There is so much useful information in this thread. Thank you to all who continued it.

http://www.amazon.com/Jordanian-Labo.../dp/0198702051

Any mathematically oriented --but still connected with reality-- book on options and other instruments? I want to learn more about options pricing models, things like put-call parity, etc. It should preferably assume little knowledge of finance.

So I've read my share of books on investing in publicly traded companies, but can anyone recommend some reading on investing in privately held companies?

And yes, I plan to talk to both a CPA and a lawyer before I invest. I just thought I'd do some homework before I meet them.

Can anyone recommend any good video series' (paid or free), to learn the basics of trading?

I highly recommend the "hooked on phonics" series of videos to get up to speed on reading, then using those reading skills to get up to speed on trading and investing.

Or, in short, no. Unless you want to purchase my video series.

I'm not sure this will be helpful to you, but if a company is privately held and a good investment, I don't think you will be able to invest. If they are looking for investors, it's probably a bad bet. It's like the Groucho Marx quote, "I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member".

I'm interested in learning about water desalination technology as an investment. Does anyone have any recommendations on reading material, or companies to look into for investment purposes? I know almost nothing about the industry, but it has piqued my interest because of how valuable potable water is becoming. There is just so much information out there that I'm not sure where to begin. Obviously, if anyone knows of any financial advisers that are familiar with this industry, that would be idea. An offshoot idea would be investing in companies that are developing technology to efficiently access fresh water that is currently not accessible by humans. Sort of like what fracking is doing for the oil industry. I don't even know if this concept has been explored or not, but I'd love to learn more about it.

Another industry I'm interested in for investment purposes is clean energy. I realize this is a massive field, but I'm interested in just gaining general knowledge on the future of the industry. Any recommended reading material out there for someone that is interested in learning about the field? I realize there is a massive amount of information about the topic, but I'm hoping someone can recommend a good place for me to get started.

Amazing thread sir. Much appreciated!

I found this really intresting free book by "The European Hedge Fund Manager of the Decade (2000-2009)." quite interesting.

http://mikaelsyding.com/the-******ed...-fund-manager/

For you Swedes out there is a pretty long interview with Sydling here:
http://borspodden.se/avsnitt-92-inte...mikael-syding/

Glad it's free. The hardcopy is over 5 grand on amazon.

What would you guys recommend to someone totally new to the stock market?

See first few posts itt.

Thanks, probably should have had the sense to look at that before posting.

James Simons (full length interview) May.2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNznD9hMEh0

for those that are interested....

for the last 10 years i read books from graham, charlie munger, buffet, etc. and educated myself on long term value investing.
until recently i thought that short-term trading is a losers game and i never gave it that much thought.

now i found out, that (not unlike poker) there seems to be a small minority of traders who are actually consistently profitable using different methods (even technical analysis which i always considered voodoo bs).

i tried to get some serious information about it, but everything i find seems to be a scam when i look into it. the people who are selling books, video series, online seminars etc never have any published/verified results and seem to be living off their coaching business.

this is in stark contrast with the value investing stuff, its easy to find reputable authors with a track record as well as published and peer reviewed papers about the more statistical value-investing stuff that can easily be verified by doing the backtests yourself.

are there any resources on short-term trading that are considered reputable and valuable? are the books in the OP still considered good? they seem to be pretty old and with recent developments in algorithmic trading i suspect they arent as applicable as back then? how about something like a coaching website, are there any good ones out there?

thanks!

http://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Money.../dp/0071614133

I'm looking for some books about commodities/commodity trading/ specifics like oil, metals.....
Already got some names by googling but maybe someone can recommend some more? Preferably not focused on technical analysis since I'm basically just trying to get a better view of specific stocks by reading about the commodity market. Not trying to trade them myself (yet).
Thanks in advance.

People who know how to do this and still have an edge in it don't write books. Or really talk about it much. You have to figure it out yourself. It's not that hard. If you already realize that the stuff out there is BS (and your instincts tell you that technical analysis is bull****), you're already well ahead of most people who try it.

a few years back I was at my cousin in laws house and he was showing me some charts, saying "okay, lets look here, this is something im looking for...."

something along those lines. Funny he hasnt mentioned any of the stuff for a few years

Anyone have recommendations on social media marketing books?

Hi I'm a third year undergraduate in mathematics at a target university in the UK. I was told by friend to read the following;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Investment-B.../dp/1118656210

Just wondering if anyone has read this book and would care to share any thoughts on it? Thanks.

I've read it Halibot. Pretty critical to IB recruiting. I also had a Breaking Into Wall Street subscription that I devoured. Important to have your technicals down for the typical IB interview process these days.

Cheers, I'll also take a look into the latter.

You have to swot up on huge textbooks to get into IB? haha, gl. On a related note I recently read:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pedigree-How.../dp/0691155623
"Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs" - fascinating insight into grad recruiting practices for top IB, mgmt consulting and law firms.