Intelligent investor isn’t doing it for me
I’m a 19 yo that has recently gotten into investing, and I started getting information through watching a bunch of youtube videos (mainly by «The Swedish Investor»), and I decided that it was time to actually start reading books about the subject. I found that «The Intelligent Investor» is basically the Bible for value investing, but as I’m reading through it (I’m about 250 pages in) im finding that it basically just throws out percentages and historic comparisons of bonds and stocks, and I feel like it hasn’t done anything for me in terms of understanding the stock market better (other than buy low sell high, avoid hype, minimize losses and maximise gains which I already knew).
Although I enjoyed chapter 8 or 9 or something (the one where Mr. Market is explained) I feel like I’m either stupid or missing something. Is the book basically just a history textbook of the market? Note that this is the first book i read about the subject, so my knowledge going into it is limited and maybe I should give it a read later when I’m more knowledgeable?
I’ve also picked up The Psychology of Money, One Up on Wall st., Beating the Street, The Five Rules of Successful Stock Investing and Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements. I have higher hopes for these books, as they seem more focused and easier to understand as a beginner.