B8110/B7110 students must read one of the following books and write a 2-3 page (single-space) commentary about it. The commentary should not be an objective or dust-jacket summary of the book. Rather, it should be an opinionated editorial or critique about some anecdote or theme in the book. Is the book off-point? What's missing? In writing the report, students may draw from personal work experiences and/or valuation techniques learned in B8110/B7110.

The following books are pre-approved for book report credit:

• Steven Champion, The Great Taiwan Bubble, Pacific View Press
• Seth Klarman, Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Invest or, Harper Business
  • Discuss how these summary notes posted on the Motley Fool web site do justice or injustice to this book.
• David Denby, American Sucker, Little, Brown
• Fridson and Alvarez, Financial Statement Analysis: A Pracitioner's Guide (University Edition, paperback, 3rd ed.)
• Garber, Famous First Bubbles: The Fundamentals of Early Manias, MIT Press (paperback ed.)
• Andy Kessler, Wall Street Meat: Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, Mary Meeker, Henry Blodget, and Me, Escape Velocity Press
• J. Edward Ketz, Hidden Financial Risk: Understanding Off Balance Sheet Accounting, Wiley
• Om Malik, Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist, Wiley
• Mulford and Comiskey, The Financial Numbers Game, Wiley (2002 paperb ack ed.) Wiley
• Steven Schnaars, Megamistakes: Forecasting and the Myth of Rapid Technological Change, Free Press
• Howard Schilit, Financial Shenanigans, McGraw-Hill (2nd ed)
• Mimi Swartz and Sherron Watkins, Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron, Doubleday

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