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Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
An investing classic updated to meet the realities of a changing economy. Features new sections and information on the current shift to exchange traded funds (ETFs), using the Internet as an investing tool, recent scandals, and other subjects important to readers today.
Author
Publisher
J. Wiley
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
A decade has passed since the book that introduced Warren Buffett to the world - The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom - first appeared. Since then, Buffett has solidified his reputation as the greatest investor of all time - quietly amassing a multibillion-dollar fortune, despite the wild fluctuation of the markets. Although Buffett has claimed time and again that what he does is not beyond anybody else's competence, some people still do not...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2001
Description
Describes the innovative, highly successful investment theories and strategies of the world's most famous stock investor, one of America's wealthiest men, recounting how he made a fortune by purchasing pieces of outstanding companies since the early 1980s.
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"Tired of phony promises about getting rich quickly, promises that lead to reckless decisions (the stepping stones to the poor house)? How about trying something different? How about going for lasting wealth--and doing it the cautious way? In Get Rich Carefully, Jim Cramer uses his thirty-five years of experience as a Wall Street veteran and host of CNBC's Mad Money to create a guide to high-yield, low-risk investing. In our recovering economy, this...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group
Description
The (tall) tale of Dr. Ivan Jenner -- Rethink retirement investing. Deflating inflation ; When conservative is risky ; Stocks for the timid -- Stocks made simple. Stock-picking perils ; Balancing risk and returns ; High fund expenses are your mortal enemy ; The investing secret your broker won't tell you ; Make a date with target-date funds ; Resist the allure of ETFs -- Bonds made simple. Bonds in a nutshell ; Blindsided by bonds ; Avoid treasury...
Author
Publisher
Rest-of-Life Communications
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Don't Go Broke in Retirement provides the information and tools you need to build the most retirement income from your Social Security and retirement savings. Plus, you get a simple step-by-step checklist to help you put your plans into action. Develop solid financial strategies now so you can confidently enjoy your retirement years.
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2019]
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Description
"Surveys have found that two thirds of Americans can't pass a basic financial literacy test, and nine in ten believe personal finance should become a required high school course. Tina Hay understands the confusion. While attending Harvard Business School, she struggled to keep up with classmates-many of whom came from the banking world-when it came to understanding jargon and numbers-heavy concepts. Tina developed a visual learning strategy using...
14) The money game
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1968]
Description
Hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "the best book there is about the stock market," this timeless classic by the creator and host of the Emmy Award–winning TV show Adam Smith's Money World is still relevant more than forty years later This essential book takes readers to the Street to learn about the intricacies of money and how the stock market impacts every area of our lives. According to the author, the key to making wise, lucrative...
Author
Publisher
Columbia Business School Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
A profile of Berkshire Hathaway, the keys to its success, and how it can survive beyond its iconic chairman and CEO, Warren Buffett.
In a comprehensive portrait of the corporate culture that unites Berkshire's subsidiaries, Lawrence Cunningham unearths the traits that assure the conglomerate's perpetual prosperity. Riveting stories of each subsidiary's origins, triumphs, and journey to Berkshire reveal how managers generate economic value from intangibles...
Author
Publisher
HarperBusiness
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
How did a secretary, a firefighter, a retired naval officer, a housewife, a construction worker, a schoolteacher, and a pharmacist become wealthy? Bestselling author Ric Edelman has studied the wealth-making habits of these and 5,000 other ordinary Americans. What he found is revealed for the first time in this book: the eight great secrets to attaining wealth. This extraordinary book is filled with the advice of everyday people-people like your own...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
The Big Win is a follow up to the authors first book: The Billion Dollar Mistake: Learning the Art of Investing through the Missteps of Legendary Investors. The Big Win will be the companion piece, focusing on extremely successful investments instead of spectacular failures. Each chapter begins with the inspiring life story of an extremely accomplished financier and their path to success, opening a window onto a personality that is inextricably linked...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide is a reader's roadmap to success in today's volatile economy. It offers insight into the current threats faced by American investors, such as the housing bust, credit crunch and declining dollar. The book provides a roadmap to help the reader protect, save, and grow their money during these volatile times. Weiss highlights how to protect yourself from problems ranging from inflation and deflation to a stock market...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Moving from coin flipping to real world investing, there's a large body of evidence suggesting that investors also do a poor job when it comes to sizing major financial decisions. One example is that in aggregate, individual investors severely under-perform market returns. Some of this underperformance comes from paying high fees, but much also arises from having too much or too little at risk, usually at just the wrong times. As Victor suggested...
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Getting Started in Mutual Funds, Second Edition is an overhaul of the original edition that includes everything from Morningstar's new matrix of evaluating a fund's investment style to implementing mutual funds into long-term investment strategies in retirement plans. Hall, of course, keeps the basics like how to read a prospectus, how to evaluate ongoing fees and expenses, and how to evaluate a fund's performance. New chapters include information...