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Books like Where Are the Customers' Yachts?
The best books like Where Are the Customers' Yachts? are A Random Walk Down Wall Street, The Intelligent Investor, and The Psychology of Money. Where Are the Customers' Yachts? by Fred Schwed Jr. is about wall street culture, investing skepticism, financial industry. 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.
- 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 business read.
Read the summary → - 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.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - The Psychology of Money
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Morgan Housel · Economics
The Psychology of Money is Morgan Housel's argument that financial success depends less on technical knowledge than on behavior — specifically, on understanding how your personal history, emotions, and cognitive biases shape every financial decision you make.
A kindred business read.
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- The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
John C. Bogle · Economics
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is John Bogle's concise case for why buying the entire stock market through a low-cost index fund is the most rational investment strategy available to most people.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Liar's Poker
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Michael Lewis · Business
Liar's Poker is Michael Lewis's account of his years as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers in the 1980s, the decade when Wall Street stopped being a gentleman's club and became something closer to a casino.
Both dig into wall street culture.
Read the summary → - A Short History of Financial Euphoria
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A Short History of Financial Euphoria
John Kenneth Galbraith · Economics
A Short History of Financial Euphoria is John Kenneth Galbraith's compressed account of speculative bubbles from the tulip mania of 1630s Holland through the 1987 US stock market crash.
Both dig into speculation.
Read the summary → - Manias, Panics, and Crashes
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Charles P. Kindleberger · Economics
Manias, Panics, and Crashes is Charles Kindleberger's analysis of financial crises across five centuries of history, first published in 1978 and updated in several subsequent editions.
Both dig into speculation.
Read the summary → - Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefèvre · Biography
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is a fictionalized biography of Jesse Livermore, the most famous speculator of the early twentieth century, told through the voice of "Larry Livingston." First published in 1923 as a series in the Saturday Evening Post, the book follows Livermore from his teenage years trading in bucket shops — illegal off-exchange betting parlors where customers wagered on price movements — through his multiple fortunes and bankruptcies on Wall Street.
Both dig into speculation.
Read the summary → - The Alchemy of Finance
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George Soros · Economics
The Alchemy of Finance is George Soros's attempt to explain both the theory behind his investment decisions and the practice of applying it during the years he ran the Quantum Fund.
Both dig into speculation.
Read the summary → - 100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them
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100 Baggers: Stocks That Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them
Christopher Mayer · Business
Christopher Mayer built this book on research conducted earlier by Thomas Phelps, whose 1972 book 100 to 1 in the Stock Market studied stocks that returned one hundred times their purchase price.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
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7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
Hamilton Helmer · Business
7 Powers is Hamilton Helmer's attempt to distill the full landscape of business strategy into a single rigorous framework.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - A World Without Email
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Cal Newport · Business
A World Without Email is Cal Newport's most targeted critique of modern knowledge work culture.
A kindred business read.
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Books like Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: quick answers
What are the best books like Where Are the Customers' Yachts??
The best books like Where Are the Customers' Yachts? by Fred Schwed Jr. are A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel, The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John C. Bogle, Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Where Are the Customers' Yachts?, such as wall street culture, investing skepticism, financial industry.
What should I read after Where Are the Customers' Yachts??
A natural next read after Where Are the Customers' Yachts? is A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John C. Bogle.
What books are similar to Where Are the Customers' Yachts? by Fred Schwed Jr.?
Where Are the Customers' Yachts? centers on wall street culture, investing skepticism, financial industry. Books with a similar feel include A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel, The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John C. Bogle, Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis, A Short History of Financial Euphoria by John Kenneth Galbraith — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
