While anyone can reap moderate stock success by relying on intelligence and intuition, those who acknowledge insight earned from years of industry experience gain sustained prosperity in their stock investing. Here are books by well-respected figures in the finance and investment world rich in valuable lessons, unique perspectives, and time-honored strategies that can take one’s stock trading game to a whole new level.
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“The Intelligent Investor” (1949) by Benjamin Graham
The father of value investing, Benjamin Graham was a true quantitative investor who taught students to study a company’s financial statements when evaluating its prospects. In “The Intelligent Investor,” Graham initially discusses investment basics such as stocks versus bonds, inflation, margin of safety, and defensive versus enterprising investing, and later on delves into security analysis, which covers financial statement analysis, assessing management, and per share earnings.
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“One Up on Wall Street” (1989) and “Beating the Street” (1994) by Peter Lynch
Famous for putting Fidelity’s sensational Magellan Fund (FMAGX) on the map in the 1980s, Peter Lynch touts the advantages of self-directed, independent investing in “One Up on Wall Street.” In “Beating the Street” Lynch goes into detail about how he devised his own criteria for choosing winning stocks as an individual investor.
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Sharing his informed, common sense disposition, Lynch’s accounts prove that proper research and careful judgment can get one far in the stock market.
Marguerite Cassandra Toroian is chief investment officer and founder of Bell Rock Capital, a top investment advising firm headquartered in Delaware and with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, and South Florida. For more investing tips or to read more about Ms. Toroian, visit this website.
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