The first "Evening with AK and friends" was, hopefully, fun and educational, for everyone. I picked up some pointers from my guest panelists, Victor Chng and Rusmin Ang from The Fifth Person too. For sure, AK doesn't know everything and has lots of room for improvement as an investor. Of course, being financially secure is not just about being a good investor in equities. So, I briefly talked about insurance, bonds and real estate too. Most of the evening was devoted to answering questions regarding some stocks and REITs. I understand that some readers are more seasoned investors and some are newer investors and here are links to books which were mentioned for the newer investors at the event: 1. Recommended books for FA and TA. (Book no. 1 for FA is recommended and the one that Rusmin said to read first.) 2. 5 rules for successful stock investing. (This is the book recommended by Rusmin to ...  ...