One of the greatest investment advisor’s of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham’s economic and investment wisdom helped so many people. He was known as the father of value investing—the practice of which protects investors from significant error and shows them how to create long-term strategies for their investments. The Intelligent Investor has been one of the best books regarding the stock market and investing since it was published in 1949.

House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street recounts to us how negligence and a longing for more lead to the downfall of Bear Stearns and the downfall of Wall Street.

Inspired by Howard Marks’ lifelong experience in investing, this book shows us what we must do in order to successfully invest, and the dangers we might come across that can ruin our fortunes and careers. Howard Marks uses examples from his personal memos to explain his ideas and walks us through these memos, accounting the details and insights regarding his investment philosophy.

In “What I Learned Losing A Million Dollars”, Jim Paul and Brendan Moynihan tell us Jim’s story: all that he had and how he lost everything. Our money is one of our most important assets, and when we make smart investments, we can think of ourselves as genius, smarter than the rest, and all in all superior. But what really goes into those decisions we make? In “What I Learned Losing A Million Dollars” Paul and Moynihan delve into the psychological factors that can influence us. They also review some strategies we can make in order to avoid this type of loss.

This book highlights a number of well known investors and their stories, the mistakes they made. Big Mistakes includes: Warren Buffet, Bill Ackman, Chris Sacca, Jack Bogle, Mark Twain, John Maynard Keynes, and many more. Michael Batnick provides us with the research and advice we need in order to avoid common mistakes even the most experienced investors make and strategies we can take to dodge the biggest challenges we face in investing to develop an overall plan that will help us stay on track.

Daniel Crosby’s “The Laws of Wealth: Psychology and the secret to investing success”, us readers are provided with a thorough comprehension of behavioral finance and what exactly that is. We are also given rules to follow so that we may follow good investment behavior and avoid common pitfalls. Crosby is a trained clinical psychologist as well and has worked as an asset manager. This unique perspective results in a must read book for all!

So often when we think of investing and the stock market we think about complex strategies that we believe are the most import aspect of succeeding in the investment world. Sometimes, this just isn’t true. Simplicity is ignored a lot when it comes to our finances. But it is true that a simple solution can be the best solution. A Wealth of Common Sense presents us with simple strategies regarding investing our money so we can focus on what matters!

The Behavioral Investor, written by Daniel Crosby, takes an applied perspective on how psychology should inform the art and science of investment management. Dr. Daniel Crosby delves into the sociological, neurological and psychological factors that influence the investment decisions we make, and establishes pragmatic solutions for increasing returns and improving investment behavior. We as readers will gain insight into one of the best overviews of investor behavior yet and an understanding of specific strategies we can take for reframing how we make our decisions in order to be more self aware.