Need some book ideas? Then check out the book-related links from over the past month or so. For even more book ideas can also check out the previous edition of this linkfest, see our latest monthly post of the most popular books among Abnormal Returns readers or read a Q&A with Ben Carlson author of A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan. Enjoy!
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Book review: William Bernstein raves about Andrew Ang’s Asset Management: A Systematic Approach to Factor Investing. (Enterprising Investor)
Book review: Fred Wilson enjoyed Nathaniel Popper’s Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money. (A VC)
Book notes: Richard Thaler talks markets, efficient markets and his new book: Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics. (Yahoo Finance)
Book notes: A closer look at Invest with the Fed: Maximizing Portfolio Performance by Following Federal Reserve Policy, authors Robert Johnson, Gerald Jensen and Luis Garcia-Feijoo. (CXO Advisory Group)
Book list: 20 books every trader should know about (or avoid) including One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading by Mike Bellafiore. (Brian Lund)
Book review: David Schawel thinks The Incredible Shrinking Alpha: And What You Can Do to Escape Its Clutches by Larry Swedroe and Andrew Berkin by is a “thought provoking read.” (Economic Musings)
Book notes: Why weird stuff happens: insights from David J. Hand’s The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day. (Reading the Markets)
Book notes: The shift to renewable energy is doable (and inevitable), a look at Mara Prentiss’, Energy Revolution: The Physics and the Promise of Efficient Technology. (Harvard)
Book notes: How the elite get (and stay) ahead: confidence. A look at Lauren Rivera’s Pedigree How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs. (Economist)
Book Q&A: Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff discuss: Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry. (Bits)
Book review: David Schawel thinks The Incredible Shrinking Alpha: And What You Can Do to Escape Its Clutches by Larry Swedroe and Andrew Berkin by is a “thought provoking read.” (Economic Musings)
Book list: An early summer reading list from Daniel Drezner including Richard Dobbs, James Manyika and Jonathan Woetzel’s No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends. (Washington Post)
Book recommendation: Tyler Cowen loves Ashlee Vance’s biography of Elon Musk and says “so far it is the book I have enjoyed most this year.” (Marginal Revolution)
Book recommendation: Brenda Jubin think Richard Thaler’s Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics “is a thoroughly enjoyable read, not quite right for the beach but perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon.” (Reading the Markets)
Book Q&A: Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff discuss: Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry. (Bits)
Book notes: Is work-life balance even possible? Thoughts on David Whyte’s The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship. (Farnam Street)
Book list: 10 books from JP Morgan’s for beach reading list including The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. (MoneyBeat)
Book list: Great summer reading list for financial advisors including The Opposite of Spoiled by Ron Lieber. (Nerd’s Eye View)
Book list: Only 12 weeks to Labor Day! Check out Barry Ritholtz’s reading list including Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H. Thaler. (Bloomberg)
Book notes: What can biomimicry teach us about investing? A look at Katherine Collins’ The Nature of Investing: Resilient Investment Strategies through Biomimicry. (Enterprising Investor)
Book notes: Why a focus on GDP is misleading, insights from Dirk Philipsen’s The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It. (Fortune)
Book review: How to harness our attention. A look at Two Awesome Hours: Science-Based Strategies to Harness Your Best Time and Get Your Most Important Work Done, by Josh Davis. (FT)
Book list: What books Wall Streeters recommend you take on your summer vacation including Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line by Michael Gibney. (Business Insider)
Book notes: What can biomimicry teach us about investing? A look at Katherine Collins’ The Nature of Investing: Resilient Investment Strategies through Biomimicry. (Enterprising Investor)
Book list: A bunch of summer book recommendations from Wall Street big shots including Bill Ackman’s call to read Peter Thiel’s Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future. (Bloomberg)
Book insights: The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr. (Farnam Street)
Book recommendation: Lasse Pedersen’s Efficiently Inefficient: How Smart Money Invests and Market Prices are Determined is a must-read for serious investors. (ETF)
Book recommendation: Alving Roth’s Who Gets What and Why: The Hidden World of Matchmaking and Market Design is “an excellent addition to the pantheon of popular economics books.” (Marginal Revolution)
Book Q&A: Patrick O’Shaughnessy probes Ben Carlson about his new book A Wealth of Common Sense. (Investor’s Field Guide)
