Apprenticed Investor: More Reading Ideas

In part 1, we looked at books that are helpful to the "Apprenticed Investor," from the history of markets to investor psychology. Today, we get into the details: economics, technical analysis, short selling, the fundamental approach, life on Wall Street and everything else.

Wall Street

If you can understand how the crazier things happen on Wall Street, you may avoid some investing pitfalls. These two books offer insight into that arena -- and they could just as easily be filed under how to raise problem children.

Fred Schwed's Where Are the Customers' Yachts? or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street. Schwed worked on Wall Street for a few years, and his book -- written 60 years ago -- is a delightful read, full of insight into both the Street and investors' psyches. ...