Business - Finance & Investing
Citizens DisUnited: Passive Investors, Drone CEOs, and the Corporate Capture of the American Dream
by Robert A.G. Monks
published by Miniver Press
An experienced, highly successful businessman, Fortune 500 board member, lawyer and former public official explains how a very few individuals could reverse the trends that threaten the very fabric of the United States -- and calls them out by name.
The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns
by Jason Kelly
published by Wiley
In The New Tycoons, Bloomberg News reporter Jason Kelly demystifies the complex world of private equity by telling the stories of the top firms and their leaders. The book details how their role as investors, owners, and employers has put them at the center of our lives.
The Art & Science of Technical Analysis: Market Structure, Price Action & Trading Strategies
by Adam Grimes
published by Wiley Trading
This book, written for both the self-directed and institutional trader, explores the tools and techniques of discretionary trading—the art of trading. Not just a collection of trading patterns and ideas, this is a book that looks deeply into the art of technical analysis, and gives traders the tools and techniques they need to profit in today's competitive marketplace.
Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
by Howard Marks
published by Columbia Business School Publishing
Whether you've already read The Most Important Thing, a book that distilled the wisdom of Marks's celebrated client memos into a single volume, or are new to the book, The Most Important Thing Illuminated will give you an unprecedented look into how America's top investors make decisions and achieve financial success.
Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance
by Michael R. Powers
published by Columbia Business School Publishing
A distinctive characteristic of earthquakes, hurricanes, bombings, and other insurance risks is that they impact the values of stocks, bonds, commodities, and other human-made financial products. Michael R. Powers guides readers through the methods available for identifying and measuring risks, financing their consequences, and forecasting their future behavior within the limits of science.
Pandora's Risk: Uncertainty at the Core of Finance
by Kent Osband
published by Columbia Business School Publishing
Sparking a revolution in investment risk analysis, Osband recasts the market as a learning machine rather than a knowledge machine. The market continually errs, corrects itself, and makes new errors. Respecting that process, without idolizing it, will promote wiser investment, trading, and regulation. With uncertainty embedded at its core, Osband's rational approach points to a finance theory worthy of twenty-first-century investing.
The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
by Howard Marks
published by Columbia Business School Publishing
After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, Howard Marks is today sought out by the world's leading value investors, and his client memos brim with insightful commentary and a time-tested, fundamental philosophy. Now for the first time, all readers can benefit from Marks's wisdom, concentrated into a single volume that speaks to both the amateur and seasoned investor.
Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst
by Vikram Mansharamani
published by Wiley
THE WORLD IS in the midst of an accelerating sequence of booms and busts, and despite these developments, no organized multidisciplinary framework exists for thinking about them.
Accounting for Value
by Stephen Penman
published by Columbia Business School Publishing
Accounting for Value teaches investors and analysts how to handle accounting in evaluating equity investments. The book's novel approach shows that valuation and accounting are much the same: valuation is actually a matter of accounting for value.
Complicit: How Greed and Collusion Made the Credit Crisis Unstoppable
by Mark Gilbert
published by Bloomberg Press
The credit crunch is affecting every investor and every consumer, every industry and every government program, yet few people truly understand how it happened. Subprime mortgages have been center stage, but behind the scenes a conspiracy of greed among bankers, investors, rating agencies and regulators has imperiled everyone’s financial future.
The Intelligent Portfolio: Practical Wisdom on Personal Investing from Financial Engines
by Christopher L. Jones & William F. Sharpe
published by Wiley
The key to good investment decisions is making informed choices. And while you cannot predict the future, it is possible to create investment strategies that can maximize your chances of success. In The Intelligent Portfolio, author Christopher Jones shows you how this can be accomplished.
Fast Profits in Hard Times: 10 Secret Strategies to Make You Rich in an Up or Down Economy
by Jordan E. Goodman, with Bill Westrom
published by Business Plus
Do you think you can't profit if the economy is in serious decline? Many investors believe you can earn substantial profits only if it's strong. But in this groundbreaking book, Jordan E. Goodman, "America's Money Answers Man" and an expert with thirty years of experience in the financial media, proves how wrong they can be.
The Little Book That Makes You Rich: A Proven Market-Beating Formula for Growth Investing
by Louis Navellier
published by Wiley
Louis Navellier is one of the most well-respected growth investors of our day. He's pulled impressive profits from the stock market for over twenty-seven years, he has also helped investors beat the market by nearly a 4-1 margin. Now, with The Little Book That Makes You Rich, he'll show you how to do the same.
Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics
by William Bonner and Lila Rajiva
published by Wiley
Collectively, people think and act in ways that are different from how they think and act as individuals. Understanding these differences, says William (Bill) Bonner -- a longtime maverick observer of the financial world and the vagaries of the investing public -- is vital to preserving your wealth and personal dignity.
100 Minds That Made the Market
by Ken Fisher
published by Wiley
Introducing the new Fisher Investment Series. Comprised of engaging and informative titles written by renowned money manager and bestselling author Ken Fisher, this series offers essential insights into the worlds of investing and finance.
Black Gold: The New Frontier in Oil for Investors
by George Orwel
published by Wiley
Modern living is driven by oil, from the gasoline that propels our cars to the electricity that powers our homes to the military that protects our freedom. Throughout the twentieth century, a relatively uninterrupted supply of oil has fueled our nation's unparalleled growth.
More Than You Know
by Michael J. Mauboussin
published by Columbia University Press
A true eye-opener, More Than You Know shows how a multidisciplinary approach that pays close attention to process and the psychology of decision making offers the best chance for long-term financial results.