In our last edition, we put together The Yearbook: A to Z of 2025, our attempt to make sense of a year that felt like three rolled into one. If you missed it, you should definitely check it here.
As the year winds down, we thought we’d end on a lighter note.
Over the year, the team read and watched a lot across markets, money, politics, and technology amongst other things. To close the year, we’ve picked out a short list of books and films/series on money and finance that were released in 2025 and stayed with us.
📚 Top Books of 2025
Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel
Maybe the most talked-about finance book of 2025. While most books fixate on saving and compounding, Housel flips the question: what does it mean to spend well?
The idea that stayed with us is that money can buy happiness, but only when it buys independence, flexibility, and peace of mind. A thoughtful reset for anyone who’s done ‘everything right’ financially, yet still feels uneasy.
1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin
A psychological retelling of the Wall Street crash. Speculation, leverage, policy errors, it all feels uncomfortably familiar. What makes this powerful is how easily you can draw parallels with modern market cycles.
Money, Myths and Mantras by Devina Mehra
A market veteran dismantles long-held investing beliefs using data, logic, and lived experience. Mehra shows how cognitive biases quietly influence even experienced investors. If there’s one book we’d recommend to anyone looking to level up their investing mindset, this is it.
The Thinking Machine by Stephen Witt
The story of Jensen Huang and Nvidia’s long bet on AI, long before it became fashionable. At a time when many fear AI is the next bubble, this book explains why it may actually be a foundational shift. No surprise it was named Financial Times’ Best Business Book of 2025.
Chokepoints by Edward Fishman
Trade wars, tariffs, sanctions, 2025 made one thing clear: economics is geopolitics. Fishman explains how the US uses financial infrastructure and trade as weapons of power. It helped us connect a lot of the dots from this year.
📺 Top Series of 2025
RBI Unlocked: Beyond the Rupee
A five-part documentary tracing the RBI’s 90-year journey. It offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at how decisions around inflation and interest rates actually get made. Surprisingly engaging, even if you don’t usually watch policy documentaries.
The Dark Money Game
Two films that dive into the murky world of political funding in the US, where influence, access, and money blur together. Uncomfortable viewing, but essential if you want to understand how power really moves behind the scenes.
Game Over: Der Fall der Credit Suisse
The rise and fall of a bank once thought ‘too big to fail’. Structured like a video game, with each scandal unfolding like a new level. Dark, fascinating, and cautionary.
Signing off (for 2025)
As we turn the page on 2025, one thing feels clear: the forces shaping markets, economies, and geopolitics aren’t slowing down. If anything, 2026 looks set to be just as interesting and just as complex as the year gone by.
Our aim with this newsletter remains unchanged. Not to react to every headline, but to step back, connect the dots, and focus on the bigger picture that actually matters for long-term decision-making.
As I sign off, wishing you a very happy, healthy, and thoughtful New Year and we’ll see you in 2026.
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Till the next time,
Vijay
CEO – InCred Money
