Barton Biggs: Recommend Reading

We wrap up our week with Barton Biggs by looking at his books.
He was more productive than most full-time authors, yet every one of his works is a worthy read.

Friends of Biggs say he was a poor public speaker, although the interviews I have seen suggest otherwise. What's for certain, however, is that he was always happier when communicating through the written word.

• His most popular book is 2006's Hedgehogging, a behind-the-curtains look at investing, hedge funds, and Wall Street.
• His novel, A Hedge Fund Tale of Reach and Grasp: Or What's a Heaven For, tells the story of a poor boy who ends up amassing more wealth than he ever thought possible and reveals Wall Street secrets in the process.
• Bigg's Wealth, War and Wisdom looks at how wealth was lost, destroyed, preserved, and created in World War II. Of all his books, this is the one that most fascinates me.
• His last book was Diary of a Hedgehog, and he completed it not long before he died. It contains his final words on finance and life.
• Biggs on Finance, Economics, and the Stock Market is a collection of the best of his renowned weekly letters from the many years he spent at Morgan Stanley.

That's it for our week with Barton Biggs. Read all this week's newsletters here.

And watch out for next week's My Daily Oracle because we'll be looking at someone completely different: waitress, powerhouse, and educator Suze Orman.

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