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The Investment Answer
By Daniel Goldie and Gordon Murray
This relatively straightforward investment book has been a runaway success in the US and promotes the use of a good financial adviser and sticking to a common sense approach to investing.
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The Only Guide to a Winning Investment Strategy
By Larry E Swedore 
If you are an investment neophyte or an index fund guru, this book will expand your knowledge. The research is in and the results are unequivocal, indexing beats active management over time and by a significant amount. The only people who contest the evidence are active fund managers who don't want to lose their paying customers.
Winning the Loser's Game
By Charles D. Ellis 
A true financial classic, How to Win the Loser's Game over 55,000 copies sold in its previous two editions. Simple, straightforward, and concise, Ellis, one of today's most brillant investment writers, provides timeless wisdom about the nature of investing.
What Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know
By Larry E Swedore 
Larry Swedore's third book describes the many common investment mistakes that all investors tend to make in good markets and bad, concluding that a passive asset class investment approach remains throughout the best way to avoid such mistakes. Every reader will recognise his or her own weaknesses in at least parts of the descriptions offered in this fast-paced book. It provides a fresh look at why the basic principles of sound investing remain the same despite a constantly evolving financial world.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
By Burton Malkiel 
A "random walk" - in market terms - suggests that a "blindfolded monkey" would have as much luck selecting a portfolio as a pro. But Burton Malkiel's classic investment book is anything but random. Since stock prices cannot be predicted in the short term, argues Malkiel, individual investors are better off buying and holding onto index funds than meddling with securities or actively managing mutual funds.
The Unbeatable Market
By Ron Ross
The Unbeatable Market encourages investors to "avoid the Wall Street active management trap". Ross argues that the road to investment efficiency and enhanced financial peace of mind lies down the indexing route and investors should give up on "beat the market" strategies.
