Q. What books were recommended for purchase by the Student Managed Investment Portfolio Organization (SMIPO) in 2023?

In 2023 Radford University's Student Managed Investment Portfolio Organization (SMIPO) provided a list of book recommendations to faculty of Radford University's Accounting, Finance and Business Law (AFBL) department. The AFBL department used part of their book fund to purchase eBook and/or print copies of these books for RU Libraries. These are listed below.This page also includes two titles that SMIPO recommended that RU Libraries already owned.

Print copies of these books include a label indicating that they were recommended by SMIPO. If an eBook version is also available, the label lists it,

Recommended Books Purchased with AFBL funds.

• Business adventures : twelve classic tales from the world of Wall Street
  • Author: John Brooks
  • Ebook
  • Print  HG181 .B836 2014 Fifth Floor (currently on display on third floor)
• The intelligent investor : a book of practical counsel
  • Authors: Benjamin Graham and Jason Zweig
  • Ebook (RU Libraries already owned this copy)
  • Print   HG4521 .G665 2003 Fifth Floor (currently checked out as of 1/15/24)
• The little book of valuation : how to value a company, pick a stock, and profit
  • Author: Aswath Damodaran
  • Ebook
  • Print   HG4028.V3 D3535 2011 Fifth Floor (currently on display on third floor)
• Valuing a business : the analysis and appraisal of closely held companies, 6th Edition, 2022
  • Author: Shannon P. Pratt
  • Ebook  6th edition (library already had older eBook editions)
  • Print   HG4028.V3 P7 2022 Second Floor, Oversized  (currently on display on third floor)
• You can be a stock market genius: uncover the secret hiding places of stock market profits
  • Author: Joel Greenblatt
  • Ebook
  • Print   HG4921.G718 Fifth Floor (currently on display on third floor)

Recommended Books That RU Libraries Already Owned

• The little book of common sense investing: The only way to guarantee your fair share of stock market returns
  • Author: John C. Bogle
  • eBook
  • Print HG4530 .B635 2017  Fifth Floor (currently on display on third floor)
• One up on Wall Street: How to use what you already know to make money in the market
  • Author: Peter Lynch and John Rothchild
  • Print HG4521 .L864 1989  Fifth Floor (currently on display on third floor)
  • No eBook edition available for this title

All SMIPO book recommendations can be found in SuperSearch by doing a subject search on SMIPO.