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Winner
Keeping Your Money: Real Advice on Wise Investing
Dean McGowan
In Keeping Your Money readers will learn a multitude of timeless principles, such as:
DON'T sell at the lows or buy at the highs
DO diversify your investments
DON'T buy on a margin
DO invest for the long term
DON'T speculate on the market
DO research every investment opportunity
Illustrating his points with anecdotes from his many decades of managing client investments, along with the amusing and horrifying investment debacles that have beset figures from pop culture and history, McGowan offers an educational and engaging guide to smart investing.
Finalist
Dead Cat Bounce: Pebbles of Investment Wisdom 30 Years of Failure and Success Far From Wall Street
jeff binkley
Most investment books read like dry textbooks written by academics or institutional hype machines. Dead Cat Bounce bridges the gap between raw memoir and practical strategy, charting one man's personal and professional struggle across 30 years far from the Wall Street echo chamber. By pairing three decades of hard-earned career history with actionable mechanics—navigating the Tech Bubble, the 2008 Crash, COVID, and beyond—it shows readers what actually happens to capital in the wild. It isn't about theoretical models; it’s about surviving real market cycles. By sharing personal failures alongside major financial wins, the book helps everyday investors cut through jargon, avoid emotional decision-making, and apply battle-tested discipline to protect and grow their long-term wealth.