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Books like What Works on Wall Street
The best books like What Works on Wall Street are The Intelligent Investor, A Random Walk Down Wall Street, and Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits. What Works on Wall Street by James O'Shaughnessy is about quantitative investing, stock market, factor investing. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Intelligent Investor
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Benjamin Graham · Economics
The Intelligent Investor is Benjamin Graham's case that successful investing has less to do with picking the right stocks than with managing your own behavior.
Both dig into value investing.
Read the summary → - A Random Walk Down Wall Street
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Burton G. Malkiel · Economics
A Random Walk Down Wall Street is Burton Malkiel's argument that stock prices move in a way that is effectively unpredictable, that professional fund managers cannot consistently beat the market, and that the rational response for most investors is to buy and hold a diversified index fund.
A kindred economics read.
Read the summary → - Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
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Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
Philip A. Fisher · Economics
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits is Philip Fisher's argument that the best investment returns come from identifying great companies — those with strong management, excellent products, and durable competitive positions — and holding them for very long periods.
A kindred economics read.
Read the summary → - Beating the Street
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Peter Lynch · Economics
Beating the Street is Peter Lynch's second book, written after he retired from the Fidelity Magellan Fund in 1990.
A kindred economics read.
Read the summary → - The Little Book That Still Beats the Market
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The Little Book That Still Beats the Market
Joel Greenblatt · Economics
The Little Book That Still Beats the Market is Joel Greenblatt's attempt to distill value investing into a two-variable formula that any individual investor can run.
Shares quantitative investing and value investing with What Works on Wall Street.
Read the summary → - Buffettology
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Mary Buffett · Economics
Buffettology is Mary Buffett and David Clark's attempt to systematize Warren Buffett's investment approach by working backward from decisions he made over several decades.
Both dig into value investing.
Read the summary → - Freakonomics
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Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner · Economics
Freakonomics is economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner's argument that economics — properly understood as the study of incentives — can explain things that look, on the surface, like they have nothing to do with money.
Both dig into data analysis.
Read the summary → - Margin of Safety
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Seth Klarman · Economics
Margin of Safety is Seth Klarman's 1991 treatise on value investing, subtitled "Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor." The book has never been reprinted and used copies sell for hundreds to thousands of dollars, giving it a near-mythical status among serious investors.
Both dig into value investing.
Read the summary → - Security Analysis
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Benjamin Graham · Economics
Security Analysis is Benjamin Graham and David Dodd's comprehensive textbook on the analysis of stocks and bonds, first published in 1934 in the aftermath of the Great Crash of 1929.
Both dig into value investing.
Read the summary → - The Aggressive Conservative Investor
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The Aggressive Conservative Investor
Martin J. Whitman, Martin Shubik & Gene Isenberg · Economics
The Aggressive Conservative Investor lays out Martin Whitman's distinctive approach to securities analysis, which he developed over decades as a distressed-debt investor and fund manager before founding Third Avenue Management.
Both dig into value investing.
Read the summary → - The Dhandho Investor
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Mohnish Pabrai · Economics
The Dhandho Investor is Mohnish Pabrai's application of value investing principles through the lens of "dhandho" — a Gujarati word roughly translating to business and wealth creation conducted with minimal risk.
Both dig into value investing.
Read the summary → - The Essays of Warren Buffett
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Warren Buffett · Economics
The Essays of Warren Buffett is Lawrence Cunningham's thematic compilation of Warren Buffett's annual letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, spanning from the 1970s through the year of publication.
Both dig into value investing.
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Books like What Works on Wall Street: quick answers
What are the best books like What Works on Wall Street?
The best books like What Works on Wall Street by James O'Shaughnessy are The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits by Philip A. Fisher, Beating the Street by Peter Lynch, The Little Book That Still Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with What Works on Wall Street, such as quantitative investing, stock market, factor investing.
What should I read after What Works on Wall Street?
A natural next read after What Works on Wall Street is The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. Both dig into value investing. Other strong choices are A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits by Philip A. Fisher, Beating the Street by Peter Lynch.
What books are similar to What Works on Wall Street by James O'Shaughnessy?
What Works on Wall Street centers on quantitative investing, stock market, factor investing. Books with a similar feel include The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits by Philip A. Fisher, Beating the Street by Peter Lynch, The Little Book That Still Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt, Buffettology by Mary Buffett — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
