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Recommended Reading

If you are interested in reading more about Asset Management and the industry, we have listed some recommended reading.


  • The Quest For Value – G.Bennett Stewart (Harper Business) : The theory of EVA. Easy to follow and not too technical.
  • The Zulu Principle – Jim Slater (Orion) :Common sense investing
  • Riding the Millennial Storm – Marc Faber (Wiley): Dr Doom on the stock market bubble of the past decade.
  • The Warren Buffet Way - Robert Hagstrom (Wiley): Common sense advice and funny as well
  • Buffet – The Making of an American Capitalist – Roger Lowenstein (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
  • The Essays Of Warren Buffet – Lawrence A Cunningham
  • Beating the Street – Peter Lynch: Sensible advice from great Fidelity fund manager
  • One Up On Wall Street – Peter Lynch (Simon & Schuster)
  • John Train – The Money Masters (Harper Business): The investment styles of some of the great investors explained.
  • John Train - The New Money Masters (Harper Business): Styles of modern day investors.
  • Value Investing Made Easy – Janet Lowe (McGraw Hill): The investment style of Benjamin Graham (Buffet’s teacher)
  • Common Stocks & Uncommon Profits – Philip Fisher (Wiley) : Tips from another great Wall Street investor.
  • The Dirty Dozen – Margaret Allen : The story of history’s greatest investment bubbles and scams.
  • Manias, Panics & Crashes – Charles Kindleberger (Wiley): Tulip mania, the South Sea Bubble etc
  • Only yesterday – Frederick Lewis Allen (Wiley): The story of the 1929 crash
  • Reminiscences of a Stock Operator – Edwin Lefevre (Wiley): Biography of famous turn of the century trader.
  • The Internet Bubble – Anthony & Michael Perkins
  • Liars Poker – Michael Lewis (Coronet): Story of the collapse of Salomon’s bond trading team. Fun account of life on Wall Street.
  • The New New Thing – Michael Lewis (Norbo): The rise of Jim Clark who founded Netscape and Scillicon Graphics. Insight into silicon valley. Fun read.
  • Barbarians At The Gate – Brian Burrough: True story of the takeover of RJR Nabisco. Fun read, made into a film.
  • Accounting For Growth - Terry Smith: Ex UBS analyst who blew the whistle on all the accounting tricks used by big UK companies. Shows all the things to look for.
  • The Rise & Fall Of Alan Bond – Paul Berry: Rise and fallen of an Aussie tycoon.
  • The Future Just Happened – Michael Lewis: Amusing insight into the internet world.
  • When Genius Failed – Roger Lowenstein: The rise and fall of Long Term Capital Management.
  • The Great Crash – J.K.Galbraith : Story of the crash of 1929
  • Dot Bomb – J David Kuo : The rise and fall of ValueAmerica.com (+ insanity of the internet boom)
  • Where Are The Customers Yachts – Fred Schwed : Insight into Wall Street
  • Once In Golconda – John Brooks : Wall Street from 1920 to 1938
  • The Warburgs – Ron Chernow
  • Titan – Ron Chernow : Story of John D Rockefeller
  • Den Of Thieves – James B Stewart : Excesses of 1980s Wall St
  • FIASCO – Frank Partnoy : Inside Morgan Stanley
  • Tomorrow’s Gold – Marc Faber : Strategic investment thinking from ‘Dr Doom’