On man4urheart's request, here is a list of all books that I have.

I haven't read them all and it may be many years before I can finish reading all of them..


Fundamental Analysis
Damodaran On Valuation Aswath Damodaran
Financial Statement Analysis & Security Valuation Stephen Penman
Fundamental Analysis For Investors Raghu Palat
Schwager on Futures: Fundamental Analysis Jack Schwager
Security Analysis Benjamin Graham
The Interpretation of Financial Statements Benjamin Graham & Spencer Meredith
Analysis of Financial Statements Leopold Bernstein & John Wild
Financial Shenanigans Howard Schilit
Creative Cash Flow Reporting: Uncovering Sustainable Financial Performance Charles W Mulford & Eugene E Comiskey
The Financial Numbers Game: Detecting Creative Accounting Practices Charles W Mulford & Eugene E Comiskey
Quality of Earnings Thornton L O Glove & Robert Sobel

Investing
The Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham
Buffettology Mary Buffet
One Up On Wall Street Peter Lynch

Technical Analysis
Martin Pring on Market Momentum Martin Pring
Technical Analysis Explained Martin Pring
Schwager on Futures: Technical Analysis Jack Schwager
Technical Analysis of Stock Trends Robert Edwards & John Magee
Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets John Murphy
Candlestick Charting Explained Gregory Morris
Elliott Wave Principle A. J. Frost, Robert Prechter Jr., & Charles Collins

Day Trading/Positional Trading
The Master Swing Trader Alan Farley
Trading for a Living Alexander Elder
The Compleat Guide to Day Trading Stocks Jake Bernstein
High Probability Trading Marcel Link
Trading Systems & Methods Perry Kaufman
The Definitive Guide to Futures Trading Larry Williams

Derivatives
Options & Futures: An Indian Perspective D.C. Patwari
Fundamentals of Futures & Options Markets John Hull
Options, Futures & Other Derivatives John Hull
Option Volatility & Pricing Sheldon Natenberg

Taxation
How To Save Tax On Capital Gains R. N. Lakhotia

Mutual Funds
Mutual Funds In India H. Sadhak

Miscellaneous (Stock Markets)
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Edwin Lefevre
Investor's Business Daily Guide to the Markets Investor's Business Daily
How to Make Money When Stocks Crash Charles Caes
Stock Market Wizards Jack Schwager
The Disciplined Trader Mark Douglas
The Scam - From Harshad Mehta to Ketan Parekh Debashis Basu & Sucheta Dalal
India's Financial Markets Ajay Shah, Susan Thomas, Michael Gorham

Economics
The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith

Global Investing
Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Crisis James Rickards
Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles Ruchir Sharma

Miscellaneous
The Offshore Money Book Arnold Cornez

ICFAI Books
Accounting Standards I, II, III, IV, V
Corporate Financial Management I, II, III

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That's is some huge list of books.

hopefully someday i will try to get hold of all these or at least some of them and improve my knowledge.

I have read

Fundamental Analysis For Investors Raghu Palat

The Master Swing Trader Alan Farley

Technical Analysis of Stock Trends Robert Edwards & John Magee - This one is great!

Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets John Murphy

Elliott Wave Principle A. J. Frost, Robert Prechter Jr., & Charles Collins - This is the best I have read till date!

The Disciplined Trader Mark Douglas

Hi All,

I was searching for the books in public sites and got hold of 5 of them.

I was thinking of creating a repository so that we can all access, read and discuss from the books.

What are your opinion regarding this ?

If we all can chip in ( a bit of googling will do) we can have a first class library to refer to.

Hope no copyright violation is done :-)

I finished reading "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham.

It's a good book for a beginner in the markets, but I didn't find anything new in this book.

However, I won't blame Graham for it.

The book was written at a time when there were hardly any good books on investing and stock markets.

Today, Graham's books have been read by a large section of investors (who like to read) and his ideas "borrowed" by many authors.

The fact that I didn't find anything new in "The Intelligent Investor" isn't because Graham's ideas lack originality, but because his ideas have been talked and written about almost everywhere.

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I bought two more books this month and have added them to the above list:

The Scam.
Financial Shenanigans.

Also, I have added books by ICFAI to the list. I had bought those books long back, but hadn't mentioned them in the original list.

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Since you bought books related to financial manipulation, you should also get hold of "No One Would Listen".

It is by the person who tried to blow the lid off the Madoff's scam for over a decade, before Madoff finally turned himself in.

Even though the book gets a bit tiring and repetitive, it showcases the absolute incompetence of the financial regulator concerned (SEC).

I wonder how capable are the guys at SEBI in protecting our interests.

I have added another one to my collection:

India's Financial Markets by Ajay Shah, Susan Thomas, Michael Gorham.

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Are you doing financial course or trying to be CA?

And are all those hard copies (I guess you know what I am asking).

I just like to read.

All are hard copies.

I work on my desktop for 12-15 hours a day and so I prefer to read real books and not e-books. .

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Added 3 more to the list:

Creative Cash Flow Reporting: Uncovering Sustainable Financial Performance Charles W Mulford & Eugene E Comiskey.
The Financial Numbers Game: Detecting Creative Accounting Practices Charles W Mulford & Eugene E Comiskey.
Quality of Earnings Thornton L O Glove & Robert Sobel.

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I would recommend a book called 'Strategic Stock Trading' by Michael Swanson. It's a brilliant little book on stock trading with great pearls of wisdom. Since it was published in the year 2010, it may not be readily available in India.

It is available at online bookstores like infibeam.com.

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Oh yes, I checked and its now available online at infibeam.com and also flipkart.com

Just wanted to share something amazing; when this book wasn't available in India, I wrote to the author, Mr. Swanson. And would you believe it, he sent me the book free of cost! The guy seems quite genuine. For his newsletter, you would visit his website wallstreetwindow.com

Alchemist , amongst the list of books you have in Fundamental Analysis - which one have you found the most useful?

How did you find Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham?

I still haven't read "Security Analysis" fully and so won't compare it with the other books.

If you know want to learn the basics of financial statement analysis, I think the best one is:
Financial Statement Analysis & Security Valuation by Stephen Penman.

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Almost completed reading Ben Graham's "The Intelligent Investor", 2 chapters yet to go.

An excellent book for investors - especially for beginning investors like me. Probably useful for seasoned and experienced investors as well. All chapters are informative, however the chapter I liked the most was Ch 20 - "Margin of safety as the central concept of investment".

I think one thing that people usually forget is a book on Economics. Economics is very intricately related to the stock market and forms the absolute basics. I would personally recommend the book by Mankiw.

Flipkart.com: Principles Of Economics: N. Gregory Mankiw (9780324589979)

Rally awesome and helps to understand stuff from the basics.
- arcus

I have added two more general books to my list:

The Wealth Of Nations - Adam Smith.
The Offshore Money Book - Arnold Cornez.

(These two are not related to stock markets).

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I have bought another one:

Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis - James Rickards.

The book is available on infibeam.com with a nice discount.

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When are you reading a book on Elliot Wave Theory? All this looks academic stuff?

I already have one book on Elliot Wave Theory:

Elliott Wave Principle A. J. Frost, Robert Prechter Jr., & Charles Collins.

I have read parts of it.

You mean my collection is "academic stuff"?

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Added one more:

Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles by Ruchir Sharma

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I got mine too, it is nice one.! I like the countries and overview it is covering. Apart from investing community it is also a good general read to know, how all countries are doing over all!