Hello su,

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me and other readers : )

I wrote a previous post with tips about "How to Become a Research Analyst" [see:http://blogs.stage.cfainstitute.org/investor/2013/09/12/advice-on-how-t… ] and in the comments section of the post I listed many finance texts.

For your convenience, here are those that I recommended:

** Graham & Dodd’s Security Analysis, Fifth Edition; Cottle, Murray, Block; McGraw-Hill

** Financial Valuation: Businesses and Business Interests; James Zukin, editor; Warren, Gorham, and Lamont

* It’s When You Sell That Counts; Donald J. Cassidy; Irwin

* Against the Gods; Peter L. Bernstein; John Wiley

* The Shareholder Value Myth; Lynn Stout; Berrett Koehler

* Mydia Myth Makers; Benjamin Radford; Prometheus Books

* Strategic Intuition; William Duggan; Columbia Business School

* Models.Behaving.Badly.; Emanuel Derman; FreePress

* Profiting from Chaos; Tonis Vaga; McGraw-Hill

** The Intuitive Investor; Jason Voss (me); Select Books

* Analysis for Financial Management; Higgins; Irwin McGraw-Hill

* 101 Business Ratios; Gates; McLane

** Financial Reporting and Statement Analysis; Clyde P. Stickney; Dryden

** Financial Management: Theory and Practice; Brigham and Gapenski; Dryden

With smiles,

Jason