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November 13, 2009 – Comments (4)

I detail below my reading list over the past few months, and also rate each book against one another, in the order of the books I enjoyed/found most useful to those I didn't enjoy as much:

1. When Genius Failed -the rise and fall of long-term capital management

2. A Random Walk Down Wall Street

3. The Alchemy of Finance

4. Financial Shock

5. The Dollar Meltdown

6. Financial Shock

7. Blink 

 

Now comes the task of finding new books. Suggestions? Thoughts? Agree/Disagree? Discuss below!

 

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#1) On November 13, 2009 at 1:23 PM, portefeuille (99.75) wrote:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ttNxCPqH68gC&rview=1 Practical Fruits of Econophysics: Proceedings of the Third Nikkei Econophysics Symposium Hideki Takayasu ISBN 4431289143 DUOQho5EvbcC

http://books.google.com/books?id=DUOQho5EvbcC&rview=1 The application of econophysics: proceedings of the Second Nikkei Econophysics Symposium Hideki Takayasu ISBN 443114028X O6xuSmWzv2gC

http://books.google.com/books?id=O6xuSmWzv2gC&rview=1 Self-organized complexity in the physical, biological, and social sciences Donald Lawson Turcotte, John Rundle, Hans Frauenfelder, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) ISBN 0309082854 UDDD--RyQrAC

http://books.google.com/books?id=UDDD--RyQrAC&rview=1 Processes with long-range correlations: theory and applications Govindan Rangarajan, Mingzhou Ding ISBN 3540401296 H8JAal8FGhcC

http://books.google.com/books?id=H8JAal8FGhcC&rview=1 Modeling complexity in economic and social systems Frank Schweitzer ISBN 9812380353 16xhmuRY-XwC

http://books.google.com/books?id=16xhmuRY-XwC&rview=1 An introduction to high-frequency finance Michel M. Dacorogna, Ramazan Gençay, Ulrich A. Mueller, Olivier V. Pictet ISBN 0122796713 A5qYb7PtRKYC

http://books.google.com/books?id=A5qYb7PtRKYC&rview=1 Statistics of financial markets: an introduction Jürgen Franke, Wolfgang Härdle, Christian Hafner ISBN 3540216758 8aMhcsLMhMgC

http://books.google.com/books?id=8aMhcsLMhMgC&rview=1 An introduction to econophysics: correlations and complexity in finance Rosario Nunzio Mantegna, Harry Eugene Stanley ISBN 0521620082 6KGSYANlwHAC

http://books.google.com/books?id=6KGSYANlwHAC&rview=1 Fractals and scaling in finance: discontinuity, concentration, risk : selecta volume E Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Ralph E. Gomory ISBN 0387983635 As2xeIwS6OgC

http://books.google.com/books?id=As2xeIwS6OgC&rview=1 Fractals and chaos: the Mandelbrot set and beyond Benoit B. Mandelbrot ISBN 0387201580 _Vpj8nB2FSMC

http://books.google.com/books?id=_Vpj8nB2FSMC&rview=1 Dynamical systems with applications using mathematica Stephen Lynch ISBN 0817644822 TJ0dnfed0_wC

http://books.google.com/books?id=TJ0dnfed0_wC&rview=1 Strategic risk taking: a framework for risk management Aswath Damodaran ISBN 0131990489 DPwBTj99a7UC

http://books.google.com/books?id=DPwBTj99a7UC&rview=1 The (mis)behavior of markets: a fractal view of risk, ruin, and reward Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Richard L. Hudson ISBN 0465043577 iiYV8osJy_EC

http://books.google.com/books?id=iiYV8osJy_EC&rview=1 The man who knew infinity: a life of the genius Ramanujan Robert Kanigel ISBN 0671750615 TlwPAAAACAAJ

http://books.google.com/books?id=TlwPAAAACAAJ&rview=1 The Research Driven Investor: How to Use Information, Data, and Analysis for Investment Success Timothy Hayes ISBN 007135462X o6-F8I4LJLgC

http://books.google.com/books?id=o6-F8I4LJLgC&rview=1 Principles and practice of clinical research John I. Gallin, Frederick P. Ognibene ISBN 012369440X aSB4xfVyTSEC

http://books.google.com/books?id=aSB4xfVyTSEC&rview=1 Drug and Biological Development: From Molecule to Product and Beyond Ronald P. Evens ISBN 0387329781 8OomoH2ngEUC

