Some Great Financial Reads

Here are some great financial books about investing that I have completed recently:

The Intelligent Investor:
The Definitive Book on Value Investing, Revised Edition
- Benjamin Graham (former Columbia professor of Warren Buffett), edited by Jason Zweig

Jim Cramer's Real Money:
Sane Investing in an Insane World
- James J. Cramer

What Works on Wall Street:
A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time,
Revised and Updated Third Edition
- James P. O'Shaughnessy

Rich Dad, Poor Dad
(also Rich Dad's Prophecy, and Rich Dad's Guide to Investing)
- Robert Kiyosaki

Though by no means do I agree with every sentiment expressed in all of these books, they have proven to be a very good formation for a basic investing thought process:

• start with a grounding in the fundamentals of value investing
• allocate a portion of the portfolio to speculative investing
• continue to analyze market trending patterns
• always be looking for different types of new and creative investment vehicles