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Peer and Mentor Recommended Reading Lists

Financial Book List – Available from the UF Library

Books suggested by Mark Baumgartner, Ph.D., CFA, Director, Asset Allocation and Risk, The Ford Foundation, 2013

  • Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Robert Cialdini
  • The Success Equation, Michael Mauboussin
  • Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, Peter Bernstein
  • The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki
  • Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
  • The Lessons of History, Will and Ariel Durant
  • Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman
  • Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely
  • Active Portfolio Management, Richard Grinold and Robert Kahn

Books suggested by MSF alumnus and hedge fund analyst, Eric Evans:

  • The Most Important Thing Illuminated, Howard Marks
  • Valuation, McKinsey and Company
  • A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Burton G Malkiel
  • The Little Book of Behavioral Investing, James Montier

Books suggested by Canon Coleman, Sr. Portfolio Manager, Invesco:

Investing:

  • Batnick, Michael, Big Mistakes
  • Buffett, Warren and Cunningham, Lawrence, The Essays of Warren Buffett
  • Graham, Benjamin and Dodd, David, Security Analysis
  • Graham, Benjamin, The Intelligent Investor
  • Kaufman, Peter and Wexler, Ed, Poor Charlie’s Almanack
  • Klarman, Seth, Margin of Safety
  • Koller, Tim, Goedhart, Marc and Wessels, David, Valuation
  • Marks, Howard, Mastering The Market Cycle
  • Marks, Howard, The Most Important Thing Illuminated
  • Siegel, Jeremy, Stocks For The Long Run
  • Sonkin, Paul and Johnson, Paul, Pitch the Perfect Investment
  • Stewart, G. Bennett, The Quest for Value
  • Thorndike, William, The Outsiders

Behavioral Finance / Making Better Decisions:

  • Ariely, Dan, Predictably Irrational
  • Bevelin, Peter, Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger
  • Cialdini, Robert, Influence
  • Duke, Annie, Thinking in Bets
  • Epstein, David, Range
  • Heath, Chip and Dan, Decisive
  • Kahneman, Daniel, Thinking, Fast and Slow
  • Mauboussin, Michael, More Than You Know
  • Mauboussin, Michael, Think Twice
  • Montier, James, The Little Book of Behavioral Investing
  • Navarro, Joe, What Every Body Is Saying
  • Schwed, Fred, Where are the Customers’ Yachts?
  • Tetlock, Philip and Gardner, Dan, Super forecasting

Financial Crisis:

  • Geithner, Timothy, Stress Test
  • Paulson, Henry, On the Brink
  • Sorkin, Andrew Ross, Too Big to Fail

Business:

  • Browder, Bill, Red Notice
  • Carreyrou, John, Bad Blood
  • Hope, Bradley and Wright, Tom, Billion Dollar Whale
  • Knight, Phil, Shoe Dog
  • Kolhatkar, Sheelah, Black Edge

Oil Industry:

  • Burrough, Bryan, The Big Rich
  • Zuckerman, Gregory, The Frackers

Books suggested by Nick Appelo, Capco Asset Management:

  • Buffett: The Making of An American Capitalist; by Roger Lowenstein
  • Quality Investing: Owning the Best Companies for the Long Term; by Lawrence Cunningham
  • You Can be a Stock Market Genius; by Joel Greenblatt
  • Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits; by Phil Fisher

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