A Random Walk Down Wall Street was one of the original books that laid out the case for index funds over picking stocks to build a portfolio. It's been in print

A Random Walk Down Wall Street was one of the original books that laid out the case for index funds over picking stocks to build a portfolio. It's been in print for decades. It's not prescriptive, but the baseline of information it provides still gives really solid grounding for making sense of all that you see in the financial space. There's so much noise out there, and a good book like this helps you cut through so much that's hype and profit-seeking. (Profit for them, not for you as an investor.)