W. Phil Ratcliff's Reading List

These books are great resources to help you expand your financial knowledge.  They are separated by complexity and area of interest.  They are all excellent books that pertain to different aspects of wealth accumulation and success, but if you must only read one, read Jonathan Pond’s Book (regardless of your age and situation).

Please enjoy my selections and forward me any comments or recommendations that you may have:

1. Basic Financial Concepts:
• "All your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan" by Elizabeth Warren & Amelia Tyagi
• "The Richest Man in Babylon" by Richard Ferrone

2. Retirement and Financial Planning:
• "You Can Do It: A Boomer’s Guide to Retirement" by Jonathan D Pond
• “The Millionaire Next Door” by Thomas Stanley
          •Also read the sequel “The Millionaire Mind”

3. Advanced Investing Concepts:
• "The Future for Investors: Break the Conventional Wisdom to Build your Wealth" by Jeremy Siegel
• "The Intelligent Investor: " by Benjamin Graham
•”The Warren Buffet Way” by Robert Hagstrom

4. Entrepreneurs and Business Planning:
•"The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits True Growth” by Fred Reichheld

 •"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kyosaki
          •Robert Kyosaki has many other books and they are almost all chalked full of great information and ideas.

5. General and Personal Favorites:
• “Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything” by Steven Levitt

 •"Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell
 •”The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21^st Century” by Thomas Friedman