Best books for learning about the financial markets and the stock market

Hey,

I am looking to learn more about financial markets and about the trading world.
What books would you recommend. I know very little/nothing about it right now.
I am currently reading Freefall by J. Stiglitz, but it talks alot about the crash.
I would like to know how they work, why stock prices shift etc.

thanks

 

"How to make money in Stocks" by the guy who started IBD (paper). If you really want to learn about it in a more practical / interesting way, subscribe to IBD and read that paper instead of reading about abstract theories, etc. you can see it applied to live markets and companes you have heard of. It is a little expensive (relative to say, WSJ) but well worth it. Great cartoons too :)

 

The Everything Investing Book: How to Pick, Buy and Sell Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds by Rich Mintzer is not bad for giving you a basic, simple understanding of basic investing principles.

There are better books for valuing stocks however, if that's more what you're referring to.

 

Principles of Corporate Finance by Brealey Allen and Meyer, just grab the newest edition I think its the 11th. This book has been used by MIT and a number of other top schools for their intro to finance class for the past six years (it gets updated every few years). Are you just looking to play the market? Or do you want a career in finance?

 

Honestly, you should start with the WSO FAQs.

"For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry God. Bloody Mary full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now and at the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. Amen."
 

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