Scribd is a document sharing website. It is often described as a YouTube for documents and like YouTube the user posted documents are both plentiful and sometimes infringe on copyright. As I mentioned yesterday I’ve been enjoying the site for the last year. I use this link to regularly check for new finance documents.

If you’re looking for finance books then this is the link I use. 

5 of my Favourites

• Baupost Fund Letters 1995 through to first half 2001. Great insights. Did you know the Baupost Fund underperformed the market for ten years during the nineties? 
• Damodaran on Valuation Anyone interested in Damodaran’s work will find a lot via a search on his name. However, Damodaran is very generous is sharing his work on his website, blog and via SSRN, so it’s probably a tad uncool to share his copyright material. Actually, it’s probably uncool to share any copyright material and I’m torn whether to publish this post. The only reason I am going to publish this post is that the authors and publishers can easily get their work removed. As it is left up, I kid myself that they must get be getting something out of the transaction, like publicity. I also think most people will use resources like Scribd to browse books to decide whether they want to buy it. Maybe I really am delusional, but I know I’m not about to print out 700 pages and I like books.
• 101 Options Trading Secrets by Kenneth Trester. This is a good book on options for big picture people who want an easy read. Worth reading by anyone interested in trading options. I disagree with some of Trester concepts, but still see value in this book.  
• Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre (to Jesse Livermore) Fantastic book and unlike many of the other books on Scribd this one doesn’t infringe on copyright. 
• Steve Nison Japanese Candlesticks Charting Techniques I haven’t read this book yet, but have heard excellent things about it.
• One more for the road. I posted about this yesterday, but this fantastic Jason Zweig article, Lessons and Ideas from Benjamin Graham, deserves another mention. Lots of great incites in easily digestible format.

OK, two more for the road.

• Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders Study Notes. I highly recommend the actual book, but these notes are an excellent summary.
• Options,Future and Other Derivatives This book is currently $145 on Amazon and like all the copyright material here and on Scribd I hope you use it as an opportunity to browse to decide if you want to buy the book.

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