There are probably too many investment books for anyone to read in a lifetime. Screening them to spend time reading something worthwhile can be a major task. We have read many over the years are suggesting a few to understand basic concepts that affect the economy, the markets and ultimately, your portfolio.

 The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street

by Justin Fox.

The Age Curve: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Storm 

by Kenneth Gronbach

The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Debt Crisis of

2010 - 2012 by Harry S. Dent

 Unexpected Returns: Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles 

by Ed Easterling

Point & Figure Charting: The Essential Application for Forecasting 

and Tracking Market Prices  by Thomas J. Dorsey

The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence 

by Benoit Mandelbrot & Richard L. Hudson

The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about  

America's Economic Future by Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Scott Burns

The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity

And What To Do About It  by Phillip Longman

The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy-- 

If We Let It Happen by Arthur Laffer, Ph.D., Stephen Moore, Peter Tanous