A bear market is the best time to bury your head in study — and free resources are even better. An open-source repository called “Financial Freedom” happens to fit the bill perfectly. The author has organized learning materials for every stage, with detailed descriptions: 16 books from beginner to advanced levels, 16 top-tier financial documentaries, 23 quality US stock YouTube channels, recommended US stock forums, plus Web3 and blockchain-related tools and websites. All free, ready to use the moment you open them. The author is pretty confident, naming the repository “Financial Freedom” outright. If you want to systematically catch up on your studies and sharpen your investment thinking during the bear market, go check it out. Hopefully, everyone who finishes learning will be one step closer to financial freedom. :https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom…

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:closed_book:【Book Recommendations (16 books for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels)】

(Beginner)

:open_book: “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Douban Score: 8.3 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E5%AF%8C%E7%88%B8%E7%88%B8%2C%E7%A9%B7%E7%88%B8%E7%88%B8%E3%80%8B.pdf) The world’s best-selling financial management book. It has been translated into over 50 languages and sold tens of millions of copies. This book helps you intuitively understand the difference between the “rich mindset” and the “poor mindset,” and helps build a basic understanding of cash flow and assets.

:open_book:“Money, or The Dog” by Bodo Schäfer, Douban Score: 9.2 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E5%B0%8F%E7%8B%97%E9%92%B1%E9%92%B1%E3%80%8B.pdf) Europe’s best-selling financial management book. It is simple and easy to understand, explaining how to manage money from a young age, rather than being controlled by it; how to think like the rich, correctly understand and use money; and how to invest and find the right way to accumulate wealth and achieve financial freedom early.

:open_book:“Poor Charlie’s Almanack” by Peter D. Kaufman, Douban Score: 8.6 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E7%A9%B7%E6%9F%A5%E7%90%86%E5%AE%9D%E5%85%B8%E3%80%8B.pdf) This book contains the complete biography and investment philosophy of Charlie Munger, as well as his major public speeches and media interviews over the past 20 years. It covers the investment evaluation process, an investment principles checklist, investment advice, and more.

:open_book:“The Almanack of Naval Ravikant” by Eric Jorgenson, Douban Score: 8.4 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E7%BA%B3%E7%93%A6%E5%B0%94%E5%AE%9D%E5%85%B8%E3%80%8B.pdf) This book is a collection of Naval’s content from Twitter, blogs, and interviews, published in 2022, with views that are highly relevant today. Making money is not about working hard, but about fully utilizing leverage.

:open_book:“The Simple Way to Invest” by Qiu Guolu, Douban Score: 8.7 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E6%8A%95%E8%B5%84%E4%B8%AD%E6%9C%80%E7%AE%80%E5%8D%95%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E3%80%8B.pdf) A rare high-quality financial book written by a Chinese author. It proposes simple and actionable investment principles that ordinary people can understand, such as “cheap is the only hard truth” and “count the moon, not the stars.” The author’s views on stock selection, timing, and valuation are particularly in line with Buffett’s value investing philosophy.

:open_book:“The Intelligent Investor” by Benjamin Graham, Douban Score: 8.8 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E8%81%AA%E6%98%8E%E7%9A%84%E6%8A%95%E8%B5%84%E8%80%85%E3%80%8B(%E7%BE%8E)%E6%9C%AC%E6%9D%B0%E6%98%8E%C2%B7%E6%A0%BC%E9%9B%B7%E5%8E%84%E5%A7%86.pdf) A world-class and century-defining classic in the field of investment practice, often called the “Bible” of the stock market. The author, Benjamin Graham, is the “father of Wall Street” and Buffett’s teacher. The book introduces portfolio strategies for both defensive and enterprising investors.

:open_book:“The Index Fund Investment Guide” by “Bankeronwheels” (Xueqiu big V), Douban Score: 8.2 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E6%8C%87%E6%95%B0%E5%9F%BA%E9%87%91%E6%8A%95%E8%B5%84%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97%E3%80%8B.pdf) Focuses on low-valuation index fund investing. It systematically explains various types of index funds and effective strategies for investing in them, teaching you “what to buy, how to buy; what to sell, how to sell.”

(Intermediate)

:open_book:“The Most Important Thing” by Howard Marks, Douban Score: 8.7 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E6%8A%95%E8%B5%84%E6%9C%80%E9%87%8D%E8%A6%81%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%8B%E3%80%8B.pdf) Key concepts include “second-level thinking,” the relationship between price and value, waiting patiently for opportunities, and diversified investing. It encourages investors to be “contrarian investors,” wisely judge market cycles, and take bold yet cautious actions to achieve returns.

