Biography

Richard Beddard has been editor of the investment website, Interactive
Investor, since 1999. In December 2003 he launched a 'Financial
Big Read' which aimed to find out from Interactive Investors' users
which is the most popular investment book of all time. To kick-start
the research, he gave his own list of favourites and the reasons why
he liked them, which we reprint below - updated for 2005.
Book Recommendations
A Random Walk Down Wall Street, 8th
The million-copy bestseller, now fully up-to-date and ready for post-dot-com investors.
Using the dot-com crash as an object lesson in how not to m...
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The Zurich Axioms
If you want to get rich, no matter how inexperienced you are in investment, this book can help you. Its message is that you must learn neither to avoi...
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Accounts Demystified, 4th Edition
This is the new edition of the bestselling guide to understanding and using business accounts and accounting principles, written in a way that even th...
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Charters on Charting
Continuation patterns, head and shoulders, necklines, pennants, trendlines, candlestick charts - 'Oh no!' another financial book full of jargon and in...
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How to Read the Financial Pages
An updated edition of the business bestseller written for the layman - which City firms buy as well.
- What are stock markets, currency markets, co...
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Fast Food Nation
The story of fast food is to a large extent the story of post-war America. In a perverse way, it is also the story of Britain since the deregulation o...
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The (Mis)Behaviour of Markets
From the world-famous inventor of fractal geometry, a revolutionary new theory that turns on its head our understanding of how markets work.
Fracta...
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One Up On Wall Street
Peter Lynch is America's number-one money manager. His mantra: Average investors can become experts in their own field and can pick winning stocks as ...
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Adventure Capitalist
A gripping tale of adventure, danger and humor, peppered with investment tips from a Wall Street legend
The best-selling author of Investment Biker...
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