Stop reading investment books.

Bold title, I know… But if you’re willing to take a few minutes out of your day with me, you might end up agreeing with it.

It’s my belief that, after a point, reading more investment books comes with a massive intellectual opportunity cost. In acquiring that tiny bit of extra financial knowledge, we miss out on acquiring heaps more valuable knowledge in other fields. I’ve been reluctant to write this article for some time now as I haven’t known quite how to tackle it, but I won’t know how to do it until I start, so this is the laying down of a few raw thoughts — do excuse me if I ramble.

The crux of today’s piece follows suit with a few other articles I’ve released on this publication — it’s that we ought to expand our reading outside the world of finance and how that can benefit us a lot more as investors than just reading investment books. This conclusion might change your entire trajectory as an investor, it certainly did for me. I highly recommend giving this piece a chance — even if you end up disagreeing — consider it an avenue justly explored.

Included in here is not just an argument against reading investment books, there’ll also be a lot of inspiration for you to begin your broader reading journey; we’ll cover various interesting academic fields and a few book recommendations to get you underway.

Let’s get into it.