Background Reading for Aspiring Equity Analysts

If you want to break into equity research and have little or no prior professional experience with stocks, then I suggest you become familiar with the concepts in some of the following books:

Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham & David Dodd
A classic nuts and bolts introduction to fundamental value investing. Even if you never plan to be a value investor, understanding these fundamentals can be helpful to your long term career.


The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
A slightly easier read than Security Analysis, but Benjamin Graham is again focused on the fundamentals of value investing.

If It’s Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks by Peter Navarro
When the Market Moves, Will You Be Ready? By Peter Navarro

A broader look at the stock market that helps you think through the effects of real world changes on stock fundamentals and performance.

These books are a place to start.  If I think of others I will add them at a later date.

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