Investment & securities Books

This updated and revised edition of the bestselling The Complete Guide to Residential Property Investment in New Zealand is a crucial read for all property investors whether you are considering property investment for the first time, a new investor or have been investing for a while. Property in...

The classic bestseller by Benjamin Graham, "The Intelligent Investor" has taught and inspired hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Since its original publication in 1949, Benjamin Graham's book has remained the most respected guide to investing, due to his timeless philosophy of &quo...

After 25 years, the Turtles come out of their shells "I could teach a turtle to trade." While sightseeing at a turtle farm, legendary commodities trader Richard Dennis bet Bill Eckhardt that great traders didn't have to be born-they could be taught. To settle the wager, they recruited 23 individuals...

In this astounding account, Wall Streets notorious bad boy leads us through a hotly paced from his early rise to power to the FBI raid on his estate to the endless indictments at his arrest, to struggling to find a way to salvage his self respect.

Day trading is highly profitable, and highly tumultuous. Moreover, the financial markets have changed considerably in recent years. Bear markets, skyrocketing home values, and a burgeoning demand for commodities have all contributed to roller-coaster stock prices. To top it off, the operating proced...

Frequently not enough attention is given to producing a comprehensive business case or to producing an economic justification for an information systems investment. In fact many organizations are not clear as to what constitutes a sound business case and how to go about producing one. This Professio...

If you are serious about saving and investing, you simply must own shares. This revised and updated edition of Martin Hawes' bestselling book on shares has been written to help both novice and experienced investors. Anyone can make money from the sharemarket and Martin shows us everythi...

Many of us put off thinking about tax and business issues as 'just too hard'. The result is that we remain unaware of opportunities to make the system work for us, rather than the other way around. In Smart Money, two experts in their field have written an easy-to-read and practical book on tax issu...

This outstanding reference has already taught thousands of traders the concepts of technical analysis and their application in the futures and stock markets. Covering the latest developments in computer technology, technical tools, and indicators, the second edition features new material on candlest...

This is an innovative book on investing from The Motley Fool that shows readers how to build a seven-figure portfolio with a proven market-beating approach. Their latest effort comes on the heels of the experimental and wildly successful "Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio" - a one-of-a-...

They amassed unimaginable fortunes and would stop at nothing to make a deal, until their titanic egos started to jeopardize everything. This is the astonishing story of Lazard Freres, the world's most elite and legendary investment bank -- and the men who reigned over it all. For over 150 years Laza...

Buffett is back ...and better than before! A decade has passed since the book that introduced the world to Warren Buffett ---- The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom ---- first appeared. That groundbreaking book spent 21 weeks on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller list and sold ov...

Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill and strategy - or something altogether more unpredictable? This book is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. It is all a...

The difference between investing successfully and unsuccessfully is huge. Why do some investors succeed while others fail? The answer is knowledge. Knowledge takes the chance out of investing. It is being aware of the big picture, of what drives investment markets. Knowledge will see you maximise th...

Picking up where Liar's Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer's desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who believed they could beat the market and, like alchemists, create limitless wealth for themselves and their partners. Foun...

The Original 1949 Edition. Benjamin Graham's classic best seller on value investing has taught and inspired hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. This reissue of the pure, unadulterated 1949 text by Graham offers the investing principles as he originally laid them out - principles that continue...

In the 1990s Jordan Belfort became one of the most infamous names in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper.He was THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, whose life of greed, power and excess was so outrageous it could only be true: no one could make this up!But the day Jordan was arrested and tak...

Revised and updated to reflect all sorts of market conditions, this Australian sharemarket classic shows busy baby boomers how to grow their portfolios using a professional investor's low-risk tried and tested techniques, without having to pay a broker or fund manager big bucks, and without the risk...

Troubled economic times call for recession-proof, reliable trading advice. CD included. In today's volatile market, the most reliable way of anticipating when to invest is the technical analysis of market patterns. Here, a veteran trader and technical analysis software specialist shares his decade...

An insightful examination of the skills needed to be a proactive investor and find diverse investment opportunities in the emerging economy There is no little league on Wall Street and no white belts. Here or abroad, you are put in immediately with the black belts -- the best and the brightest. Thin...

Insightful, engaging and refreshingly free of financial jargon, this indispensable guide makes use of lessons from the past - the 'unwritten laws' that have stood the test of time - to help you get ahead. While most financial and investment advice focuses on recent trends, or encourages consumers to...

