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10 Investing Books Recommended By Warren Buffett

Over the years, Warren Buffett has recommended many books in a variety of venues about a variety of subjects. Continuing our ongoing series of books recommended by Buffett here we highlight ten books that Buffett has recommended on investing.

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Take on the Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don’t Want You to Know. What you can do to fight back

by Arthur Levitt

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s longest-serving chairman, supervised stock markets during the late 1990s dot-com boom. As working Americans poured billions into stocks and mutual funds, corporate America devised increasingly opaque strategies for hoarding most of the proceeds. Levitt reveals their tactics in plain language, then spells out how to intelligently invest in mutual funds and the stock market. His advice is aimed squarely at small, individual investors, as he explains how to look for clues of malfeasance in annual reports, understand press releases and draw more from reliable sources.

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

by John C. Bogle

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Changing The Way You Think About Your Money

These are the times that everyone is beginning to feel a tightening. The ripple effect has touched us all now in some way. Our attitudes of “spend now, more money is on the way” has been replaced by the thoughts of “How do I find the money to pay my bills?” For many people this shift is a reason for great distress.

I have been one of those people who have felt the heavy weight of financial burden. I continue to feel the pinch, but I am starting to see signs of hope. Hope that is not only coming from the government and Wall Street, but hope that is coming with increasing confidence that I will get through this hard time.

I have found great confidence through making small changes. I would like to share a few things I have done that have made a big difference in both my quality of life and my budget’s bottom line. Read More …

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