The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets -- Faber, Richardson

The investment performance of college endowments, like the ones at Harvard and Yale, have long been the envy of investors. Faber and Robertson break down the techniques used by top money managers at these schools.

Trade Like a Hedge Fund: 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies & Techniques to Winning Profits -- James Altucher

In this book, Wall Street Journal analysts and money manager Altucher describes 20 different strategies smart money uses to profit. From his experience at a top hedge fund, Altucher makes these strategies understandable and accessible to all investors.

TradeStream Your Way to Profits -- Zack Miller

Yes, it's a shameless plug for my own book but it really is the best resource to put all of these strategies together and help investors become smarter and make more informed, more accurate investments.

There is a bull market in financial content -- Tradestreaming teaches investors how to use it.

The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History's Best Investment Strategies -- Reese, Forehand

John Reese, author and founder of Validea, is an expert on computerizing the investment techniques used by history's best investors -- names like Buffett, Graham, Lynch, Fisher, and Zweig. Using computer algorithms and artificial intelligence, Reese and co. have recreated stock screens that the world's best investors would approve of.

The Little Book that Beats the Market -- Joel Greenblatt

Joel Greenblatt, guru value investor, trounced the market with returns of 40%/year for over 20 years.  This simple books tells exactly how he did it.  He thinks you can, too. This simple books tells exactly how he did it.  He thinks you can, too.

Investment Intelligence from Insider Trading - H. Neyjat Seyhun

Professor Seyhun has studied the investment activities of corporate insiders and his findings are very important for investors. Corporate managers make loot -- follow them.

The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Storyof How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History -- Gregory Zuckerman

Great account of the now-famous billion-dollar bet by Paulson against subprime in the U.S.  Great tale of contrarian research and determination in the face of a holding that initially went against him.

More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite -- Sebastian Mallaby

Former Economist journalist gives readers ring-side-seats into the innerworkings of top hedge funds and the explosively wealthy managers who run them.

The Wisdom of Crowds -- James Surowiecki

The financial guru for the New Yorker writes a great book advancing many applications for crowdsourcing and following the wisdom of the crowds.  Tradestreaming attempts to identify smart crowds and then uses tools -- social media -- to follow their every move.