Goldman Sachs recommended reading list

The recommended Goldman Sachs reading list that we have compiled below (this is the list they hand out to incoming investment banking employees) is one of the most comprehensive finance reading list that probably exists. This is an extensive library covering a lot of aspects of investment banking - from the history and culture to specific areas in trading or corporate finance.  Its is definitely a good starting point to educate yourself on topics of interest, occupy yourself during a quiet winter / summer and get up to speed with some of the finance jargon!

Industry Background and Flavor

• Understanding Wall Street, Fifth Edition
• The Blood Bankers: Tales from the Global Underground Economy
• The Money Masters
• The New Money Masters
• Money Masters of Our Time
• The Intelligent Investor: The Classic Text on Value Investing
• The Visual Investor: How to Spot Market Trends (Wiley Trading)
• The Essays Of Warren Buffett: Lessons For Corporate America
• Buffettology: The Previously Unexplained Techniques That Have Made Warren Buffett the World's Most Famous Investor
• The Alchemy of Finance: Reading the Mind of the Market (Wiley Investment Classics)
• Bill Gross on Investing
• Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street
• Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Wordsworth Reference)
• Greed and Glory on Wall Street: Fall of the House of Lehman (Penguin Business Library)
• The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
• The House of Nomura: The Inside Story of the Legendary Japanese Financial Dynasty
• The New Crowd: The Changing of the Jewish Guard on Wall Street
• Beating the Street
• Secrets of Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country
• Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve
• Guerrilla Investing: Winning Strategies for Beating the Wall Street Professionals
• The Battle for Investment Survival (Wiley Investment Classics)
• Money and Power: The History of Business
• The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power, 1653-2000
• Toward Rational Exuberance: the Evolution of the Modern Stock Market
• A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-tested Strategy for Successful Investing
• Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
• Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises
• Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street
• The Chastening: Inside The Crisis That Rocked The Global Financial System And Humbled The Imf
• After the Trade Is Made, Revised Ed.: Processing Securities Transactions
• The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered

General Industry Reference

• Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms (Barron's Dictionary of Finance & Investment Terms)
• The Intelligent Investor: The Classic Text on Value Investing International Economics with MyEconLab: Theory & Policy
• The "Wall Street Journal" Guide to Understanding Money and Investing (Wall Street Journal (Lightbulb Press))
• FT Guide to Using the Financial Pages (The FT Guides)
• The Atlas of Economic Indicators: A Visual Guide to Market Force: A Visual Guide to Market Forces and the Federal Reserve

Fixed Income and Equities

• The Bond Book, Third Edition : Everything Investors Need to Know About Treasuries, Municipals, GNMAs, Corporates, Zeros, Bond Funds, Money Market Funds, and More
• Controlling and Managing Interest-Rate Risk
• The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities Stigum's Money Market, 4E
• Fixed Income Calculations: Money Market Paper and Bonds v.1: Money Market Paper and Bonds Vol 1 (Money Market Bond Calculations) Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment

Options and Derivatives

• How I Trade Options (Wiley Trading)
• Options as a Strategic Investment Options:Essential Concepts, 3rd Edition
• Trading Index Options
• All About Options, 3E: The Easy Way to Get Started (All About Series)
• Mastering Derivatives Markets: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Products, Applications and Risks
• The New Financial Instruments (Frontiers in Finance Series)
• Options, Futures and Other Derivatives

Investment Management

• Analysis of Investments and Management of Portfolios: WithThomson One - Business School Edition

Written About, By or For Money Managers and Traders

• Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders
• The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders
• Trader Vic: Methods of a Wall Street Master
• Exceptional Trading: The Mind Game
• Trading to Win: The Psychology of Mastering the Markets
• The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes
• Stan Weinstein's Secrets for Profit in Bull and Bear Markets
• Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline, and a Winning Attitude
• Trading With Crowd Psychology (Wiley Trading)
• The Master Swing Trader: Tools and Techniques to Profit from Outstanding Short-Term Trading Opportunities
• Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications: Study Guide (New York Institute of Finance)
• Street Smarts: High Probability Short Term Trading Strategies
• The 5 Day Momentum Method
• The Real Holy Grail: Money Management Techniques of Top Traders
• Trading Connors VIX Reversals