Best Books
Who can share their favorite finance / IB books? Looking to do some extra reading before coming on to a boutique full time and I’ve found reading can put my mind in the right place.
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Hey Intern in IB-M&A, I think you deserve a response...heck, everyone does. We're listening, sorry about the delay ...my best guess at places on WSO that could help:
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Fingers crossed that one of those helps you.
Rosenbaum and Pearl Book. Everyone has read it
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Ok intern
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@ECM GUY doesn't know anything check out the threads he comments on lmao
The Caesars Palace Coup:l
Finished this one recently, great story telling and highly educational
Fifty shades of gray
Not strictly IB / finance related but I loved Billion Dollar Whale by Bradley Hope and Tom Wright
Here’s what I’ve been through in the last five years… I would say the Market Wizard Books are the most helpful / motivating… I’ve been through each of those 2-3x.
Market Wizards, New Market Wizards, Hedge Fund Market Wizards, Unknown Market Wizards, More Money Than God, King of Capital, Physics of Wall Street, The Dying of Money, Principles of Dealing with the Changing World Order, The Alchemy of Finance, Soros on Soros, The Little Book that Still Beats the Market, The Most Important Thing, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits, Mastering the Market Cycle, One up on Wall Street, Flash Boys, A History of the US in Five Market Crashes, The Alpha Masters, Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital, You Can Be a Stock Market Genius, The Little Book of Trading, The Tipping Point, The Fourth Turning, The Intelligent Investor, The Snowball, The Book of Investing Wisdom, The Big Short, The Complete Turtle Trader, Liar’s Poker
When Genius Failed is great - I forgot that one.I caught Smartest Guys in the Room via documentary:)The 1993 Barbarians at the Gate movie is pretty good - can find it on YouTube.
Great list— most these are on the “recommended” section of the syllabus from the class that David Swensen used to teach at Yale.
Too Big to Fail
Lots of good suggestions here. May I humbly offer a link to my own novel if you're looking for something more fun and laid back, The Pitchbook: A Banking Analyst's Tale of Markets, Millions, and Mayhem. When you spend a few years writing a book, it necessarily becomes a favorite. Was going to DM you with the link, but the post is anonymous for some reason???
Apologies I meant to post it under my uname but forgot. I’ll check this out
+1 SB. Lol, thought it was an error as this is probably the least controversial post ever. Appreciate you checking out the book! The Amazon preview has the first few chapters that will give you a good flavor for the book.
The Man Who Solved the Market. Hands down best book I’ve ever read. Talks about Jim Simons and the legendary hedge fund renaissance technologies. Other good ones are billion dollar whale and more money than God. Also, shoe dog by Phil Knight is a great memoir and has some good business lessons.
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