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Cover to Cover: Latest Investing Books

by Carl on July 20, 2009

bookcovers_7-20-09The covers pictured above are from just a few of the investing books either released during the last month or planned for a release in the near future. They cover a range of topics, including a recap of events on Wall Street during the last year and theories about investing.

See any contradictions?

If the books about investing theory are correct, then how did we end up with stories about the downfall of Wall Street?

Some investing books may help you gain perspective about historical events, but they are not oracles. You can read investing theories until your eyes cross, but if you fail to take the time to think through YOUR financial plan, you’ll fail.

  • I do not see any contradictions. They all speak on the subject of human behavior, specifically greed -- either by illustrating its destruction or by leveraging it to entice the consumer to buy the given book (and encourage the next cycle of greed).

    It's quite interesting to note that so many new books (and other media sources) use the idea of "how to profit from economic collapse," such as the final book in this posts leading image. This speaks directly to behaviors that caused this economic collapse, specifically greed!

    The same people who got caught up in greedy behavior (and got burned this time) stand to get burned again by trying to "profit" from the disaster -- it's all greed but the timing and manifestation is different...
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