A few days ago, a friend who wanted to start investing asked me what books he should read. The first thing I did was point him to Book It, a brass 10 article from last Fall.
But then I started thinking: There have been a few notable books published in the last few months that might be worth reading as well. So I poked around my bookshelf and the Internet, and here's what I came up with.
I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi
Ramit has been blogging at iwillteachyoutoberich.com for years, becoming one of the major financial experts of our generation. His book launched to the top of the bestseller list at Amazon.com the day it was released (he even beat the Twilight series). If he sounds uncannily familiar, it's because he wrote an article for brass in February.
The Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio, David and Tom Gardner
Recognize the name? These are the guys that started that famous investing resource fool.com. It's not their first book--they've published several volumes on other topics. However, this one is a little different. It's based on a Web experiment they conducted where readers followed along as Tom Gardner invests and managed $1 million, and what they learned from it.
The End Of Wall Street As We Know It, Dave Kansas
Dave is the editor-at-large at filife.com (where you might find blog posts from someone familiar--our former intern Susie). Dave has also been a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, and was the editor-in-chief of thestreet.com in the late 1990s. In his book, Dave explains what he thinks caused the recent financial crisis and how to deal with its aftermath.
These books are all new, published in 2009. Happy page-turning!
--Jennie
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