Here is my curated list of 5 articles, books, movies, shows and videos to help you through the Coronavirus Quarantine.
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Read these articles
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Read these books
- Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglass
- This book will give you the right trading mindset
- Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre
- The fictionalized biography of trading legend Jesse Livermore. Many great trading lessons.
- Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb
- This book is about how luck impacts us, and how to manage it. Read anything by Taleb.
- Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackey
- A great history lesson of bubbles, panics and bear markets. This book is a must read.
- Trading Mindfully by Gary Dayton
- This is my favorite book on trading psychology. It digs deep into the mental aspect of trading and behavioral finance.
- Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglass
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Watch these videos
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Watch these shows
- Billions
- The story of a hedge fund manager versus the U.S Attorney. It’s loosely based off Steve Cohen’s battle with the government. This is one of my all-time favorite shows. A must watch.
- Succession
- The story of a media conglomerate family, loosely based off the New York Times family and the Murdoch “Fox family”. It’s your classic dramedy filled with drama, power dynamics and dark funny.
- Black Monday
- The story of a second rate stockbroker battling “the man” as they head towards the 1987 “Black Monday” stock market meltdown.
- Billions
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Watch these movies
- Trading Places
- This one’s my favorite Eddie Murphy film and inspired the famous “Turtle Traders” experiment.
- Wall Street
- Everybody knows the line “Greed is Good” by one of the greatest modern day characters of our time, Gordon Gecko.
- Boiler Room
- A bunch of young hungry stock brokers in an illegal boiler room, obviously included by Gordon Gecko.
- The Big Short
- A fantastic move about how one guy bet against the housing market and became rich during the 2008 Crash.
- Inside Job
- The amazing documentary the that inspired The Big Short.
- Trading Places
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