Larry Swedroe's Best and Worst Investment (and Other) Books of 2019

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Larry Swedroe's Best and Worst Investment (and Other) Books of 2019

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The Best and Worst Investment (and other) Books of 2019

John C. Bogle's Don't Count On It makes his highest category, "Distinguished." It's a collection of essays, I think some of which are available online at http://www.johncbogle.com (look under "speeches." Specifically, I see the title essay itself, Don’t Count On It! The Perils of Numeracy.)

Others in his highest, "distinguished" category include a business leadership book ("Multipliers"), a macroeconomics book ("Escape from the Balance Sheet Recession and the QE Trap"), a history book, and two thrillers. His superstinkers include "Way of the Trader: A complete guide to the art of financial trading."

A novel by Frederik Backman, Beartown, is on my Kindle on the basis of his recommendation since I found A Man Called Ove to be... a disturbingly intense reading experience for me.
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Re: Larry Swedroe's Best and Worst Investment (and Other) Books of 2019

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What impresses me is that Swedroe read 73 books this year. Excellent exercise for the mind that I don't personally get enough of.
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Larry is my favorite financial author. Despite the fact that macroeconomics is politics, and Larry’s leanings are much more freshwater than saltwater.
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Re: Larry Swedroe's Best and Worst Investment (and Other) Books of 2019

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Thanks for posting, as I always like hearing reading recommendations.

I certainly agree with some of his picks re novels, but given his high rank of those his high ranking of some of the others baffles me. Individual tastes, I guess.
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