also check this thread for Margin of safety

Don't know about any books for you but I can answer.

A.People's purchasing power would be destroyed. All of their retirement / college savings would be gone. They would spend much less because they lost their safety net. No telling what the government would do. It would crush corporations. They would all default, and shut down, being unable to issue stock or get debt. It also would never happen though. It's extremely unrealistic unless the world is literally ending anyway.

B. Burning money just increases the value of all of the other money of that currency.

C. There would be a depression. That state is possible given the right circumstances. The world can absolutely get less rich. The world gets less rich every time a natural disaster strikes. Other causes would be wars and government intrusion on a mass scale (read the US suddenly converts straight to soviet style communism.)

The CFA exam books are pretty good for this. You can find used ones for quite cheap I imagine (they reprint new books each year)

The Ascent of Money. Niall Ferguson

Is there a book that identifies lots of different types of businesses and details how they make money/succeed/fail? I'm curious about specifics about how money flows into and out of different types of businesses with things like margins, conversion rates, cost of customer acquisition, and more to hopefully better understand the various dependencies different businesses have. I'd like to just be more well rounded about how different types of businesses work and how they make money.

Oversimplified example: A supermarket has an average margin of x%, focuses on general products that have a shelf life of y. Concerns are finding good/reliable wholesalers and correctly managing inventory before food spoilage etc etc.

Insurance companies ...

Software companies

Hardware companies

Real estate

Pro sports teams

Pharmaceuticals

Etc

Thanks!

I like this
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Rules-Suc...s=pat+dorsey#_

It goes thorugh different business models and shows how to analyse each particular business. For a non- business student its a v good intro into the subject.

It's not exactly what you are looking for but I'll recommend Competition Demystified by Greenwald.

Obviously 10-ks and annual reports will give you a good understanding of businesses, but maybe not the to the level of detail you would like.

Are there any books or texts that have a good general overview of, basically, the US tax system/preparing taxes? I'll be doing related stuff at my job; I have a math and economics background but no formal or specific tax expertise/knowledge/training. Looking for something to give me some background and context for processing the whole (fairly imposing) chain of forms and help accelerate my ability to conceptualize the whole process as a whole. Hope this is the right place for such a request, TIA.

eta: good related website recommendations also useful/appreciated

still reading but it is a good book, a little to much on the macro long-term side imo

How would people compare the three Steenbarger books, The Psychology of Trading (2003), Enhancing Trader Performance (2006), and The Daily Trading Coach (2009)? I know the second book has been recommended by several people in this thread, but would there be any merit to reading TPoT first, especially for someone with an interest in trading but limited-to-no prior experience?

I only read one Steenbarger and didn't really like it. Enhancing Trader Performance I think? For my psychology fix Trading in the Zone by Douglas can't be beaten in my mind. His The Disciplined Trader is good too but Trading in the Zone seems like it was specifically written for me.

I read lots of trading books and Trading in the Zone is likely the best. Best for psychology anyway. It's what I reread when I need to refocus. Steenbarger left me sorta cold and didn't touch me the way Douglas does.