Financial Reference

Value investing is all about recognizing long-term value. It is more important to know timeless investing principles instead of short-term technical trends.

Therefore, much of what you need to know to be a value investor can be gleaned from books. Many of the important books on the list below were written well before current trends in the marketplace. However, the books are timely as when they were originally written.

One Up on Wall Street, Peter Lynch (Invest in what you know)

The Essays of Warren Buffett (Timeless Advice from the master himself; you can also access the entire letters to shareholders here)

Fooled By Randomness (more about risk, but a very good book)

The Warren Buffett Way (always good to learn more about the Man)

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (The original growth investment classic; growth is a component of the value equation)

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius (Horrible title, good book)

Value Investing from Graham to Buffett and Beyond (good intro to the basic idea of value investing)

Contrarian Investing Strategies (Data showing value investing works)

I hope you enjoy these books as much as I did when I first read them.