http://books.google.com/books?id=8OomoH2ngEUC&rview=1 Advanced Data Mining and Applications: Third International Conference, ADMA 2007, Harbin, China, August 6-8, 2007 : Proceedings Reda Alhajj, Xue Li ISBN 3540738703 zs1CpfZeDgcC

http://books.google.com/books?id=zs1CpfZeDgcC&rview=1 Forecasting and Hedging in the Foreign Exchange Markets Christian Ullrich ISBN 3642004946 mp1l7lD3S-4C

http://books.google.com/books?id=mp1l7lD3S-4C&rview=1 Computational Methods in Financial Engineering Manfred Gilli, Erricos John Kontoghiorghes, Berc Rustem, Peter Winker ISBN 3540779574 HzLWWHmibsQC

http://books.google.com/books?id=HzLWWHmibsQC&rview=1 Quantitative trading strategies: harnessing the power of quantitative techniques to create a winning trading program Lars Kestner ISBN 0071412395 1NcZAgAACAAJ

http://books.google.com/books?id=1NcZAgAACAAJ&rview=1 Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation : Beat the Market by Going Against the Crowd David Dreman ISBN 0684813505 jy0WU884hW0C

http://books.google.com/books?id=jy0WU884hW0C&rview=1 Quantitative finance and risk management: a physicist's approach Jan W. Dash ISBN 9812387129 SprWzPcd1qgC

http://books.google.com/books?id=SprWzPcd1qgC&rview=1 Semi-Markov Risk Models for Finance, Insurance and Reliability Jacques Janssen, Raimondo Manca ISBN 0387707298 nsIpWLhcQIAC

http://books.google.com/books?id=nsIpWLhcQIAC&rview=1 Consumption structure and macroeconomics: structural change and the relationship between inequality and growth Reto Foellmi ISBN 3540259910 j_zs7htz9moC

http://books.google.com/books?id=j_zs7htz9moC&rview=1 Lectures on macroeconomics Olivier Blanchard, Stanley Fischer ISBN 0262022834 wFueGK0vjDwC

http://books.google.com/books?id=wFueGK0vjDwC&rview=1 A Macroeconomics Reader Brian Snowdon, Howard Vane ISBN 0415157161 VXINsDT1sFwC

http://books.google.com/books?id=VXINsDT1sFwC&rview=1 Productivity growth, inflation, and unemployment: the collected essays of Robert J. Gordon Robert James Gordon, Robert M. Solow ISBN 052153142X yzxT0Zh3X3IC

http://books.google.com/books?id=yzxT0Zh3X3IC&rview=1 Fundamentals of clinical trials Lawrence M. Friedman, Curt Furberg, David L. DeMets ISBN 0387985867 HXMUEjZ4vyAC

http://books.google.com/books?id=HXMUEjZ4vyAC&rview=1 Design and analysis of clinical trials: concepts and methodologies Shein-Chung Chow, Jen-pei Liu ISBN 0471249858 5r51O0zjUTIC

http://books.google.com/books?id=5r51O0zjUTIC&rview=1 Statistics of Financial Markets: An Introduction Jürgen Franke, Wolfgang Härdle ISBN 3540762698 F3x4OBE11qkC

http://books.google.com/books?id=F3x4OBE11qkC&rview=1 OECD Economic Surveys: Japan 2008 OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Staff ISBN 9264043063 KJs1WDN54wEC

http://books.google.com/books?id=KJs1WDN54wEC&rview=1 The Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve: A History Robert L. Hetzel ISBN 0521881323 RLukwAoqXdsC

http://books.google.com/books?id=RLukwAoqXdsC&rview=1 The Macroeconomics of Global Imbalances: European and Asian Perspectives Marc Uzan ISBN 0415774691 f2ZOGlSdUgsC

http://books.google.com/books?id=f2ZOGlSdUgsC&rview=1 Asset Prices and Monetary Policy John Y. Campbell ISBN 0226092119 b7AdQu3HUd0C

http://books.google.com/books?id=b7AdQu3HUd0C&rview=1 Structural reform in Japan: breaking the iron triangle Eisuke Sakakibara ISBN 0815776764 XzU1jwwwU80C

http://books.google.com/books?id=XzU1jwwwU80C&rview=1 Economics Richard G. Lipsey, K. Alec Chrystal ISBN 0199286418 GCYWQn79JYwC