Traders Guns and Money is a wickedly comic expose of the culture, games and pure deceptions played out every day in trading rooms around the world. And played out with other people's money. A sensational insider's view of the business of trading and marketing derivatives, this revised edition explai...

Burley found that the books on money either went one of two ways. They were either too technical that once you were done reading them, you had to do a bunch of research in order to even begin, or they were very motivational but didn't tell you what to actually do. Money Secrets Of The Rich strives t...

The biography of the world's richest man and the only book on Warren Buffett that has his full cooperation. 'Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill.' - Warren Buffett Warren Buffett is the world's richest man, worth an estimated USD$62 billion. ...

Despite financial turmoil, Goldman Sachs remain the leading investment bank in their field. They are notorious for their unique management culture, unorthodox recruiting techniques - and for their secrecy. In "The Partnership" Charles Ellis reveals their story. With unparalleled access to ...

The financial markets have changed considerably since "A Beginner's Guide to Short-Term Trading" was first published in January 2002. The dot.com implosion, a two-year bear market, wars in the Middle East, a burgeoning demand for commodities, and a softening real estate market have all contributed t...

"My Advice? Go back to Graham and do your best to take it from there."--Business Week A classic. Those words can be applied without equivocation to the Security Analysis of 1934. This book secured Benjamin Graham's stature as a Wall Street immortal. The carefully honed methods for finding ...

Using Solomon's life and teachings as a foundation, Bruce Fleet offers today's readers a unique, well-grounded, proven method of wise investing. Solomon was more than just a character in the Bible- he was the richest man who ever lived. If we could learn from him directly, today, what would he tea...

The biography of the world's richest man and the only book on Warren Buffett that has his full cooperation. 'Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill.' - Warren Buffett Warren Buffett is the world's richest man, worth an estimated USD$62 billion. Fo...

When you trade, you're not just trading companies that deliver goods or services. You're trading against other traders who care about only one thing: taking your money. That's the #1 hard reality of trading - and most traders either don't know it, or don't act as if they do. In this book, top trader...

The key to successful financial research is the ability to access and manipulate accurate data. Don't Sell Stocks on Monday, Volume III and its cutting edge, completely Internet-based trading system-that can organize and evaluate any market data, with all parameters set by the researcher-introduce a...

A detailed map of the new investment landscape from the man Fortune magazine calls the "Global Guru" Never before have investors and policy makers been beset by so many conflicting messages about the economy and the markets. While most pundits dismiss the conflicts as "noise" in ...

Wealth does strange things to people. It can either control them or set them free. Jim Rogers falls into the latter camp. Like an angst-free Marlon Brando, this Wild One quit his Quantum fund job alongside George Soros at the age of 37, saddled up a powerful BMW and revved his way into a personal dr...

To make money in this troubled economy you need to understand where the markets are headed, not where they've been. Clinging to outdated strategies and played out market trends are sure ways to miss out on new investments, and in The Little Book of Bull's Eye Investing, acclaimed investment expert J...

The definitive source of information on all topics related to investment valuation tools and techniques Valuation is at the heart of any investment decision, whether that decision is buy, sell or hold. But the pricing of many assets has become a more complex task in modern markets, especially after ...

An experienced Australian fund manager explains how the share market can be a fun and simple place to operate if you take the right approach.The share market is awash with new opportunities to profit everyday as millions of shares in thousands of companies change hands. Even if half of your decision...

Amid a weak economy, slowing corporate profitability, a limping share market and growing investor caution, the 18th edition of Australia's most trusted and sought after share market reference, "Top Stocks," returns. Despite the current financial climate, a surprisingly large number of Australian com...

Published for the first time in flipback - the new, portable, stylish format that's taken Europe by storm. FUNNY, FRIGHTENING, BREATHLESS AND HEARTLESS, LIAR'S POKER IS A TALE OF HYSTERICAL GREED AND AMBITION SET IN AN OBSESSED, ENCLOSED WORLD. From mere trainee to lowly geek, to triumphal Big Swing...

You're a genius. Nobody plays the financial markets better than you. What could possibly go wrong? Quants - quantitative analysts - were the maths masterminds let loose on Wall Street in the belief that their brilliant, impregnable computer programs would always beat the market. But as the catastrop...

Stop buying stocks! An investing strategy that works when buying individual stocks doesn't * Why buying stocks is an even worse strategy than you thought* How to cut costs and risks, earn solid returns, and sleep at night* By top Reuters financial journalist David Gaffen, founder of The Wall Stree...