Recommended Reading

If you only read one investment book this year, please make it be mine: Your Nest Egg Game Plan. But if you're willing to devote additional time to learning the art and science of investing, check out these recommendations. You won't find any "get rich quick" systems or "the sky is falling" advice. Instead, the selections are focused on long-term investing strategies presented by well-known, highly respected authors supported by fact and research.

 

 

Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment, by David F. Swensen

Swensen, CIO of Yale University, reveals why the mutual fund industry as a whole does a disservice to the individual investor.

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, by John C. Bogle

There's no better investment mentor than legendary mutual fund industry veteran John C. Bogle. Over the course of his career, Bogle - -founder of the Vanguard Group and creator of the world's first index mutual fund-- has promoted index investing as the best choice for individual investors.

 

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing, by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig, and Warren E. Buffett

First published in 1948, this classic begins with Graham's focus on loss minimization. Graham coaches the investor to develop a rational plan for buying stocks and bonds, and he argues that this plan must be a bulwark against emotional behavior that will always be tempting during abrupt bull and bear markets.