Michael Price Student Investment Fund

The Michael Price Student Investment Fund (MPSIF) is a family of funds managed directly by NYU Stern MBA Students. With roughly $3.1 million currently under management, MPSIF provides Stern MBA students with hands on experience managing a real fund with significant assets. MPSIF currently consists of four sub-funds: Growth, Value, Thematic and Fixed Income

https://www.nyumpsif.com/

Courses at Stern

NYU Stern offers a robust selection of classes that are highly relevant to investment management and finance. These classes equip students with the technical skills and strategic insights necessary for success in the industry. SIMR members frequently enroll in courses such as Valuation, Financial Statement Modeling, Global Value Investing, Hedge Fund Strategies, and Private Equity Finance among others.

https://www.stern.nyu.edu/programs-admissions/full-time-mba/academics/course-index

CFA® Program

The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) program is a globally recognized professional certification providing a a strong foundation in finance, investment analysis and portfolio management. The program’s curriculum and standards aligns well with the interests and ambitions of SIMR members and NYU Stern students, with many currently pursuing or having completed the program.

https://www.cfainstitute.org/programs/cfa-program

Value Investing

Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters
"The Intelligent Investor", Benjamin Graham
"The Most Important Thing", Howard Marks
"Margin of Safety", Seth Klarman
"The Outsiders", William Thorndike
"Capital Returns: Investing Through the Capital Cycle", Edward Chancellor

Hedge Funds

"Money Masters of Our Time", John Train
"More Money Than God", Sebastian Mallaby
"When Genius Failed", Roger Lowenstein
"Fooling Some of the People All the Time, A Long Short Story", David Einhorn
"Confidence Game: How Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Called Wall Street's Bluff", Christine Richard
"The Greatest Trade Ever", Greg Zuckerman
"The Big Short", Michael Lewis

Private Capital

"Barbarians at the Gate - The Fall of RJR Nabisco", Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
"King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzmann and Blackstone", David Carey and John Morris
"King Icahn: The Biography of a Renegade Capitalist", Mark Stevens
"The Predators' Ball : The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of Junk Bond Raiders", Connie Brucks

Industry Related

"House of Morgan", Ron Chernow (JP Morgan)
"Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World", William Cohan (Goldman Sachs)
"Shoe Dog", Phil Knight (Nike)
"The Prize" – Daniel Yergin (Oil and Gas)
"The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon", Brad Stone (Amazon)
"Sam Walton: Made in America", Sam Walton (Walmart)
"Cable Cowboy", Mark Robichaux (Cable / John Malone)
"Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future", Ashlee Vance (Tesla / Elon Musk)
"Competition Demystified", Bruce Greenwald
"Understanding Michael Porter", Joan Magretta

Leveraged / Distressed Credit

"Distressed Debt Analysis: Strategies for Speculative Investors", Stephen Moyer
"A Pragmatist's Guide to Leveraged Finance: Credit Analysis for Bonds and Bank Debt", Robert Kricheff
"Standard & Poor's Fundamentals of Corporate Credit Analysis", Blaise Ganguin and John Bilardello

Thinking and Networking

"Influence", Robert Cialdini
"How to Win Friends and Influence People", Dale Carnegie
"Thinking Fast and Slow", Daniel Kahneman
"Fooled By Randomness", Nassim Taleb
"The Black Swan", Nassim Taleb
"Antifragile", Nassim Taleb

Other Favorites

"One Up on Wall Street", Peter Lynch
"You Can Be a Stock Market Genius", Joel Greenblatt
"Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits", Philip Fisher
"Monkey Business", John Rolfe and Peter Troob
"Confession of a Wall Street Analyst", Daniel Reingold
"Exile on Wall Street", Mike Mayo
"Liar's Poker", Michael Lewis
"The Buy Side", Turney Duff