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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
From Wall Street to Main Street, John Brooks, longtime contributor to the New Yorker, brings to life in vivid fashion twelve classic and timeless tales of corporate and financial life in America. What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common? Each is an example of how an iconic company was defined...
Author
Series
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"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...
4) [Pi]
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A brilliant mathematician teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an elusive numerical code that will allow him to predict patterns in the stock market, while being pursued by an aggressive Wall Street firm set on financial domination and a Kaballah sect intent on unlocking the secrets behind their ancient holy texts.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this absorbing, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history in the vein of the works of Michael Lewis and Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial executive and CNBC contributor examines the five most significant stock market crashes in the United States over the past century, revealing how they have defined the nation today.
THE PANIC OF 1907; BLACK TUESDAY (1929); BLACK MONDAY (1987); THE GREAT RECESSION (2008); THE FLASH
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Series
Little books. big profits volume 32
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Contrary to popular opinion, markets rarely experience significant periods down; half of the time they do rise but the other half of the time they go nowhere - trading seemingly mindlessly in a range with quick ups and breathtaking downs, only to come back to where they were. These periods last far too long to just buy and hold, since that kind of a strategy leads to 0 returns or worse. What's an investor to do when you have to save for college educations...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Your Survival Guide to the Hades of Wall Street The Devil's Financial Dictionary skewers the plutocrats and bureaucrats who gave us exploding mortgages, freakish risks, and banks too big to fail. And it distills the complexities, absurdities, and pomposities of Wall Street into plain truths and aphorisms anyone can understand. An indispensable survival guide to the hostile wilderness of today's financial markets, The Devil's Financial Dictionary...
10) Kirkpatrick's investment and trading strategies: tools and techniques for profitable trend following
Author
Publisher
FT Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The primary purpose of this scholarly book is to provide an objective look into the dynamic world of equity markets, valuation, and analysis. The coverage extends from discussing basic concepts and their application to increasingly intricate and real-world situations. This volume spans the gamut from theoretical to practical while attempting to offer a useful balance of detailed and user-friendly coverage. Discussion of relevant research permeates...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Since the 2008 financial crisis the neoclassical synthesis has increasingly been acknowledged as an unsatisfactory theory on which to base economic policy. Its failure to incorporate finance in its models being often identified as its most obvious weakness. While the stock market is not the only form of finance which needs to be incorporated into a satisfactory model for the economy it is an important element and this book presents a model which...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Have you been searching for a share investing book that enables you to learn at your own pace? Whether you're new to investing or ready to take your portfolio to the next level, Teach Yourself About Shares explains everything you need to know about investing in the Australian sharemarket. Best-selling author Roger Kinsky offers step-by-step guidance on everything from investing basics and share pricing to using market indices, managing risks and improving...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
During 2003, the U.S. economy was described by one economist as "nervous, anxious, and waiting." In December the Dow had topped 10,000 for the first time in a year and a half, and at year's end the markets were up for the first time since 1999. But in the same year, American troops had moved into Iraq, and corporate boards were cutting CEOs at the slightest signs of trouble. Amidst this turmoil Robert Greifeld, a former tech entrepreneur from outside...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio, Penguin
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"From Wall Street Journal columnist Spencer Jakab, the real story of the GameStop squeeze-and the surprising winners of a rigged game. During one crazy week in January 2021, a motley crew of retail traders on Reddit's r/wallstreetbets forum had seemingly done the impossible-they had brought some of the biggest, richest players on Wall Street to their knees. Their weapon was GameStop, a failing retailer whose shares briefly became the most-traded security...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Half of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are ration and efficient, as modern financial theory assumes, or irrational and inefficient, as behavioral economists believe - and as financial bubbles, crashes, and crises suggest. This is one of the biggest debates in economics, and the value or futility of investment management and financial regulation hang on the outcome. In this...
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