==== Policy ==== Policy: * Once you finish reading the book, move the entry to goodreads. * sort order: Latest read book comes first. Why: * Goodreads assumes that you read from beginning to end. But I tend to read couple of pages here and there. This is my naive way to keep track of the progress. ==== Poor Charlie's Almanack ==== Book details: * title: Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger * author: Charles T. Munger * by: Peter D. Kaufman (Editor), Warren Buffett (Foreword), John Collison (Foreword), , Charles T. Munger (Rebuttal) * edition: 4 * published: 2023-12-05 * isbn: 978-1-953953-23-0 * pages: 384 * format: Hardcover * goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91391352-poor-charlie-s-almanack * amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Poor-Charlies-Almanack-Essential-Charles/dp/1953953239/ * will be using the page numbers in the book to track progress. ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2024-09-25 12:59 am | [1-6] | [1-6] | | | 2024-09-25 1:27 am | [7-13] | [1-13] | | | 2024-09-26 12:34 am | [14-16] | [1-16] | | | 2024-09-29 12:51 am | [17-27] | [1-27] | | ==== Pro Git ==== Book details: * Pro Git - Scott Chacon, Ben Straub - 2nd edition - version 2.1.433 - 2024-08-20 * Pages: {total in pdf: 501, front matter: 1-6, content: 7-498, back matter: 499-501} * Will be using the pages in the book (and not pdf) to track the progress. ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2024-09-04 | [105-106] | [105-106] | * High information density; easy to understand and follow along. | ==== Probability and statistics with applications to computing ==== Book details: * Probability and statistics with applications to computing - Alex Tsun * published: 2020 * Pages: {total in pdf: 383, front matter: 1-6, content: 7-366, back matter: 367-383} * Will be using the pages in the book (and not pdf) to track the progress. ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2024-07-07 | [7-26] | [7-26] | * Well written; well formatted; easy to understand and follow along. * The examples are non-trivial and all the examples come with solutions. | ==== Right Kind of Wrong ==== Book details: * title: Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well * author: Amy C. Edmondson * published: 2023-09-05 * pages: 350 * will be using the page numbers in the book to track progress. * checkout due date: 2024-06-17 ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2024-05-21 | [1-2] | [1-2] | | | 2024-05-22 | [3-6] | [1-6] | | | 2024-05-25 | [7-10] | [1-10] | | | 2024-05-26 | [11-12] | [1-12] | | | 2024-06-02 | [13-14] | [1-14] | | | 2024-06-19 1:02 am | [15-16] | [1-16] | | ==== Python for Finance Cookbook ==== Book details: * Python for Finance Cookbook - Eryk Lewinson - 2nd edition - 2022 * Pages: {total in pdf: 741, front matter: 1-19, content: 20-721, back matter: 722-741} * Will be using the pages in the book (and not pdf) to track the progress. ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2023-05-20 | [1-1] | [1-1] | | | 2023-05-21 | [2-3] | [1-3] | The book talks about yfinance. \\ But it is not working at the moment.\\ More details at https://github.com/ranaroussi/yfinance/issues/1407 .\\ Use yahooquery until then.| | 2023-05-22 | [4-5] | [1-5] | Have to create an account at Nasdaq Data Link. | ==== Test-Driven Development with Python ==== Book details: * Test-Driven Development with Python - Harry J. W. Percival - 2017 - 2nd edition * Pages: {total in pdf: 614, front matter: 1-38, content: 39-602, back matter: 603-614} * Why I wanted to read it: * I was looking for a book that discusses "authentication" * Will be using the pages in the book (and not pdf) to track the progress. ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2022-12-12 | [xv-xxv] | [xv-xxv] | pg-xxvi asks to install Geckodriver. Do that before continuing. | | 2022-12-13 | [xxvi-xxvi] | [xv-xxvi] | Installing geckodriver was easy. \\ The .tar.gz contains a single file called geckodriver! | ==== The Vest Pocket CPA ==== Book details: * The Vest Pocket CPA - Joel G. Siegel, Nick A. Dauber, Jae K. Shim - edition 4 - 2008 * Pages: {total in pdf: 760, front matter: 1-34, content: 35-742, back matter: 743-760} * Why I wanted to read it: * I was looking for books that discuss "treasury stock method" * Will be using the pages in the book (and not pdf) to track the progress. ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2022-12-03 10 am | [1-3] | [1-3] | | | 2022-12-03 11 am | [4-20] | [1-20] | | | 2022-12-05 10 am | [21-23] | [1-23] | | ==== Pandas 1.x Cookbook ==== Book details: * Title: Pandas 1.x Cookbook * Sub title: Practical recipes for scientific compuing, time series analysis, and exploratory data analysis using Python * Authors: Matt Harrison, Theodore Petrou * Edition: 2 * Publisher: Packt * ISBN: 978-1-83921-310-6 * Year: 2020 * Pages: {total in pdf: 627, front matter: 1-21, content: 22-615, back matter: 616-627} * Why I wanted to read it in the first place: * I was looking for books that discuss the pandas merge_asof() function and came across the first edition of this book. * The second edition does not talk about the merge_asof(). But the pandas discussion seemed pretty comprehensive and interesting. So I want to read it from end to end. * Will be using the pages in the book (and not pdf) to track the progress. ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2022-11-12 | [1-1] | [1-1] | | | 2022-11-13 | [x-xii] | [x-xii][1-1] | | | 2022-11-14 | [xiii-xiv][2-6] | [x-xiv][1-6] | | | 2023-02-06 | [7-13] | [x-xiv][1-13] | lots of good stuff. | ====The human body ==== Book details: * Title: The human body * sub title: An essential guide to how the body works * Author: Dr. Peter Abrahams * Publisher: Amber books * This edition published in 2021. Reprinted in 2022. * ISBN: 978-1-83886-096-7 * pages: 512 Purchase details: * {from: Costco, in: 2022-11, for: $13} ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2022-11-08 | [1-7] | [1-7] | | | 2022-11-09 | [8-8] | [1-8] | | | 2022-11-13 | [9-9] | [1-9] | | ==== Python Automation Cookbook - Jaime Buelta - 2nd edition - 2020 ==== * Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Python-Automation-Cookbook-automation-processing/dp/1800207085 * Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54595738-python-automation-cookbook * pages in pdf: 527 * front matter: page 1 - 17; content: page 18 - 514; back matter: page 515 - 527 * Why I wanted to read it in the first place: * I was looking for books that discusss the argparse.FileType() function and came across this. * The discussion on pytest in Chapter 12 seems to be interesting. ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2022-10-06 | [16-23] | [16-23] | Uses Python 3.8| ==== Financial Accounting - LibreTexts - 20220616 ==== url: https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Accounting/Book%3A_Accounting_in_the_Finance_World pages in pdf: 373 front matter: page 1- page 12; content: page 13 - page 363; back matter: page 364 - 373 ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2022-06-17 | [13-16] | [13-16] | Easy to understand. Seems like a book worth reading from end to end. | | 2022-07-25 | [59] | [13-16], [59] | | | 2022-07-27 | [60],[17-20] | [13-20], [59-60] | The Socratic method of asking and answering questions is very helpful. | | 2022-10-02 | [240-241] | [13-20], [59-60], [240-241] | Talks about "the equity method" of accounting for investments. \\ I came across the latter in [[https://www.reuters.com/business/berkshire-hathaway-boosts-occidental-petroleum-stake-above-20-2022-08-09/ | this]] Reuter's article. | ==== algorithmic trading with tnteractive brokers python ==== * Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Algorithmic-Trading-Interactive-Brokers-Python/dp/0997303735/ * Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/49690728-algorithmic-trading-with-interactive-brokers Total positions in the ebook = 658; Using Calibre to store highlights. ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2022-06-13 | [1.0-5.0] | [1.0-5.0] | | | 2022-06-14 08:00 AM | [5.1-14.6] | [1.0-14.6] | Have to start from "1.2 Trader Workstation and the TWS API" section onwards | | 2022-06-14 11:48 PM | [14.7-15.6] | [1.0-15.6] | Have to install TWS from https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=16042 \\ and then read "1.2.1 Introducing Trader Workstation" | Total pages in the pdf = 534; Using okular to store highlights. ^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^ | 2023-01-07 02:48 AM | [19-27] | [19-27] | * Section 1.2 starts in pg 19. * It is also the starting page for 1.2.1 * Installed TWS * Installed TWS API * Downloaded the example code |