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Posts Tagged ‘ Book Reviews ’

How Bill Ackman Fooled MBIA and The World

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November 29, 2011

“We have friends in high places” Jay brown MBIA’s chairman and CEO “Markets are efficient. That’s the very basic assumption underlying everything we do here. And you attempt to challenge that? “ “You are less experienced, less knowledgeable and don’t
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Cyber Monday Reading/Deals

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November 27, 2011
Cyber Monday Reading/Deals

Amazon.com is having huge Cyber monday deals…. These deals are on a variety of items and are time specific; first come first serve, and they only start and end at certain times. So keep checking the link throughout the
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The Fundamentals of Hedge Fund Management

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August 8, 2011

I recently finished reading The Fundamentals of Hedge Fund Management: How to Successfully Launch and Operate a Hedge Fund…. I was interested in the book because for my job it is vital to understand how hedge fund structures work
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David Einhorn Latest Interview on Fed Policy

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January 13, 2011
David Einhorn

David Einhorn recently updated his thriller “Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, A Long Short (and Now Complete) Story, Updated with New Epilogue…”. DAVID EINHORN is president and co-founder of Greenlight Capital, a long-short value-oriented
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Book Review: Fooling Some of the People All of the Time

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December 13, 2010
fooling some people all the time

By Seeking Delta of http://seekingdelta.wordpress.com You aren't subscribed? If you enjoyed this post, you can subscribe by RSS or by email. More on this topic (What's this?) David Einhorn Interview On WealthTrack Book Review: …
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Black Friday Shopping List: Best Finance Books of 2010

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November 29, 2010
ipad

There were dozens of good books that were published this year related to investing and business. I thought it would be a good idea to post some of them as amazon.com is having a huge sale throughout the Thanksgiving day
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Jeff Matthews on Warren Buffett

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November 11, 2010
Jeff Matthews is not making this up

By Seeking Delta of http://seekingdelta.wordpress.com Yesterday I had the privilege of attending a talk by Jeff Matthews. Jeff runs his own hedge fund, is the author of Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha and also maintains a very entertaining blog… (Jeff
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Cornerstone Value: James P. O’Shaughnessy

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September 29, 2010
what works on wall street

By Larry Harmych of http://intelligentinvestors.org/ I recently finished a book entitled “What Works on Wall Street”… by James P. O’Shaughnessy. In this book O’Shaughnessy explains the power of passive investing. In fact, O’Shaughnessy goes over several methods of passive investing
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Book Review:Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy

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July 29, 2010
Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy

By Sandesh Trivedi, sandeshtrivedi@gmail.com For value investors blindly shunning tech stocks they might want to read the book, Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy… by Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian. Though the book might not help you
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The Art of Short Selling: What Long Only Investors Can Learn

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June 28, 2010
the art of short selling

I believe that Short Sellers do better analysis than buyers. The world is biased against them, they’re the market policemen, it’s not in the country’s best interest for short sellers to go away. Short Sellers are more patriotic than the …
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Book Review: While America Aged by Roger Lowenstein

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May 30, 2010

While America Aged… by Roger Lowenstein is a tale of one industry and two cities brought to their knees by underfunded pension plans. The industry discussed is the auto industry and the cities are New York City, and San Diego.
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Book Review: The End of Wall Street by Roger Lowenstein

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April 21, 2010

Roger Lowenstein is one of my favorite authors. When I found out he was coming out with a book on the financial crisis in my mind it was a must read. Readers who have been following my series of book
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Book Review Globalization: The Irrational Fear That Someone in China Will Take Your Job by Bruce Greenwald

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April 15, 2010
Globalization by Bruce Greenwald

Globalization and in particular global trade in balances are probably one of the most important issues facing the world today and America in particular . When the economy is in full recovery, concerns over outsourcing of jobs will likely become
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Book Review: The Little Book of Behavioral Investing by James Montier

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April 9, 2010

I have always been a fan of James Montier. Montier is currently a member of GMO’s asset allocation team. James Montier has written several books about behavioral finance and how it relates to value investing. I have wanted to read
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Book Review: The Elements of Investing by Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis

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March 28, 2010
Book Review: The Elements of Investing by Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis

Two great authors/thinkers recently released a book titled The Elements of Investing. The authors who co-wrote the book are Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis. Burton Malkiel is the author of the very famous and bestselling book A Random …
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