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Stan Weinstein's book "The Secrets for Profiting in Bull & Bear Markets is a classic. A lot of authors tend to regurgitate material from it so it's your best one to start with.
 
Best book on share trading?

Hello All, I signed up with CommSec last week and I am a vigin to share trading. Therefore I'm looking for a book which will teach me all aspects of share trading from intro to advance. I was thinking of investing in SHARES MADE SIMPLE from Noel Whittaker. What would you recommend? Cheers.
 
Re: Best Book on Share Trading

Well for a basic book shares 4 dummies is ok but I think the best and most comprehensive trading book to date is Trade Your Way To Financial Freedom by Van Tharp
 
Re: Best book on share trading?

Welcome to ASF, Prav. I doubt that you will find any single book which will tell you everything you want to know.

Noel Whittaker's info, whilst very useful for beginners, will not teach you about trading. He advises on longer term investing.

I'd suggest that before you buy any books, you go to the ASX website, www.asx.com.au and work your way through their Education Centre.
This will explain how the market works and offer you basic information about a fundamental or technical approaches.

And perhaps do a Search on this forum. There are several threads discussing what books are useful.
 
Re: Best book on share trading?


Hi Prav,

Welcome to ASF. I have merged this thread with your thread.

There are some good recommendations in here, so I suggest you read through this thread to help you choose.

Also if you use the advance search function and search for "books" in the thread title, plenty of threads will come up which will keep you busy.

I also suggest you read through some of the threads in the beginners lounge here at ASF as there is some good info you won't find in books especially about the XAO and trading in Aust.
 
I see someone has Weinstein and Van Tharp on Ebay at the moment. Definitely two of the best.
 
Hi

Has anyone here ordered books from amazon US, if so how long did it take to arrive and how was your experience.
 
cutz said:
Hi

Has anyone here ordered books from amazon US, if so how long did it take to arrive and how was your experience.
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Hello, yes I have when the exchange rate was very good last year. I used regular shipping, one took two weeks and the other about three. I haven't tried the super fast shipping.

It is very good as long as you don't want the book in your hand by the next day.

Wonder.
 
Thanks for the reply wonderrman,

I'll give them a try.
 
most of the guys on this forum will recommend

van tharp - weinstein - radge - ceasar73 - elder

all brilliant
 
cutz said:
Hi

Has anyone here ordered books from amazon US, if so how long did it take to arrive and how was your experience.
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Yes, I've ordered many books from them over the years. Has always been a good experience. The slowest shipping option has taken about 3 weeks to arrive, and the fastest shipping option had my books here in about 3 days!
 
What Book Titles You Thought Was Worth Reading

Hi All

I am new to this and am researching as much as I can.

However, for every advice I read, sure enought there is another that contradicts it.

What I am looking for are books that you have read and thought them worthwhile.

Many thanks.
 
Recommended books

So I've been reading through heaps of the posts here and have found one common thing.... Books!! everyone recommends that you read some of the excellent literature on trading before you start, and I have noticed we don't have anywhere that lists people's recommendations so I figured why not

So here is the few books I have read and recommend:

$1 million for life - Ashley Ormond
A fortunate life - A.B. Facey
The 7 habits of highly effective people - Stephen Covey
36 strategies of the Chinese for financial traders - Darryl Guppy

If you have any others to recommend to the people just starting out list em in here, and lets try and build an "ASF recommended reading list".
 
Recommended Reading

I'm a newbie, and I'm looking to educate myself.

There isn't a thread dedicated to books, so I thought I'd start one.

These aren't my personal recommendations; other members have recommended them in other threads. Just thought it might help to consolidate them all.

Pit Bull by Martin 'Buzzy' Schwartz
Secrets for Profiting in bull and bear markets by Weinstein.
"charting secrets" by Louise Bedford
Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners.

Feel free to comment and add other titles!
 
I have just finished reading Stan Weinstein's book as my first book. I rate dit high as first book. Really easy to read and taught me heaps. I have Leon Wilson's forst 2 books waiting for me now. I heard these would be really good to read after stan's. There's also Guppy's. I'm not sure if i should be reading him and if i will be missing out on vital info if i don't. Should i read these before Wilson's or does Wilson's cover what guppy does and more?

Also I heard Trading your way to financial freedom by Van Tharp is a must. Is this another book about technicals? Would i be covering enough by reading stan weinstein's and then Wilson's first 2 books or should i definitely read Van Tharp's? Where would his book fit into the equation.

Just trying to get it all right so i get the best share trading education to kick start my trading career.

Cheers.
 
For starters:
1) Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond by Bruce C. N. Greenwald
2) How to Read & Understand Financial Statements When You Don't Know What You Are Looking at: For Business Owners and Investors by Brian Kline - or similar book.
3) 1/2 year reports and annual reports - find at company website or asx.com.au under announcements

I have bought many books from Amazon US no problem. Recently I have been using Book Depository as it is usually cheaper and quicker delivery even though from the UK.
 
Newbie Books To Read

Hi, I am fairly new to the game and wanted to purchase some books to help me understand the stock market.

Could anyone please give recommendations on newbie books to read?

Thanks in advance
 
Re: Newbie Books To Read

wadesansom said:
Hi, I am fairly new to the game and wanted to purchase some books to help me understand the stock market.

Could anyone please give recommendations on newbie books to read?

Thanks in advance
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http://www.investopedia.com/ for quick lookup on term you don’t understand or want to know about a certain topic
 
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