52 Books To Read Before Buying Your Next Stock

Funds management involves a lot of synthesis of information and a lot of reading. Over the years we all end up reading many investment books and refer to them from time to time.

We thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of books / documentaries that have influenced our investment style or helped provide insight into the investment process.

Whilst not an exhaustive list, we will recommend one book a week to read, for a year. This list should provide a good starting point for any interested investor.

Million Dollar Traders – YouTube

Million Dollar Traders – YouTube

What happens when you take eight people without any prior trading experience and give them one million pounds to manage in the markets for two months, especially when this happens  at the onset of the global financial crisis? Enter Million Dollar Traders, a situation...

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Elon Musk biography by Ashlee Vance

Elon Musk biography by Ashlee Vance

The Elon Musk biography is a fascinating insight into the CEO of both Tesla and Space X.  Ever since childhood Elon has been fascinated by space and believes that it is essential for humans to live on mars so that if earth becomes uninhabitable the human race will not...

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The China Hustle

The China Hustle

China Hustle is another fascinating documentary from Netflix which deals with Chinese companies ‘reverse listing into US shell companies.’ It is a cautionary tale on the age old saying of ‘buyer beware’ and the forces at work that led to companies being listed on the...

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Dirty Money – S01 E03 Drug Short

Dirty Money – S01 E03 Drug Short

This documentary featured on Netflix deals with the amazing rise and the amazing fall of Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Once the ‘darling’ of the investment community Valeant has fallen into disrepute with that same investment community. Again we have Bill Ackman,...

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Way of the Turtle by Curtis M Faith

Way of the Turtle by Curtis M Faith

This book documents a legendary bet in the early 80’s between two successful commodity traders, Richard Dennis and William Eckhardt. The bet was over whether trading could be taught or whether it comes naturally. Richard Dennis was willing to stake his own money on...

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The Little Book That Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt

The Little Book That Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt

The Little Book That Beats The Market was inspired by Greenblatt’s desire to teach his five kids how to make money in the stock market. He thought that if he could do this, it would be a valuable gift that would assist them through life. And so the book is written in...

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Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas

Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas

When we are giving shareholder and investor presentations and explaining our investment process we say that ‘we like to buy stocks that are going up and sell stocks that are going down’. We do this using a combination of fundamental and technical research. A common...

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Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Cham Kim and Renee Mauborgne

Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Cham Kim and Renee Mauborgne

The co-authors of this book are both professors at INSEAD and co-directors of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute. They argue that companies can succeed by creating ‘blue oceans’ of uncontested market space, as opposed to ‘red oceans’ where competitors fight for...

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Betting on Zero directed by Ted Braun

Betting on Zero directed by Ted Braun

This documentary was produced in 2016 by Ted Braun so strictly speaking is not a book….but it should be. As a reward for having read nearly 50 books on the Cadence list of 52 Books To Read Before Buying Your Next Stock you can have a week off by watching this nearly...

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