:open_book:“Security Analysis” by Benjamin Graham, Douban Score: 9.0 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E8%AF%81%E5%88%B8%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90%E3%80%8B%E6%9C%AC%E6%9D%B0%E6%98%8E%E2%80%A2%E6%A0%BC%E9%9B%B7%E5%8E%84%E5%A7%86.pdf) This was the textbook Buffett used in his university courses. It systematically explains the practical methods of value investing and is a classic of classics, having been a bestseller for eighty years.

:open_book:“The Advanced Way of Stock Market Investment” by Li Jie, Douban Score: 8.7 This book is written for individual investors, drawing on the author’s decades of experience. Its core content is divided into three parts, corresponding to the way of investment, the source of value, and the mystery of valuation.

:open_book:“Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits” by Philip A. Fisher, Douban Score: 8.7 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E6%80%8E%E6%A0%B7%E9%80%89%E6%8B%A9%E6%88%90%E9%95%BF%E8%82%A1%E3%80%8B.pdf) The author, Philip A. Fisher, is known as the “father of growth stock investing” and is one of the most respected and admired investors on Wall Street. His investment philosophy has profoundly influenced investment masters like Buffett and Peter Lynch.

:open_book:“Understanding Financial Statements in One Book” (new revised edition) by Xiao Xing, Douban Score: 8.9 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E4%B8%80%E6%9C%AC%E4%B9%A6%E8%AF%BB%E6%87%82%E8%B4%A2%E6%8A%A5%EF%BC%88%E5%85%A8%E6%96%B0%E4%BF%AE%E8%AE%A2%E7%89%88%EF%BC%89%E3%80%8B.pdf) This book is a classic work on interpreting and analyzing financial statements. It has been hailed by readers as “the best introductory book on finance I have ever read.” The book starts by explaining how to read the three major financial statements—the balance sheet, the income statement, and the cash flow statement—and the relationships between them.

(Advanced)

:open_book:“The Art of Asset Allocation” by David M. Darst, Douban Score: 7.5 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E8%B5%84%E4%BA%A7%E9%85%8D%E7%BD%AE%E7%9A%84%E8%89%BA%E6%9C%AF(%E9%AB%98%E6%B8%85)%E3%80%8B.pdf) Darst, the founder of Morgan Stanley Investment Group, is known as the “number one person in asset allocation.” The book systematically explains how to use modern asset allocation concepts to combine assets such as stocks, bonds, cash, gold, and real estate.

:open_book:“The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind” by Gustave Le Bon, Douban Score: 8.8 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E4%B9%8C%E5%90%88%E4%B9%8B%E4%BC%97%E3%80%8B%E5%8F%A4%E6%96%AF%E5%A1%94%E5%A4%AB%C2%B7%E5%8B%92%E5%BA%9E.pdf) The most influential work in the field of social psychology, it exquisitely describes the collective mentality. Based on the psychological theory of the crowd, it is applied to the investment market to avoid excessive emotional fluctuations with market movements and prevent impulsive operations.

:open_book:“Reminiscences of a Stock Operator” by Edwin Lefèvre, Douban Score: 8.8 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E8%82%A1%E7%A5%A8%E4%BD%9C%E6%89%8B%E5%9B%9E%E5%BF%86%E5%BD%95%E3%80%8B.pdf) “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator” is a designated stock market textbook by Buffett. It records the investment career of the legendary figure in the history of the US stock market: Jesse Livermore, known as the “Great Bear of Wall Street.”

:open_book:“Stocks for the Long Run” (5th Edition) by Jeremy Siegel, Douban Score: 8.6 (https://github.com/codeman008/Financial_freedom/blob/main/%E3%80%8A%E8%82%A1%E5%B8%82%E9%95%BF%E7%BA%BF%E6%B3%95%E5%AE%9D%EF%BC%88%E5%8E%9F%E4%B9%A6%E7%AC%AC5%E7%89%88%EF%BC%89%E3%80%8B.pdf) “Stocks for the Long Run” is listed as one of the top ten best investment books of all time. Buffett once commented on this book: “This is an invaluable guide to stock market investing. Investors should seriously study Jeremy Siegel’s new discoveries and ideas.”

:movie_camera: 【Top-Rated Financial Documentaries (Must-see, with online links) - 16 in total】

:movie_camera: NO1: “How The Economic Machine Works” (Douban 9.5, 31min, 2008 USA) After the 2008 US financial crisis, Ray Dalio shared a 30-minute video on YouTube explaining the origins of productivity, the short-term debt cycle, and the long-term debt cycle. This video is easy to understand even for people with no background in economics. Video Link: Watch Online (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1qG4y157qp/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click&vd_source=13bb387b563159aefe17ca100123ce76)