http://books.google.com/books?id=GCYWQn79JYwC&rview=1 Macroeconomic Policy: Demystifying Monetary and Fiscal Policy Farrokh K. Langdana, NOT AVAILABLE (NA), W. Michael (FRW) Cox ISBN 0387776656 FC0QFlx12pwC

http://books.google.com/books?id=FC0QFlx12pwC&rview=1 Modern geometry--methods and applications B. A. Dubrovin, A. T. Fomenko, Sergeĭ Petrovich Novikov ISBN 0387976639 ExpTdTauXMwC

http://books.google.com/books?id=ExpTdTauXMwC&rview=1 Lévy processes: theory and applications Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, Thomas Mikosch, Sidney I. Resnick ISBN 081764167X -JJZxSMO6VUC

http://books.google.com/books?id=g4-UOhoWTrwC&rview=1 Lectures on probability theory and statistics: Ecole d'Eté de Probabilités de Saint-Flour XXXII-2002 Boris Tsirelson, Wendelin Werner, Jean Picard ISBN 3540213163 MuJDfxhVtJ0C

http://books.google.com/books?id=VIpFt6WACmoC&rview=1 Lectures on probability theory and statistics Erwin Bolthausen, Edwin Perkins, A. W. van der Vaart, Pierre Bernard ISBN 3540437363 190xVQDRtHAC

http://books.google.com/books?id=190xVQDRtHAC&rview=1 A History of the Federal Reserve: 1913-1951 Allan H. Meltzer, Alan Greenspan ISBN 0226519996 4il2mF7JG1sC

http://books.google.com/books?id=4il2mF7JG1sC&rview=1 Principles and Practice of Clinical Virology A. A. Zuckerman, Arie J. Zuckerman ISBN 0470517999 pDBZ0j4Vc-4C

http://books.google.com/books?id=pDBZ0j4Vc-4C&rview=1 Security Analysis: The Classic 1940 Edition Benjamin Graham, David Dodd ISBN 007141228X WmcM2_xl73UC

http://books.google.com/books?id=v3xh-hlfVPEC&rview=1 Behavioral finance and wealth management: how to build optimal portfolios that account for investor biases Michael M. Pompian ISBN 0471745170 vRLz2dZQZF0C

http://books.google.com/books?id=vRLz2dZQZF0C&rview=1 The psychology of economic decisions Isabelle Brocas, Juan D. Carrillo ISBN 0199257213 BnEDno1hTegC

http://books.google.com/books?id=BnEDno1hTegC&rview=1 The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy Kenneth A. Reinert, Ramkishen S. Rajan, Amy Joycelyn Glass, Lewis S. Davis ISBN 069112812X mGjStFEi2kQC

http://books.google.com/books?id=mGjStFEi2kQC&rview=1 Inefficient markets: an introduction to behavioral finance Andrei Shleifer ISBN 0198292287 ZTcnMQs1aAAC

http://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcnMQs1aAAC&rview=1 Open market operations and financial markets David G. Mayes, Jan Toporowski ISBN 0415417759 nT1msASt-4wC

http://books.google.com/books?id=nT1msASt-4wC&rview=1 Introductory econometrics for finance Chris Brooks ISBN 052179367X yPfLZa6juXQC

http://books.google.com/books?id=yPfLZa6juXQC&rview=1 Mathematics for economics and finance: methods and modelling Martin Anthony, Norman Biggs ISBN 0521559138 ShbEY1MdLugC

http://books.google.com/books?id=ShbEY1MdLugC&rview=1 Stochastic calculus for finance. 1, The binomial asset pricing model Steven E. Shreve ISBN 0387249680 9ffiTWQiDRYC

http://books.google.com/books?id=9ffiTWQiDRYC&rview=1 Stochastic Calculus for Finance II: Continuous-Time Models Steven E. Shreve ISBN 0387401016 TAC5fHXg0_QC

http://books.google.com/books?id=TAC5fHXg0_QC&rview=1 Modern theories of money: the nature and role of money in capitalist economies Louis-Philippe Rochon, Sergio Rossi ISBN 1840647892 rYZmuRGt5j8C

http://books.google.com/books?id=rYZmuRGt5j8C&rview=1 The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance: A European Text Peter Howells, Keith Bain ISBN 0273710397 54IxO7Ec0NEC

http://books.google.com/books?id=54IxO7Ec0NEC&rview=1 Money, Credit and Price Stability Paul Dalziel ISBN 0415240565 BIWEt8hRH2kC

