Recommended reading

Thrugelmir

Broaden your horizons beyond books just on investing as well.

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes by Peter D. Schiff and Andrew J. Schiff

Is an excellent introduction to the manner in which economies run.

Also Boomerang: The Biggest Bust by Micheal Lewis

is an extremely good read.

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ExMugPunter wrote: »

http://www.ccsales.com/the_richest_man_in_babylon.pdf

Cheers for that link - I read it this afternoon!

WR

Archi_Bald

A great video: How to Win the Loser's Game

80 minutes long, it contains interviews with some of the biggest names and brightest minds in the investment world. The aim is to provide ordinary investors with the information they need - and to challenge the industry to offer consumers a fairer deal.

If you don't have 80 minutes to spare, it's also available to watch in 10 parts.

seekstris

BLB53 wrote: »

Well done on getting out of debt and starting to save!

First of all, lots of free info on the web - 3 sites I recommend are www.fool.co.uk (discussion boards), www.monevator.com (passive investing, trackers etc) and www.diyinvestoruk.blogspot.co.uk (basics tab, also see books recommended there)

Good luck with your investing education.

I will second the DIYInvestorUK, his writing is simple and engaging which for me makes a big difference. Some of the investment books can be very dry (as you would imagine) so its nice to see a very good and simple version. A lot of his thinking seems to come from Simple Investing book mixed with some experience, so definetly worth a read before delving deeper.

Linton

Suggest you read broadly on financial matters rather than solely on specialist investing. This should give you the ability to understand, criticise and apply the many different approaches to investing you will come across.

In that light I found the "Undercover Economist" books fascinating. They are very easy reading and give a good insight into how economics basics such as supply and demand work out (or dont) in real life. Also, "How to read the financial pages" is now over 20 years old and so somewhat out of date. It explains how the markets work, what shares and bonds are, and what the various technical terms mean. It is still in my view a useful reference.

Thrugelmir

To broaden your horizons I would suggest.

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes: Two Tales of the Economy - Schiff and Schiff.

Very easy read that makes a complex topic easily understandable.

yorpington

I liked 'The Millionaire Next Door'. Not so much about investing, exactly, but about the habits necessary to hang on to your money. Really interesting.

IronWolf

Do you want to invest in individual stocks, or funds?

colsten

Archi_Bald wrote: »

A great video: How to Win the Loser's Game

There is lots of other fascinating stuff on that sensibleinvesting.tv site, too. They have a huge bias towards passive investing, which sits very well with me, and they provide a lot of reasons for it.

Don't forget though, the site is run by a wealth management company so be sure you don't inadvertently buy stuff you weren't buying anyway. Though I believe they are selective and you have to have a £1m+ investment before they are interested in you.

Totton

I found the Chatfeild Roberts book very interesting, it is a few years of age now but a good read for anyone using funds - 'Fundology: The Secrets of Successful Fund Investing' http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fundology-Secrets-Successful-Fund-Investing/dp/1897597770