Works we have read that we would recommend to all investors:


  • Peter L. Bernstein

The Prince (De Principatibus / Il Principe)

  • Niccolò Machiavelli

The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.

  • William D. Cohan

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

  • Liaquat Ahamed

A Random Walk Down Wall Street

  • Burton G. Malkiel

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

  • Edwin Lefèvre

 

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