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Feb 14 2010
Recommended Reading
Monday, 15 February 2010

As per requests this week...I have put together a short list of books for different investing styles and for beginners. There is really no "do all, end all" book(s) to get you going. As well, here is a link to the articles I wrote for a hedge fund this summer: http://davianletter.com/articles/jamietucker

 Beginner
-www.Investopedia.com
-the "Dummies" series (believe it or not, but they are great resources to get you started)
-"The Four Pillars of Investing" - William Bernstein
-"Investing: The Last Liberal Art" - Robert Hagstrom
-"A Random Walk Down Wall Street" - Burton Malkiel
-"Stock Market Wiards" - Jack Schwager
-www.marketfolly.com (a great hedge fund resource)

 Value Investing
-"The Intelligent Investor" - Ben Graham (especially the Jason Zweig commentary at the end of each chapter)
-"The Interpretation of Financial Statements" -Ben Graham
-"Margin of Safety" - Seth Klarman (e-mail me for information about how to get this resource)
- "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings" - Philip Fisher
-"The Warren Buffett Way" - Robert Hagstrom
-"Financial Shenanigans" - Howard Schilit
-www.valuewalk.com

Contrarian Investing
-"Contrarian Investment Strategies" - David Dreman
-"The Greatest Trade Ever" - Gregory Zuckerman (about John Paulson's shorting of real estate before the bubble popped)
-"Predictably Irrational" - Dan Ariely (not an investor, but exploits the irrational decisions everyone makes)
-"Crash Proof" - Peter Schiff
-"Irrational Exuberance" - Robert Shiller
-"Fooled by Randomness" - Nassim Taleb

Growth Investing
-"How to Make Money in Stocks" - William O'Neil

GARP Investing
-"One Up on Wall Street" - Peter Lynch
-"Beating the Street" - Peter Lynch

Trading
-"Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom" - Van Tharp
-"Japanese Candlestick Analysis" - Steve Nison
-"Technical Analysis of the Financial; Markets" - John Murphy
-"Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" - Edwin Lefevre
-"Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes" - Brian Shannon
-"Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns" - Thomas Bulkowski

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Regards,
Jamie

 

 
Feb 09 2010
Next Meeting CHANGE: March 8th, 6pm Room 011 (Bronfman)
Wednesday, 10 February 2010

NOTE: Jamie has a midterm on Friday, so we have changed the SAP meeting to the following Monday (March 8th) at 6pm.  We will be in room 011.

 March 12th and 19th are still good at 2pm in Room 045 (Bronfman).

 If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send me an e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Looking forward to seeing you all!

 

 

 
Feb 08 2010
SAP Slides
Monday, 08 February 2010

Session 1

Stock Analyst Program Session 1
January 29, 2010

 

 

Session 2

Stock Analyst Program Session 2
February 5, 2010

 

 

Session 3

Stock Analyst Program Session 3
February 12, 2010

 

 

Session 4

Stock Analyst Program Session 4
March 8, 2010

 

 

Session 5

Stock Analyst Program Session 5
March 12, 2010

 

Session 6

Stock Analyst Program Session 6
March 12, 2010