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Every time someone new joins our desk, they ask the same question. "What should I be reading?" So here are the five books that always come up. 📚 Save this one. 🔖 1. The Money Game - Adam Smith Written in the 1960s but is more relevant than ever. It's not about spreadsheets or valuations, it's about ego, emotion and why even the smartest people make terrible decisions with money. Changes how you see markets completely. 2. The Fear Index - Robert Harris The only novel on the list. A hedge fund manager's algorithm starts trading against him and things unravel fast. Sounds dramatic but it's actually a really sharp commentary on what happens when models stop reflecting the world. Read it over a weekend, you won't want to stop. 3. The Big Short - Michael Lewis Everyone's seen the film. Read the book, it's better. Less about the trade itself and more about what it genuinely feels like to be right when the whole room thinks you're wrong. That's the part that sticks with you. 4. One Up on Wall Street - Peter Lynch Lynch ran the best performing mutual fund in the world for over a decade and his whole argument is that curious everyday people can beat professionals because they notice things before the analysts do. Really hard not to find that motivating as a student. 5. Beating the Street - Peter Lynch The follow up to One Up. A bit more practical, a bit less philosophical. He just walks you through how he actually thought about stocks, where he got it wrong and how he built his conviction over time. Good one to read straight after. Drop a number below for the one you've already read and if the answer is none of them, start with number two. 👇 Follow Cordoba Research Group for market insight, access to our proprietary research and open roles on the desk. 🔁 #ReadingList #FinanceBooks #StudentFinance #CordobaResearchGroup #MarketResearch #InvestmentBooks #FinanceCareers #GlobalMacro