LINKS
& READING
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Google Finance Simple and easy information.
Morningstar Good info on stocks/mutual funds.
IRS Forms Dull as dirt....but we all need them.
Mutual Fund Investor's Center Provides basic information about mutual funds. Includes glossary of investment terms.
Securities and Exchange Commission This government agency's investor-education section offers a mutual fund cost calculator that shows how fees and expenses affect long-term fund returns.
CBS MarketWatch An online financial news site.
Oneshare.com You can buy one share of a publicly traded company at this site. Makes a great gift.
Pete Andresen's suggested reading list: (updated 01/22/2010)
With
Winning in Mind : The Mental Management Systemby Lanny R. Bassham |
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Sudden
Money - Managing a Financial Windfall
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Psychology of Investing
by Lawrence Lifson and Richard Geist |
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Devil
Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation
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Against
the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Riskby Peter Bernstein |
The
Intelligent Asset Allocator:How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk by William Bernstein |
Getting
A Life:Strategies for Simple Living Based on the Revolutionary Program for Financial Freedom, "Your Money or Your Life" by Jacquelyn Blix and David Heitmiller |
Sway:
The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behaviorby Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman |
You
Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in
Perspectiveby Richard Carlson |
The
7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleby Stephen Covey |
The
White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done
So Much Ill and So Little Goodby William Easterly |
The
Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Centuryby George Friedman |
The
Great Crash Anniversary Editionby John Kenneth Galbraith |
Blink...The
Power of Thinking Without Thinkingby Malcolm Gladwell |
What
To Say When You Talk to Yourselfby Shad Helmstetter |
Manias,
Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crisesby Charles Kindleberger |
Freakonomics:
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythingby Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner |
SuperFreakonomics:
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers
Should Buy Life Insuranceby Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner |
The
Singularity Is Near When Humans Transcend Biologyby Ray Kurzweil |
The
ETF Strategist: Balancing Risk and Reward for Superior Returnsby Russ Koesterich |
The
Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the
Great Credit Crashby Charles R. Morris |
New
Coffeehouse Investor: How To Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street,
and Get On With Your Lifeby Bill Schultheis |
What
You Can Change and What You Can'tby Martin E. Seligman |
The
Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Classby Keith Cameron Smith |
All
Your Worthby Elizabeth Warren |
The
Post-American Worldby Fareed Zakaria |
The
Unthinkable--Who Survives When Disaster Strikes--and Whyby Amanda Ripley My Review 1/19/2010: The Unthinkable is a “must read” because it deals with how people psychologically cope with a sudden physical emergency. The emotional step-by-step behavior of people caught in the middle of a financial train-wreck is actually quite similar to the behavior of people who experience the real thing, albeit without the physical injuries. Ms. Ripley takes us through the emotional processes of enduring Hurricane Katrina, the 9/11 attack in Manhattan, the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, and other physical disasters, and thus reveals the common human habits of coping with sudden threats. We read about denial, milling behavior, deliberation, and paralysis, and how to cope with them. As an Investment Advisor, I believe this is a “must read’ for investors preparing emotionally for whatever financial downturn may come later. The next financial downturn may take place in twenty years or two months, but as Appendix 1 of this book points out, there’s a lot we can do to increase our capacity to deal with physical and financial emergencies more effectively. |