"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" is pretty much the only "finance" book that's useful to the common person that I know of. Explains the basics. "The Intelligent Investor"

"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" is pretty much the only "finance" book that's useful to the common person that I know of. Explains the basics. "The Intelligent Investor" wasn't helpful to me at all, and I could actually understand what he is talking about, having a heavy background in finance. P.S. a college degree or being a CFA won't help, from personal experience, though every other finance grad claims it will. The moment I started doing fundamental analysis is the moment my portfolio went to shit. Helpful tl;dr: "index funds".