Bill Ackman: 11 Books That Every Investor Should Read

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We recently started a series called – Superinvestors: Books That Every Investor Should Read. So far we’ve provided book recommendations from:

Together with our own recommended reading list of:

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This week we’re going to take a look at recommended books from superinvestor Bill Ackman. Taken from his writings, interviews, and shareholder letters over the years. Here’s his list:

  1. Security Analysis (Benjamin Graham, David Dodd)
  2. The Warren Buffett Way (Robert Hagstrom)
  3. Confidence Game: How Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Called Wall Street’s Bluff (Christine Richard)
  4. Beating the Street (Peter Lynch)
  5. Quality of Earnings (Thornton O’Glove)
  6. Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor (Seth Klarman)
  7. The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Benjamin Graham)
  8. One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market (Peter Lynch)
  9. You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits (Joel Greenblatt)
  10. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (Warren Buffett, Lawrence Cunningham)
  11. Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, A Long Short (and Now Complete) Story (David Einhorn)

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