What is the best book to read for Stock Market trading and investment.?

I am interested in learning how stock market works.. anyone has idea on the best software and books for self study. will be great.

Start with "The Intelligent Investor," by Benjamin Graham. Then go to "Securities Analysis," by Cottle.

"Wall Street: The Other Las Vegas" by Nicolas Darvas. This book describes how Wall Street works. It also describes how Darvas traded.

Darvas was an independent trader who made $2,000,000 in about six years.

The book does not "sugar coat" investing or trading, like many other books do.

security analysis by graham and dodd is the best, it will give you the most general knowledge about valueing stocks,, to gain everyday knowledge about how things work now you should check out a site like www.thewallstreethunter.com they have a really good daily market update...

Good luck

Most of the books you see won't really tell you how the stock market works, but ugly americans, wolf of wall street, the black swan, foooled by randomness will help you understand how the market works and how big business uses the market. While these aren't that helpful on how to invest, they will tell you what happens in the market. There are reviews of a few at novelwagon.com. Best of luck

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