LINKS & READING

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Pete Andresen's Suggested Reading List

Links to Web Sites:
 

• Pete Andresen for Congress

• 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 8/28/04)

• Sudden Money -Managing a Financial Windfall
    by Susan Bradley, CFP with Mary Martin, PhD

  Turn Sudden Money into lasting wealth.

  "This book is essential for anyone who receives a financial windfall. It's an easy read and packed with useful advice."
                      --Don Phillips, CEO, Morningstar
                 

• The Psychology of Investing
    by John R. Nofsinger

  This book is the first of its kind to delve into the fascinating and important subject of the psychology affecting investments. Its unique coverage describes how investors actually behave, the reasons and causes of that behavior, why the behavior hurts their wealth, and what they can do about it.

• dot.con: The Greatest Story Ever Sold
    by John Cassidy

"Dot.con is the most sweeping and definitive assessment published thus far of the stock market mania that swept this country in the late 1990's.  Cassidy, who covers economics and finance for The New Yorker, finds many seeds for the boom.  For anyone who got caught up in the mania and its eventual crash, Dot.con is a bittersweet trip down memory lane that Cassidy captures just perfectly. "
                --Harry Edwards, Amazon.com

"A marvelous book...Dot.con will be read by generations of...B-school graduates."
  --Wall Street Journal

• The Millionaire Next Door:   The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
    by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

  CAN YOU SPOT THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR?

  Who are the rich in this country? What do they do? Where do they shop?
  What do they drive? How do they invest? Where did their ancestors come from?
  How did they get rich? Can I ever become one of them?

  Get the answers in this book — and discover the secrets to building wealth in America today. You'll be surprised at what you find out.

• Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation
      by Edward Chancellor

An Oxbridge-educated banker-turned-journalist explores how the impulses that shape speculative behavior (from the South Sea Bubble to today's emerging markets) are at odds with orthodox theory of efficient markets.

 

 

• Bogle on Mutual Funds
      by John Bogle, Chairman, The Vanguard Group of Investment Companies

New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor
 - Avoid major pitfalls common to mutual fund investing
 - Increase  your return without increasing risk
 - Develop a fully diversified portfolio
 - Minimize taxes, and more

 

• Stocks for the Long Run
      by Jeremy J. Siegel

A guide to selecting markets for long-term growth.
"The book belongs on every investor's shelf." 
       --Business Week

 

 

• Your Money or Your Life
     by Joe R. Dominguez and Vicki Robin

Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin--founders of the non-profit New Road Map Foundation for a humane, sustainable future--present their revolutionary, inspiring, and empowering nine-step program for transforming your relationship with money and achieving financial independence.