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The Epicurean Dealmaker (RIP) blog is also a must-read, in addition to the materials mentioned above.

 

Big Short Liar's Poker Atlas Shrugged (a great fiction book) The Rational Optimist Understanding Wall Street Flash Boys (not very IBD, more about high frequency trading but still a good read) The 48 Laws of Power How to Make Friends and Influence People Defining Decade And last, but not least Investment Banking by J. Rosenbaum and J. Pearl

It ain't what you know, it's who you know
 

I would recommend All the Devils are here - Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, a beautiful account of the Financial Crisis The House of Morgan - Ron Chernow Security Analysis - Ben Graham and David Todd, the classic Random walk down Wall street - Burton Malkiel Big Short - Michael Lewis Every Man a Speculator, a History of Wall Street on American Life

RiskManager2318 Control over the Money Supply controls the Empire - Nathan Rothschild
 

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