http://books.google.com/books?id=BIWEt8hRH2kC&rview=1 Essays in economics: national and international James Tobin ISBN 0262201011 TzktHPpAdxEC

http://books.google.com/books?id=TzktHPpAdxEC&rview=1 Principles of Economics Karl E. Case, Ray C. Fair ISBN 0132398605 on-l4WPvtpsC

http://books.google.com/books?id=on-l4WPvtpsC&rview=1 Capital, accumulation, and money: an integration of capital, growth, and monetary theory Lester D. Taylor ISBN 0792377818 -rKCb9dsPvoC

http://books.google.com/books?id=-rKCb9dsPvoC&rview=1 Macroeconomics, prices, and quantities: essays in memory of Arthur M. Okun Arthur M. Okun, James Tobin ISBN 0815784856 DRdvtEI5YHgC

http://books.google.com/books?id=32D10gNu--MC&rview=1 Limiting central bank credit to the government: theory and practice Carlo Cottarelli ISBN 155775358X LbiGBDmZfSQC

http://books.google.com/books?id=J1ILAt2IKsEC&rview=1 Principles of macroeconomics J. G. Nellis, David Parker ISBN 0273646141 Qq0QCsZxFJoC

http://books.google.com/books?id=Qq0QCsZxFJoC&rview=1 Macroeconomics: a neoclassical introduction Merton H. Miller, Charles W. Upton ISBN 0226526232 iaYjVvNUFScC

http://books.google.com/books?id=iaYjVvNUFScC&rview=1 Economics and economic change: macroeconomics Graham Dawson, Open University Course Team ISBN 0749253703 tIgNwmh2Pg8C

http://books.google.com/books?id=tIgNwmh2Pg8C&rview=1 The Crisis in American Banking Lawrence H. White ISBN 0814792898 r8033_BEDlUC

http://books.google.com/books?id=r8033_BEDlUC&rview=1 The macroeconomics of financing government expenditure: a survey of the static consequences Ramkishen S. Rajan, Mukul G. Asher ISBN 9971692007 upzmagNj_tcC

http://books.google.com/books?id=upzmagNj_tcC&rview=1 Macroeconomics Manfred Gärtner ISBN 0273704605 kygaMJxQdL0C

http://books.google.com/books?id=W0K-W7y3ylEC&rview=1 Macroeconomics Deepashree & Vanita Agarwal, Timothy D. Tregarthen ISBN 0070620423 UjkQHuizKlMC

http://books.google.com/books?id=UjkQHuizKlMC&rview=1 Monetary policy implementation: theory--past--present Ulrich Bindseil ISBN 0199274541 2neeMTPKtEMC

http://books.google.com/books?id=crm5eTfbHzkC&rview=1 Inflation, Fiscal Policy and Central Banks Leo N. Bartolotti ISBN 1600211224 _TKthTn8TBYC

http://books.google.com/books?id=2NYrVhR4MqoC&rview=1 The economics of money, banking and financial markets Frederic S. Mishkin ISBN 0321422813 678_V63biCQC

http://books.google.com/books?id=678_V63biCQC&rview=1 Mastering financial calculations: a step-by-step guide to the mathematics of financial market instruments Bob Steiner ISBN 0273704443 oyUEG619s3cC

http://books.google.com/books?id=oyUEG619s3cC&rview=1 Beyond the Random Walk: A Guide to Stock Market Anomalies and Low-Risk Investing Vijay Singal ISBN 0195304225 eUoolrxSFy0C

http://books.google.com/books?id=eUoolrxSFy0C&rview=1 The origin of wealth: evolution, complexity, and the radical remaking of economics Eric D. Beinhocker ISBN 157851777X QS0YcvonSm4C

http://books.google.com/books?id=QS0YcvonSm4C&rview=1 Mathematics for finance: an introduction to financial engineering Marek Capiński, Tomasz Zastawniak ISBN 1852333308 WpmtKSoM4KcC

http://books.google.com/books?id=WpmtKSoM4KcC&rview=1 Asset pricing John Howland Cochrane ISBN 0691074984 aGiU29x-m4kC

http://books.google.com/books?id=aGiU29x-m4kC&rview=1 Corporate finance Jonathan B. Berk, Peter M. DeMarzo ISBN 0321416805 ENydi0hFhAMC

http://books.google.com/books?id=ENydi0hFhAMC&rview=1 Equity Valuation, Risk and Investment: A Practitioner's Roadmap Peter C. Stimes ISBN 0470226404 OWmaOlvT9XEC

