Summer Reading, and an MBA

Apologies for the large break in postings, but I had been focusing on finishing up studies for my MBA. Received the degree about a month ago, and then took a break for a bit.

I've recently finished two finance books which have been added to the section at the bottom right. Previously, finance books I've completed have been discussed in posts:
The Davis Strategy
Time Travel Investing
21 Trading Rules
Speculation Will Never Disappear
Buying Value and Selling Hysteria
Latest Read: The New Market Wizards
Some Great Financial Reads

I suppose it appears that many posts have been about finance books and not exactly specific pointers on what I've been doing with the virtual million dollar portfolio, but much of the discussion within these books has influenced my investing style.

The newer books are:

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins

• Very interesting and quick read. This book reads almost like a Tom Clancy spy thriller, and yet is a seemingly true story as told first person by the author: a man who manipulated foreign governments in order to bend their will to that of the United States.

Benjamin Graham on Value Investing: Lessons from the Dean of Wall Street
by Janet Lowe

• Though interested investors of all skill levels should first read
  Benjamin Graham's
  The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed. (Collins Business Essentials),
  Janet Lowe's biography/compilation of Graham value nuggets provides another slice of this investing giant's life. It also profiles the interactions of other investing greats such as Warren Buffett and Walter Schloss, as they interacted with Graham throughout his financial career.