"One of the most successful Wall Street investors of all time provides practical insight and keen analysis on how to track, and react to, the ups and downs of the stock market. Marks reveals the hidden logic in carefully pinpointing market trends so that every investor can profit. "When I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail, they're the first thing I open and read. I always learn something."--Warren Buffett Economies, companies, and markets operate...

"All you need to know about buying and selling stocks! Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of investing into tedious discourse that would put even a hedge fund manager to sleep. Stock Market 101 cuts out the boring explanations of basic investing, and instead provides hands-on lessons that keep you engaged as you learn how to build a portfolio and expand your wealth. From bull markets to bear markets to sideways markets, this primer is...

"We're all familiar with "choice overload," whether on a trip to the grocery store, or while flipping through satellite TV channels. And while it's human to want all of the options, the surprising truth is that the more choice we have, the less satisfied we are. And nowhere is this more true--or more dangerous--than in our investments. Despite the troubled global economy, there are tens of thousands of mutual funds, hedge funds, exchange-traded funds,...

"The Chief Investment Officer of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management explains why goals, not markets, should be the primary focus of your investment strategy--and offers a practical, innovative framework for making smarter choices about aligning your goals to your investment strategy,"--Amazon.com.

"The book aims to share investment principles that have enabled the author, a successful money manager, to deliver superior risk adjusted returns throughout her 25 year career - spanning markets both bull and bear, domestic and international, developed and emerging and across market cap ranges. Active Investing has developed an inferior track record and poor reputation, not because it is not possible to beat the market but because a whole generation...

Explaining the new world of alternative investing strategies step by step, this resource provides a simple, yet sophisticated, system for investing wisely and well, revealing how to generate inflation-protected income, build risk-adjusted profits and safely transfer wealth to later generations. --publisher description

Outlines simple steps for saving, investing, increasing, and protecting income in order to achieve financial stability.

"The Wealthy Gardener is a hybrid. It is half fiction, half nonfiction. Chapters are divided into life lessons, each opening with a fictional story followed by real-life anecdotes. Why this format? As a father I wanted to engage my son in many lessons on wealth, but I didn't want to preach at him. A better way to do it then was by creating a parable. Like reading a biography for pleasure and insight, learning through stories can be more enjoyable...