Need some book ideas? Then check out the book-related links from over roughly the past month. For even more book ideas can also check out the previous edition of this linkfest, see our latest (September) monthly post of the most popular books among Abnormal Returns readers. Remember anything you buy from Amazon through these links goes to support the site. Enjoy!
Finance and economics books
Book notes: 15 insights from Brett Steenbarger’s Trading Psychology 2.0: From Best Practices to Best Processes. (Ivanhoff Capital)
Book excerpt: Carson Block is featured in excerpt from The Most Dangerous Trade: How Short Sellers Uncover Fraud, Keep Markets Honest, and Make and Lose Billions by Richard Teitelbaum. (Institutional Investor)
Book review: Wall Street Wars: The Epic Battles with Washington That Created the Modern Financial System by Richard E. Farley is a “fine work of popular financial history.” (CFA Institute)
Book review: Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner is a “must read book” for everyone sick of the “guru model.” (Reading the Markets)
Book notes: America’s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve by Roger Lowenstein is a “gripping tale.” (Fortune)
Book notes: Systematic Trading: A Unique New Method for Designing Trading and Investing Systems by Robert Carver is “rational and practical.” (CXO Advisory Group)
Book review: Invest with the Fed: Maximizing Portfolio Performance by Following Federal Reserve Policy by Robert R. Johnson, Gerald R. Jensen and Luis Garcia-Feijóo “opens doors to new ideas.” (Enterprising Investor)
Book review: Systematic Trading: A Unique New Method for Designing Trading and Investing Systems by Robert Carver is “thoughtful and thought-provoking.” (Reading the Markets)
Book review: Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science by Dan Rodick is “terrific.” (The Enlightened Economist)
Book review: The Devil’s Financial Dictionary by Jason Zweig will help you “shed costly misconceptions and acquire wisdom..” (Barron’s)
Book review: DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your Wealth by Wes Gray, Jack Vogel and David Foulke is “well constructed, researched, concise, and accessible for professionals and inexperienced investors.” (Scott’s Investments)
Book notes: Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller is “interesting and entertaining.” (Bloomberg)
Book review: No One Ever Told Us That: Money and Life Lessons for Young Adults by John D. Spooner is full of “worthwhile advice” for people in their 20s and 30s. (New York Times)
Book review: The Courage to Act: A Memoir of the Crisis and Its Aftermath by Ben Bernanke is “a robust defense of the Fed” (Economist)
Book review: Trading Psychology 2.0 by Brett Steenbarger is “engrossing and challenging” and is “highly recommended.” (Reading the Markets, Eric D. Brown)
Book review: Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip Tetlock and Daniel Gardner is “enlightening and entertaining.” (Institutional Investor)
Book review: America’s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve by Roger Lowenstein is an “engrossing read.” (Reading the Markets)
Book review: Trend Following with Managed Futures: The Search for Crisis Alpha by Alex Greyserman and Kathryn Kaminski raises “the standard for discussion concerning trend following.” (Enterprising Investor)
Book notes: Vitaliy Katsenelson writes Guy Spier’s The Education of a Value Investor is “one of the best books I’ve read in 2015.” (Institutional Investor)
Book review: Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard Thaler is “an entertaining journey through the evolution of behavioral economics.” (CFA Institute)
Book review: DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your Wealth by Wes Gray, Jack Vogel and David Foulke is “a good book for people who are motivated to do better with their investments.” (Aleph Blog)
Book review: Wall Streeters: The Creators and Corruptors of American Finance by Edward Morris is for “Experienced Wall Streeters will enjoy this book. Students of finance should be required to read it.” (Reading the Markets)
Non-finance books
Book review: Gavin Weightman’s Eureka: How Inventions Happen is an “enjoyable” read. (Reading the Markets)
Book review: Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family by Anne-Marie Slaughter views gender inequality through then lens of our uniquely Americn work culture. (LA Times)
Book review: The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt pays obsessive attention to details.
Book Q&A: A discussion about the business model of college football with Gilbert M. Gaul author of Billion Dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football. (The Atlantic)
Book notes: 10 management lesson from Sir Alex Ferguson co-author of Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United. (Marketwatch)
Book review: Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both by Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer “aims high.” (FT)
Book review: The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia by Michael Booth is an “engaging literary journey through the Nordic countries..” (Barron’s)
Book review: Foolproof: Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe by Greg Ip is “excellent” and “compelling.” (Marginal Revolution, FT)
Book notes: How to deal with ambiguity. A look at Jamie Holmes’ Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing. (NYMag)
Book notes: The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers by Gillian Tett is ‘sharp, insightful, and concise.” (strategy+business)
Book review: Genghis Khan:The Man Who Conquered the World by Frank McLynn is “one of the very best non-fiction books of the year, quite possibly the best.” (Marginal Revolution)
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