Taipan Publishing Groups Editor's Picks for You

Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers by Jim Rogers

Editorial Recommendations: "Investment Biker fueled my passion for global investing, global travel and living on the edge. It’s a fun read that adds a global perspective applicable to life and investing. Both books really put the reader in his or her place, as one small individual, in the context of the entire world and its endlessly diverse people, countries, culture and economies. "

Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip by Jim Rogers

Editorial Recommendations: "Adventure Capitalist is the sequel to Investment Biker focusing on Rogers’ second worldwide tour which was nine years after his first one. Taken together, you get a good feel for how the world and markets evolved in a decade’s time. Without a doubt you’ll become a better global investor and be inspired to hop on a plane."

Stocks for the Long Run by Jeremy J. Siegel

Editorial Recommendations: "This book takes an in depth look at long-term investing. Siegel’s research and insight on the markets and stocks is invaluable. As a proponent and disciple of active investing and inefficient markets, Stocks for the Long Run provides great evidence, research and ideas that have made me a better investor. It’s long, detailed and specific but covers so many topics so well."

Chasing Life by Sanjay Gupta

Editorial Recommendations: "I know it’s not a business or investment book, but success in life and in the markets requires a sound mind. And I’m a big proponent of the notion that a sound body makes a sound mind. I want to live to 100 – it’s probably not possible, given I’ve had a lot of fun in my life so far, but it’s a goal. Chasing Life is a simple, clear discussion of living better, healthier and longer. Gupta, who uses both anecdotal and medical research as evidence solely has our health interests in mind. I highly recommend it as it combines traditional medicinal approaches with some non-traditional, alternative thinking."

Security Analysis and The Intelligent Investor by Ben Graham

Editorial Recommendations: "The updated editions of these investment classics are required reading for anyone who is serious about the markets. Warren Buffet was Ben Graham’s protégé and attributes much of his success and thinking to Graham. If you want to understand longer term investment theory and applications, Buffet’s investing foundations then these are great, invaluable choices. These books also serve as great reference books and I try to review different sections of these books a couple times a year."

Good to Great and Built to Last by Jim Collins

Editorial Recommendations: "As a fundamental investor by training, I look to invest in companies not stocks. Understanding what makes great companies great and sustainable is critical. As an investor, you have to have faith in a company’s management, strategy and culture and these author’s take a case study approach to exposing why great companies outperform. In business school, I clearly remember how my classmates and I were so fascinated and in awe of Professor Collins’ and how we all tried to get into his courses (I didn’t) because of his entrepreneurial successes and understanding of what makes a successful company. Some of Collins’ conclusions have been challenged by recent performance of some of his poster companies, but overall these books share great insights that will make you a much better investor in companies. "

Taipan Publishing Groups Editorial Picks for You

The New Coffeehouse Investor: How to Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street, and Get on with Your Life by Bill Schultheis

Editorial Recommendations: "I just finished reading The New Coffeehouse Investor. Overall it is a good overview of index funds and still leaves room for stock selections. It’s a fast read but not much help in profiting from all the great opportunities available to shrewd investors in this chaotic market."

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto by Mark R. Levin

Editorial Recommendations: "Also a very fast read. I basically read it on a plane ride to the East Coast. Say what you will about this conservative commentator he wields a powerful pen. "

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R. Morris

Editorial Recommendations: "This is a pretty vivid account of how the sub-prime mortgage craze combined with other esoteric investments and hedge fund bets contributed to the Wall Street meltdown and credit crisis. Morris explains how in an interconnected financial world built on excessive leverage, a default rate of only 5 percent in a portfolio of mortgage-backed can spread financial contagion. "

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham

Editorial Recommendations: "In these troubled and confusing times for investors and financial journalists, I recently returned to this investment bible. Cited by hundreds of investment professionals looking for under-valued assets, Graham's tome remains a definitive classic. "

Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis

Editorial Recommendations: "An insider's account of the heady days of 1980s Wall Street, this book is humorous and fun to read. Given what recently happened to all the major broker-dealers betting on exotic financial instruments few humans can even understand, Liar's Poker still seems timely. "

You're Broke Because You Want to Be by Larry Winget

Editorial Recommendations: "The basic message that we all have to take responsibility for our financial futures really appealed to me and my wife, who has an MBA in finance and accounting. With two kids in private school, we were looking for ways to find and eliminate fat in the budget and to improve cash flow for more investments. For us, we realized the importance of teaching our children about sound economic principles and financial management. Simple but effective book and easy to read. "

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy

Editorial Recommendations: "Written in a lively style that spans nearly 500 years of history, Kennedy's work shows the financial repercussions of strategic over expansion. He focuses heavily on military spending but the reader is free to add in dubious spending on foreign aid at a time when the U.S. Treasury is going broke."