No one would listen

a true financial thriller

Harry Markopolos and his team of financial sleuths discuss first-hand how they cracked the Madoff Ponzi scheme. "No One Would Listen" is the exclusive story of the Harry Markopolos - lead investigation into Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme. While a lot has been ...

Paper fortunes

modern Wall Street, where it's been and where it's going

"Paper Fortunes" is the richly-detailed story of Wall Street from its post-war heyday to present woes, from a player whose experiences, and learned observations of the forces shaping the business make it insightful and timely. Roy C. Smith, a long time Goldman Sachs banker and ...

Pull-Back

para entender: los mercados financieros

El detective Andreu Balaguer nunca se hubiera imaginado que aquella llamada telefónica de Isabel Casanova pidiéndole ayuda para encontrar a su hijo le daría mucho trabajo. A partir de aquel momento penetra en el mundo misterioso y oscuro de las finanzas y se ve envuelto ...

Outperform

inside the investment strategy of billion dollar endowments

This book tells how individual investors can benefit from today's academic endowment investing strategies. "Inside Billion-Dollar Endowments" is an approachable, pragmatic guide for individual investors who want to use the proven investment strategies of large academic endowments. It provides a unique look into the ...

Profiting from the world's economic crisis

finding investment opportunities by tracking global market trends

This book offers timely advice for finding investment opportunities during a global economic crisis. In "Profiting from the World's Economic Crisis", author Bud Conrad predicts a rough road ahead for our economy and reveals nontraditional investments that can make big money in difficult times ...

The Palgrave Macmillan dictinary of finance, investment and banking

The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Finance, Investment and Banking helps you understand and use financial language with more ease and confidence. Compiled by a finance professional with real-world experience on three continents, it is a highly practical reference book containing the essential terminology of today ...

Teoría y práctica de la bolsa

todo lo que debe saber el inversor sobre los mercados financieros

La bolsa es un negocio muy serio y de una gran dificultad, en el que usted arriesga no solo su patrimonio, sino también su autoestima, frente a millones de personas y poderosas instituciones que tienen en sus miras el mismo objetivo que usted: "ganar dinero ...

Reminiscences of a stock operator

Ed. Jon D. Markman. With new commentary and insights on the life and times of Jesse Livermore, "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" is the fictionalized biography of perhaps the most famous financial speculator of all time - Jesse Livermore. This annotated edition bridges the gap between ...

Invertir según Benjamin Graham

los primeros escritos del Padre de la Inversión

Ed. Rodney Klein ; Comentado por David M. Darst. Invertir según Benjamin Graham es una extraordinaria aproximación al estilo y el método de análisis que mayor éxito han tenido a la hora de determinar el valor real de una empresa. Concebidos en un período que se ...

Creación de valor para el accionista

Uno de los aspectos más apasionantes en el estudio de la creación de valor para el accionista es identificar medidas que vinculen la creación de valor desde la perspectiva interna y externa, a la par que dichas medidas sirven, desde la perspectiva interna, para una ...

Por qué quiebran los mercados

la lógica de los desastres financieros

¿Cuáles han sido las verdaderas causas de la actual crisis económica? ¿ Por qué los mercados financieros son tan propensos a las burbujas, que acaban estallando y arrastrándonos a serias crisis que los economistas parecen incapaces de predecir? John Cassidy nos descubre los mecanismos demasiadas veces ...

Intelligent trading systems

applying artificial intelligence to financial markets

This book deals with the issue of problematic market price prediction in the context of crowd behaviour affected by the psychology of the masses. It highlights the contrast between a phenomenon of mass psychology and the efficient market hypothesis, which is essentially based on a ...

Dear Mr. Buffett

what an investor learns 1,269 miles from Wall Street

Janet Tavakoli takes you into the world of Warren Buffett by way of the recent mortgage meltdown. In correspondence and discussion with him over 2 years, they both saw the writing on the wall, made clear by the implosion of Bear Stearns. Tavakoli, in clear ...

Understanding company news

how to interpret stock market announcements

This book covers announcements issued through the London Stock Exchange by companies with a full stock market listing or whose shares are quoted on the Alternative Investment Market, which is also part of the LSE. Almost all these announcements, such as annual results, share buying ...

Behavioral finance

investors, corporations, and markets

Eds. H.Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger. A definitive guide to the growing field of behavioral finance This reliable resource provides a comprehensive view of behavioral finance and its psychological foundations, as well as its applications to finance. Comprising contributed chapters written by distinguished authors ...

The little book of behavioral investing

how not to be your own worst enemy

This is a detailed guide to overcoming the most frequently encountered psychological pitfalls of investing. Bias, emotion, and overconfidence are just three of the many behavioral traits that can lead investors to lose money or achieve lower returns. Behavioral finance, which recognizes that there is ...

Conquer the crash

you can survive and prosper in a deflationary depression

Today's financial and economic tribulations were a long time in the making. Many people ask, "Why didn't someone see it coming?" A New York Times bestselling book did see it coming. Over 100,000 people read it in time to protect their wealth ...

The crime of our time

why Wall Street is not too big to jail

A hard-hitting investigative film by Danny Schechter. The #News Dissector# explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed. To tell this story Schechter speaks ...

The billion dollar mistake

learning the art of investing through the missteps of legendary investors

This work features important investment lessons gleaned from the mistakes of accomplished professional investors and billionaire businessmen. "The Billion Dollar Mistake" is an up-close account of the career-defining mistakes that some of the world's most brilliant billionaire investors have made, and a revealing look ...

Benjamin Graham

building a profession

Eds. Jason Zweig, Rodney N. Sullivan. Learn and profit from the early writings of a financial genius. Benjamin Graham is widely known as the father of Value Investing, and mentor to Warren Buffett. But Graham made another critically important contribution by advocating that securities analysts ...