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The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution book cover1

The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

Gregory Zuckerman

4.3
Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the question investors have been asking for decades: How did Jim Simons do it?

Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award


Jim Simons is the greatest money maker in modern financial history. No other investor--Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George S
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: The Classic Novel Based on the Life of Legendary Stock Market Speculator Jesse Livermore book cover2

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: The Classic Novel Based on the Life of Legendary Stock Market Speculator Jesse Livermore

Edwin Lefevre

4.4
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the unforgettable story of the life of Jesse Livermore, one of Wall Street's greatest ever stock speculators.

Loosely fictionalised in 1923 in collaboration with journalist Edwin Lefevre, this is the story of the highs and the lows, the strategies and the street smarts, the epic wins (and sometimes epic losses) that has inspired generations of investors and trad
You Can Be a Stock Market Genius Even if You're Not Too Smart: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits book cover3

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius Even if You're Not Too Smart: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits

Joel Greenblatt

4.4
A comprehensive and practical guide to the stock market from a successful fund manager—filled with case studies, important background information, and all the tools you’ll need to become a stock market genius.

Fund manager Joel Greenblatt has been beating the Dow (with returns of 50 percent a year) for more than a decade. And now, in this highly accessible guide, he’s going to show you how to do it
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The Success Equation

Michael J. Mauboussin

4.2
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How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short

William J. O'Neil, Gil Morales

4.2
There are two sides to everything, except the stock market. In the stock market there is only one side--the right side. In certain market conditions, selling short can put you on the right side, but it takes real knowledge and market know-how as well as a lot of courage to assume a short position.

The mechanics of short selling are relatively simple, yet virtually no one, including most profession
The Rule: How I Beat the Odds in the Markets and in Life--And How You Can Too book cover6

The Rule: How I Beat the Odds in the Markets and in Life--And How You Can Too

Larry Hite and Michael Covel

4.2
The empowering story of Larry Hite's unlikely rise to the top of the hedge fund world--with critical insights and lessons you can take to the bank

In The Rule, legendary trader and hedge fund pioneer Larry Hite recounts his working-class upbringing in Brooklyn as a dyslexic, partially blind kid who was anything but a model student--and how he went on to found and run Mint Investment Management Comp
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The Ultimate Trading Psychology Guide

Constantino Pistou

4.2
Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets book cover8

Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets

Stan Weinstein

4.4
Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets reveals his successful methods for timing investments to produce consistently profitable results.

Topics include:

Stan Weinstein's personal philosophy on investing
The ideal time to buy
Refining the buying process
Knowing when to sell
Selling Short
Using the best long-term indicators to spot Bull and Bear markets
Odds, ends, and profits
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The Perfect Stock: How a 7000% move was set-up, started and finished in an astonishing 52 weeks

Brad Koteshwar

4.3