:movie_camera: NO2: “The Great Stirring: 1978—2008” (Douban 9.3, 30min*31, 2008 China) “The Great Stirring: 1978-2008” recounts the major economic events of China’s reform and opening up from 1978 to 2008 in a chronological format. It covers events such as Yuan Geng’s development of the Shekou Industrial Zone in 1979, China’s integration into the world in 1999, the boom and challenges of the real estate industry in 2003, and how the Chinese people overcame new obstacles in 2008, looking back and forward to the next thirty years of great stirring. Video Link: Watch Online (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Hb411k7vo/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click)

:movie_camera: NO3: “The Men Who Built America” (Douban 9.3, 40min*8, 2012 USA) The United States of America was not discovered, it was built. Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Ford, and Morgan were the men who built it, and their names are synonymous with the American Dream. This documentary mainly records the biographies of these men. Video Link: Watch Online (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1o5411f75Z/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click&vd_source=13bb387b563159aefe17ca100123ce76)

:movie_camera: NO4: “The Story of Capital” Seasons 1-3 (Douban 8.2-8.7, 8min*60, 2013, 2015 China) Tells 20 wonderful capital stories from the birth of stocks to the subprime mortgage crisis over a period of four hundred years. Video Link: Watch Online (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1mW411J7ED/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click&vd_source=13bb387b563159aefe17ca100123ce76)

:movie_camera: NO5: “Wall Street” (Douban 8.6, 44min*10, 2010 China) Taking the Wall Street financial crisis as a starting point and focusing on the securities market, this documentary sorts out the ins and outs of modern finance over two hundred years, exploring and discovering the laws of the rise and fall of capital markets and economic fluctuations. Video Link: Watch Online (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Wb4y1H71b/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click&vd_source=13bb387b563159aefe17ca100123ce76)

:movie_camera: NO6: “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” (Douban 8.4, 110min, 2005 USA) Based on the best-selling book about the Enron scandal, this documentary records the biggest business scandal in Wall Street history. The Enron case had a huge impact, not only leading to the revocation of the license of Arthur Andersen, one of the world’s top five accounting firms, and seriously damaging the internationally renowned McKinsey & Company, but also forcing all business schools to re-teach students about “ethics and morality.” Video Link: Watch Online (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1xZ4y1Z7fy/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click&vd_source=13bb387b563159aefe17ca100123ce76)

:movie_camera: NO7: “The Ascent of Money” (Douban 8.6, 48min*6, 2008 UK) Explains complex financial phenomena in the simplest way. Cash, capital, currency, property, credit, debt, securities… it has countless synonyms. But what exactly is “money”? Where did it come from, where is it going, and how does it affect our society today? Video Link: Watch Online (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1kT4y1Y79M/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click)

:movie_camera: NO8: “Inside Job” (Douban 8.7, 109min, 2010 USA) In 2008, the global financial tsunami swept across the world, plunging many countries into financial crisis, with losses of up to 20 trillion US dollars, and millions of people joining the ranks of the unemployed and even losing their homes… Through detailed data collection, this film interviews global financial industry tycoons, politicians, and financial journalists, exposing the rise of financial predators and the amazing truth behind corrupt policies in the industry and academia. Video Link: Watch Online (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1S24y1r7kS/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click)

:movie_camera: NO9: “Doing Business with the World” (Douban 8.8, 50min*7, 2015 China) This film tells more than 30 business stories between China and the world. The film crew traveled to six continents: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Antarctica, to conduct documentary filming and interviews on the stories. Video Link: Watch Online (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ya411u79w/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click&vd_source=13bb387b563159aefe17ca100123ce76)

:movie_camera: NO10: “Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy” (Douban 9, 120min*3, 2004 USA) “Commanding Heights” is a financial masterpiece by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin, hailed by Western media as a chronicle of the economic system of our time, and has extremely high guiding significance for the economic reforms of countries around the world, including China. Through vivid descriptions of a large number of historical figures and events, “Commanding Heights” paints a panoramic picture of the evolution from government to market. Video Link: Watch Online (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17V411C7m2/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click)

:movie_camera: NO11: “The Power of the Company” (Douban 8.7, 44min*10, 2010 China) China’s first television documentary to deeply explore the corporate system. Against the backdrop of the world’s modernization process, it sorts out the history of the origin, development, evolution, and innovation of companies, discusses the mutual promotion and influence between corporate organizations and economic systems, ideology and culture, technological creation, social life, and other aspects, observes the evolution of the market economy through the carrier of “company”, and explores the development path of Chinese companies growing under the socialist market economic system. Video Link: Watch Online (https://www.kanjuda.com/con/?81870.html)

:movie_camera: NO12: “Becoming Warren Buffett” (Douban 8.6, 88min, 2017 USA) “Becoming Warren Buffett” tells the story of a little boy from Nebraska who became one of the most respected men in the world, and the behind-the-scenes patrons who guided him. The film is exclusively filmed, including never-before-seen family footage of Warren Buffett. Warren Buffett will lead eve