The Reading List That Spurred My 20 Years of Success on Wall Street

Being a voracious reader accelerated my path as an investor... Growing up in a poor household with a single mother from South America, we struggled just to pay our bills. The idea of "saving" – or even more crazy, "investing" – was as foreign as flying a spaceship. My mother was just trying to keep […] Not rendering correctly? View this e-mail as a web page [here](. [Empire Financial Daily Weekend] The Reading List That Spurred My 20 Years of Success on Wall Street By Enrique Abeyta --------------------------------------------------------------- [How to Win on 92% of Your Trades]( A former hedge fund manager has developed a way to win on 92% of your trades. It doesn't involve options, crypto, forex, or anything gimmicky – and it can be done in any basic brokerage account. [See how it works here](... --------------------------------------------------------------- Being a voracious reader accelerated my path as an investor... Growing up in a poor household with a single mother from South America, we struggled just to pay our bills. The idea of "saving" – or even more crazy, "investing" – was as foreign as flying a spaceship. My mother was just trying to keep us out of bankruptcy (we still filed twice), and we had no family whatsoever in the U.S. The first time I learned about investing or stocks was in high school. It appeared as a fascinating exercise where you could use your brain and figure out how to make money – and potentially, a lot of it. Given where I came from, that was an exciting prospect. My first real experience with stocks was a stock-picking contest during my junior or senior year. I won the contest... and I was hooked. This was a big driver for me applying to – and being accepted at – the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania's undergraduate program. There I was surrounded by fellow students who – like me – had decided that they wanted to make investing their life's work. Many of them had grown up with parents and families in the business. I didn't have that background... but I was a voracious reader. Reading was a way that I could benefit from the experience of others even when I didn't have first-hand access. During my first few years at Wharton, even though I had considerable classwork and a newfound social life, I read dozens of books – everything I could find on investing. While I was learning a ton about the building blocks of economics, accounting, and finance at Wharton... I wasn't being taught much about actual investing. Instead, I learned from my older classmates and an investment club called the Pennsylvania Investment Alliance. That was where I got my original reading list. After five years at Wharton (and three majors), I learned a ton and – just as important – made incredible relationships that would power my career for the next 30 years. Reading those books, though, was how I learned the most about investing. --------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended Link: [The only money-making acronym you need to know for 2023]( Soon, the acronym "PVAB" could be as commonplace as "ASAP" or "TGIF." But if you don't know it yet, you're not too late... By the time it fully rolls out, PVAB will have a bigger lasting impact on our society than the Internet. That's why some of the biggest names in the business – from Bill Gates to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk – are pumping billions into it. To see how you can get massive returns from what could well be the biggest investment opportunity of this year, [click here now](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Here are the eight books that are a great place to start reading as an investor... There are many more books out there. But I think that with these eight books, you're off to a great start... and might even have 90% of what you need to know. 1. [One Up on Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money In The Market]( by Peter Lynch Older readers will remember Peter Lynch, one of the most famous money managers of the 1980s. He led the Fidelity Magellan Fund and posted more than a 29% annual return – consistently more than double the annual return of the S&P 500 Index – during his 13-year tenure. In One Up on Wall Street, originally published in 1989, Lynch does a great job of combining common-sense analysis that anyone can understand with core investing concepts. While not the most sophisticated book on this list, this one is the best for a new investor in understanding the "ins and outs" of investing. If you were stuck on a desert island (with an Internet connection to trade stocks), One Up on Wall Street would be the top book I'd recommend. Lynch's follow-up – [Beating the Street]( – is also great. 2. [How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times and Bad]( by William O'Neil I ranked Lynch's book No. 1 because it's the best place to start... but How to Make Money in Stocks is a much better book on investing. William O'Neil is the founder of investment newspaper Investor's Business Daily, and his book does the best job of figuring out ways to make money. O'Neil isn't bothered by traditional investing frameworks. Instead, he worked backward from what he saw in the stock market. He looked at the stocks that produced the greatest returns over time and then figured out what they had in common. From that analysis, he developed an investment system that's easy to understand and employ. As many of you know, I believe the investing style that really works is growth... and O'Neil fully embraces this approach. 3. [What Works On Wall Street]( by James O'Shaughnessy Like O'Neil, O'Shaughnessy is pragmatic when it comes to pure money-making. His data-driven approach focuses on results, with a ton of depth to the analysis. This, combined with O'Neil's book, makes an incredible one-two punch when figuring out how to invest. 4. [Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Traders]( by Jack Schwager For a very different approach, Schwager interviewed some of the most successful traders and investors. The result is the third (released in 2001) in the Market Wizards series after Schwager's first book, Market Wizards (1989), and follow-up, The New Market Wizards (1992). All these books are worth a read... But if I had to choose one, Stock Market Wizards one would be it. Interviewees include Michael Steinhardt, Paul Tudor Jones, Bruce Kovner, and more. There is a ton to be learned from their real-world experiences and many trading "rules" to be gleaned from their commentary. 5. [Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Psychological Edge]( by David Dreman I'm not a big believer in "value" as an investment strategy... but I am a huge fan of contrarianism. Although Dreman is much more focused on value investing, his core precept of focusing on contrarian opportunities is a strong one. There are also a ton of great lessons in analysis and psychology here that are useful for investors. Most importantly, Dreman does a great job debunking the "efficient market hypothesis" with real-world applicable investing strategies. 6. [The New Money Masters]( by John Train This book is like the Schwager's Market Wizards series, but it goes back farther in time – Train published his first tome, The Money Masters, in 1980. Investors profiled include Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, John Templeton, and others. The New Money Masters is less trading-oriented and gives some great historical context, explaining how lessons learned 50 years ago are still applicable today, even if the environment has changed dramatically. 7. [The Alchemy of Finance]( by George Soros This is different from any of the other books, as it was written by one of the greatest investors. Soros gives a highly intellectual approach to the markets and great historical stories – he has some of the most powerful insights into the markets of any investor in history. It's a little tougher of a read... but well worth it. 8. [The Money Game]( by Adam Smith Finally, the oldest book on the list, originally published in 1976, was written under the pseudonym of the legendary economist Adam Smith. The Money Game has a wry sense of humor and does a good job discussing how things were in past eras so that modern readers can see the parallels to today's markets. As the famous saying goes, history doesn't repeat itself... but it does rhyme. Over my years on Wall Street, I've seen plenty of history in the markets... I traded through the dot-com bubble, the global financial crisis, 9/11, and more. That experience has taught me to ignore the noise and buy winners hand over fist. And right now, I've loaded up my Empire Elite Trader portfolio with a dozen stocks in a specific corner of the market I think is as big an opportunity as I've seen over the past several years. I think folks who buy these stocks today stand to make 50% or more in the next few months, if not sooner. That's why I just sat down on camera to explain everything you need to know to take advantage of it. [Watch it here](. 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