Recommend some good books for a person trying to start in the stock market?

I'm thinking about investing in stocks. I know there is a lot to learn just looking for a list of books that will help me.

Recommend some good books for a person trying to start in the stock market?
Here's the list we had in the investment club at the University of Southern California. I would read the Random Walk first, contrarian investing second, and intermarket analysis third before moving on to the other books.








SUGGESTED READING LIST


The Alchemy of Finance : Reading the Mind of the Market


Soros, G. 1994. The alchemy of finance : reading the mind of the market. New York: J. Wiley.





Contrarian Investing


Gallea, A., %26amp; Patalon, W. 1998. Contrarian investing. New York: New York Institute of Finance.





Graham and Dodd's Security Analysis


Graham, B., Dodd, D. L., Cottle, S., Murray, R. F., %26amp; Block, F. E. 1988. Graham and Dodd's security analysis. New York: McGraw-Hill.





The Hedge Fund Edge : Maximum Profit/Minimum Risk Global Trend Trading Strategies


Boucher, M. 1999. The hedge fund edge : maximum profit/minimum risk global trend trading strategies. New York: Wiley.





How to Win Friends and Influence People


Carnegie, D. 1998. How to Win Friends and Influence People. New York.





How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market


Darvas, N. 1960. How I made $2,000,000 in the stock market. Larchmont, N.Y.,: American Research Council.





The Intelligent Investor


Graham, B., %26amp; Zweig, J. 2003. The intelligent investor. New York: HarperBusiness Essentials.





Intermarket Analysis : Profiting From Global Market Relationships


Murphy, J. J. 2004. Intermarket analysis : profiting from global market relationships. New York, N.Y.: J. Wiley.





The Motley Fool Investment Guide


Gardner, D. 2001. The Motley Fool investment guide. [United States], Simon %26amp; Schuster Audio,.





A Random Walk Down Wall Street : The Time-tested Strategy for Successful Investing


Malkiel, B. G. 2003. A random walk down Wall Street : the time-tested strategy for successful investing. New York: W.W. Norton.





Reminiscences of a Stock Operator


Lefevre, E. 1994. Reminiscences of a stock operator. New York: J. Wiley.





Stan Weinstein's Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets


Weinstein, S. 1988. Stan Weinstein's Secrets for profiting in bull and bear markets. Homewood, Ill.: Dow Jones-Irwin.





Stock Market Logic : A Sophisticated Approach to Profits on Wall Street


Fosback, N. G. 1993. Stock market logic : a sophisticated approach to profits on Wall Street. Chicago, Ill.: Dearborn Financial Pub.
Reply:For your first book, I would read One up on Wall St by Peter Lynch, the most successful mutual fund manager ever. Its very simple reading and simple concepts. Also after making almost every mistake over the years, I found it to be the best investing system.
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Reply:You can read material from MIT for free: it's called MIT Open Course Ware:





http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Economics/inde...
Reply:there are experts who can guide you. some are just lucky , some can smell profit at a distance. im not any of theses. i just keep away so as not to regret losing when im not responsible for the loss.

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