http://books.google.com/books?id=OWmaOlvT9XEC&rview=1 The Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of managerial economics Robert E. McAuliffe ISBN 0631214836 AEqZjqQrJo4C

http://books.google.com/books?id=AEqZjqQrJo4C&rview=1 Quantitative methods for finance and investments John L. Teall, Iftekhar Hasan ISBN 0631223398 7OQCrPNidF4C

http://books.google.com/books?id=7OQCrPNidF4C&rview=1 Financial engineering and computation: principles, mathematics, algorithms Yuh-Dauh Lyuu ISBN 052178171X NZnk5C2r8qEC

http://books.google.com/books?id=NZnk5C2r8qEC&rview=1 International economics: theory and policy Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld ISBN 0321553985 ND2aoovv9W0C

http://books.google.com/books?id=ND2aoovv9W0C&rview=1 The Oxford guide to financial modeling: applications for capital markets, corporate finance, risk management, and financial institutions Thomas S. Y. Ho, Sang Bin Lee, Sang-bin Yi ISBN 019516962X PYS6S1L62akC

http://books.google.com/books?id=PYS6S1L62akC&rview=1 Beginning Mac OS X programming Michael Trent, Drew McCormack ISBN 0764573993 G5I91YaDkrgC

http://books.google.com/books?id=G5I91YaDkrgC&rview=1 The Handbook of Exotic Options: Instruments, Analysis, and Applications Israel Nelken ISBN 1557389047 1gGiKQyAoJAC

http://books.google.com/books?id=1gGiKQyAoJAC&rview=1 Investment management for insurers David F. Babbel, Frank J. Fabozzi ISBN 1883249473 5qj02oqoTFsC

http://books.google.com/books?id=5qj02oqoTFsC&rview=1 Bond Portfolio Management Frank J. Fabozzi ISBN 1883249368 Rh6zKZgJhzEC

http://books.google.com/books?id=Rh6zKZgJhzEC&rview=1 The handbook of equity derivatives Jack Clark Francis, William W. Toy, J. Gregg Whittaker ISBN 0471326038 9sccOKmyUcoC

http://books.google.com/books?id=RmPQGSawe7MC&rview=1 Stocks for the long run: the definitive guide to financial market returns and long-term investment strategies Jeremy J. Siegel ISBN 007137048X Wl4b8BVI5SoC

http://books.google.com/books?id=Wl4b8BVI5SoC&rview=1 Stock market liquidity and the macroeconomy: evidence from Japan Woon Gyu Choi, David Cook, International Monetary Fund, IMF Institute Tgom7z7wuPAC

http://books.google.com/books?id=Tgom7z7wuPAC&rview=1 Asymmetric returns: the future of active asset management Alexander M. Ineichen ISBN 0470042664 2Rk3A0B4epwC

http://books.google.com/books?id=2Rk3A0B4epwC&rview=1 The handbook of fixed income securities Frank J. Fabozzi, Steven V. Mann ISBN 0071440992 uGTrQmGVy6AC

http://books.google.com/books?id=uGTrQmGVy6AC&rview=1 Developments in Collateralized Debt Obligations: New Products and Insights Douglas J. Lucas, Laurie S. Goodman, Frank J. Fabozzi, Rebecca Manning ISBN 0470135549 uGgrMwDfBRsC

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#2) On November 13, 2009 at 3:22 PM, vriguy (80.61) wrote:

Your money and your brain: the emerging science of neuroeconomics. Jason Zweig

Excellent book that every investor ought to read.

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#3) On November 13, 2009 at 3:32 PM, truthisntstupid (95.97) wrote:

HAHA Portefeuille Are you a wise guy or what?  Good grief is that your reading list?  I think you're quite a bit smarter than I am.

For us poor folks of "normal" intelligence, how about:

"The Intelligent Investor"  by Ben Graham

"Value Investing For Dummies"  Hey don't knock it till you browse around inside of it at the bookstore. Lots of (fairly simple) stuff on fundamental analysis for people like me.

"All About Dividend Investing"  by Don Schreiber

"The Little Book That Builds Wealth"  by Pat Dorsey.  Pat Dorsey is head of stock research @ Morningstar and this little book is everything you ever wanted to know about moats, which may be more than you think.

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#4) On November 13, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Bays (34.32) wrote:

Port,  really?

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