A Beginner’s Guide to Investing

These resources are designed for the novice investor, and are intended to provide a generalized background on investing basics, terminology and background prior to beginning the investment process. They were selected to help the reader choose an investment path and strategy based on their personal financial goals by providing a broad range of resources on the most frequently used types of investments. Included are a mix of classic texts, industry-standard periodicals, and modern electronic resources to assist the reader in familiarizing themselves with the financial market.

Investing: The basics

Print Resources

Books:

332.6 B458I: Bernstein, William J. The Investor’s Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon and Everything in Between. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010. Print.

332.6 M295R: Malkiel, Burton G. A Random Walk Down Wall Street. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2007. Print & electronic (Ebsco EBooks).

332.5 M295E3: Malkiel, Burton G. The Elements of Investing: Easy Lessons for Every Investor. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2013.

332.6 OS4W3: O’Shaughnessy, James P. What Works on Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time. New York: McGraw Hill, 2005. Print & electronic (Ebsco EBooks).

332.6 T988I6:Tyson, Eric. Investing for Dummies. New York: Wiley, 2006. Print.

332.632 L991O: Lynch, Peter. One Up on Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market. New York: Penguin Books, 1990. Print.

332.6327 B634L: Bogle, John C. The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee your Fair Share of Stock. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2007. Print and electronic (Overdrive).

332.678 G76I2:Graham, Benjamin. The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel. New York: Harper Business Essentials. Print and electronic (Overdrive).

338.6041 B863E: Buffett, Warren. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America. New York: Cunningham, 2001. Print.

Periodicals:

Barron’s Bloomberg Businessweek – Available in print and online through Zinio

The Economist- Available in print and online through Zinio Forbes – Available in print and online through Zinio Fortune Kiplinger- Available in print and online through Zinio

Electronic Resources

EBooks:

332.024 K658R: “Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money – That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not”- on Overdrive

“If You Can: How Millenials Can Get Rich Slowly”: Free pamphlet by William J. Bernstein http://www.etf.com/docs/IfYouCan.pdf

Databases:

Morningstar.com Library Editions: Morningstar’s Help & Education Center offers a free “Investment Classroom” with courses to help you begin investing and improve your personal finances. This database also contains “Investing for the Long Run”- a guide to help you begin managing your personal finances, as well as a useful glossary of terms.

Standard and Poor’s 500: This database includes a “Financial Education” tab which includes resources on analyzing stocks, financial planning, and a financial glossary.

Online Resources & Websites:

“Beginner’s Guide to Investing: Online Publications at the SEC”: http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/begininvest.htm

“Investing 101: A Tutorial for Beginning Investors”: http://www.investopedia.com/university/beginner/

“Investor.gov”: http://investor.gov/

“Investing Basics”: http://beginnersinvest.about.com/od/investing101/

“Bogleheads Investing Start-Up Kit”: http://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investing_start-up_kit

Online Stock Simulators:

“Investopedia Stock Simulator”: http://www.investopedia.com/simulator/

“Wall Street Survivor”: http://www.wallstreetsurvivor.com/