Best resource for learning about investing strategies?

Current undergrad that just received a full time offer at an EB (EVR, PJT, CVP) M&A team. I’m interested in pursuing a career in PE / HF after getting some experience in banking and want to start building out a portfolio in the public markets to learn more about how they work. What are some good resources to learn more about public equity investing strategies? Any recommendations for starting to invest? I have a very high risk tolerance and just want to learn as much as I can.

Thank you!

 
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Value investors club

warren buffet letters

anything from buffet / munger or related to them and/or their businesses

intelligent investor 

margin of safety

valuewalk

marketfolly

Reddit security and investment analysis

Graham and doddsville

any materials from the Columbia business school value investing program

the Pershing square challenge pitch videos

the sohn conference pitches and videos

Corner of Berkshire and fairfax

distressed debt investing

peter lynch books

joel greenblatt books

anything related to Andreessen and/or VC

Online reading lists from like Dan Loeb, Ackman and the like

Reminiscence of a stock market operator

historical 13Fs of major hedge fund managers

books about PE firms like King of Capital, the Carlyle Group, Caesar’s Palace book (about Apollo)

predators ball

den of thieves

black edge 

market masters

market wizards

confidence game

more money than god

Security analysis textbook

investment banking by rosenbaum and pearl textbook

jpmorgan history book

any other book that is around those books in the library dewey decimal system

Major news publications like wsj, CNBC, Bloomberg, dealbook, business sections of others too like nypost/wapo and whatever else you like can be helpful too 

also you may like books about 3G, outliers/outsider CEOs and similiar business/mgmt books as helpful. Maybe even different hbs case studies as well

good luck :)

 

You can build your portfolio however you want and read whatever books you want but you’re gonna need to know your stocks really well if you want to flush out your portfolio in future interviews. No point having a well performing portfolio if you can’t explain why you picked each of them in detail. 

 

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