This text, the follow-up to "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" reveals why some people work less, earn more, pay less in taxes, and feel more financially secure than others. The author argues that it is simply a matter of knowing which quadrant to work from and when. Have you ever wondered: What is the difference between an employee and a business owner?; Why do some investors make money with little risk while most other investors just break even?; Why do most employees go from job to job while others quit their jobs and go on to build business empires?; Why, in the Industrial Age, did most parents want their children to become medical doctors, accountants, or attorneys. and why, in the Information Age, are these professions under financial attack? Many of the brightest graduates from our universities want to work for college dropouts. Dropouts such as Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Michael Dell and Ted Turner; dropouts who today are the mega-rich of society. This book explores these questions and issues to assist in guiding

Professional and managerial guide to conducting mergers and acquisitions, featuring a collection of articles from leading business scholars. Topics covered include friendly acquisition, integration managers, trade-offs in acquisitions, and who stays and who goes. Softcover. DLC: DLC: Consolidation and merger of corporations.

As soon as the financial crisis erupted, the finger-pointingbegan. Should the blame fall on greedy traders, lazy regulators, orclueless home buyers? According to Bethany McLean, author of thebestselling Enron book "The Smartest Guys in the Room", and JoeNocera, the star "New York Times" columnist, the real answer is allof the above. Many devils helped bring hell to the economy. Yetdespite all the analysis of the crash, no one has put all thepieces together and named those responsible. Until now.

This book is about how we started with nothing and retired financially free in less than ten years． Find out how you can do the same． If you do not plan on working hard all of your life．．．this book is for you． Why not Retire Young and Retire Rich?

Turn your fortunes around with a year’s worth of money-saving, life-improving tips! You don’t have to live like a recluse or deny yourself life’s luxuries. By spending less, you really can have more. It’s not just about saving the odd penny when you’re doing your grocery shopping – it’s about rediscovering the truly valuable things in life. Discover the power of less and create more time in your life to find the kind of happiness that money just can’t buy. From simple tactics such as never shopping on an empty stomach, to lesser-known tricks like importing goods to pay for your holiday, every tip will save you between 5 and 50,000. You will find 365 practical tips in the following areas to help you live on less, spend less, and be far richer and happier for it! Shopping Your house and your home More ways of saving or making money whenever you buy or sell property Your personal finances and savings Cut the cost of necessary household

Book De*ion The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing "By resisting both the popular tendency to use gimmicks thatoversimplify securities analysis and the academic tendency to usejargon that obfuscates common sense, Pat Dorsey has written asubstantial and useful book. His methodology is sound, his examplesclear, and his approach timeless." —Christopher C. Davis Portfolio Manager andChairman, Davis Advisors Over the years, people from around the world have turned toMorningstar for strong, independent, and reliable advice. The FiveRules for Successful Stock Investing provides the kind of savvyfinancial guidance only a company like Morningstar could offer.Based on the philosophy that "investing should be fun, but not agame," this comprehensive guide will put even the most cautiousinvestors back on the right track by helping them pick the rightstocks, find great companies, and understand the driving forcesbehind different industries—w

The time was the1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’sPoker. Michael Lewis wasfresh out of Princeton and the London School of Economics when helanded a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Street’s premierinvestment firms. During the next three years, Lewis rose fromcallow trainee to bond salesman, raking in millions for the firmand cashing in on a modern-day gold rush. Liar’s Poker is theculmination of those heady, frenzied years—a behind-the-scenes lookat a unique and turbulent time in American business. From thefrat-boy camaraderie of the forty-first-floor trading room to thekiller instinct that made ambitious young men gamble everything ona high-stakes game of bluffing and deception, here is MichaelLewis’s knowing and hilarious insider’s account of an unprecedentedera of greed, gluttony, and outrageous fortune.

RICH DAD POOR DAD will... Exploding the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich Challenging the belief that your house is an asset Showing parents why they can't rely on the school system to teach their kids about money Defining once and for all an asset versus a liability ·teach you what to teach your kids about money for their future financial success

This book is dedicated to my wonderful wife, Laura, and my high-spirited boys, Kyle and Kade. Thank you all for your constant sup-port and understanding as this book was being written. I would like to thank Kathy Heasley, who was instrumental in ex-tracting fifteen years of my investment real estate and property management knowledge and wonderfully organizing it into each chapter of this book (www.imsbreakthrough.com.). Special thanks are also extended to Robert and Kim Kiyosaki and to Sharon Lechter for allowing me to participate as a Rich Dad's Advisor, and of course to my partner, Ross McCallister, for never saying anything other than encouraging words as I took on this venture.

In late January, 2009, Robert Kiyosaki launched CONSPIRACY OF THE RICH - a free online book which was written in serial basis to help people understand how the current recession came about, and what they need to learn on how to survive through the coming rough years. An unprecedented publishing event for Kiyosaki and The Rich Dad Company, CONSPIRACY OF THE RICH is an interactive, "Wiki-style" project in which Kiyosaki has invited feedback, commentary, and questions from readers across the globe. The response so far has been totally fantastic. Millions and millions of readers have flocked to the website (www.conspiracyoftherich.com) to read what Robert has to say about the recession, and the readers have posted thousands of comments. Some of those reader comments will even be included in the final tradepaper version.

"Aswath Damodaran is simply the best valuation teacher around. If you are interested in the theory or practice of valuation, you should have Damodaran on Valuation on your bookshelf. You can bet that I do." -- Michael J. Mauboussin, Chief Investment Strategist, Legg Mason Capital Management and author of More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places In order to be a successful CEO, corporate strategist, or analyst, understanding the valuation process is a necessity. The second edition of Damodaran on Valuation stands out as the most reliable book for answering many of today s critical valuation questions. Completely revised and updated, this edition is the ideal book on valuation for CEOs and corporate strategists. You'll gain an understanding of the vitality of today s valuation models and develop the acumen needed for the most complex and subtle valuation scenarios you will face.

Personalfinance author and lecturer Robert T. Kiyosaki developed his uniqueeconomic perspective from two very different influences - his twofathers. This text lays out Kiyosaki's philosophy and hisrelationship with money.

Written by Wall Street’s top commodity research firm, The CPM Gold Yearbook 2008 provides in-depth statistics, analysis, and forecasts for gold. The supply and demand fundamentals of this commodity are displayed in detailed charts and graphs, providing you with the information needed to make fully informed investment decisions. Filled with invaluable reference data, The CPM Gold Yearbook 2008 is a focused guide that will help you succeed in this dynamic market.

For years, Robert Kiyosaki has firmly believed that the best investment one can ever make is in taking the time to truly understand how one's finances work. Too many people are much more interested in the quick-hitting scheme, or trying to find a short-cut to real wealth. As Kiyosaki has preached over and over again, one has to truly under the process of how money works before one can start out on trying to escape the daily financial Rat Race. Now, in this latest book in the popular Rich Dad Poor Dad series, Kiyosaki lays out his 5 key principles of Financial Intelligence for all to understand. In INCREASE YOUR FINANCIAL IQ, Kiyosaki provides real insights on these key steps to wealth: o How to increase your money -- how to assess what you're really worth now, what your prospects are, and how to start mapping out your financial future. o How to protect your money -- for better or for worse, taxes are a way of life. Kiyosaki shows you that "it's not what you make....it's what you keep." o How t

The definitive guide to buying and selling … The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Investing in Stocks coverseverything readers need to know to take advantage of the long- andshort-term opportunities in the equities market, including howstocks stack up against other forms of investing, a tour of themajor U.S. exchanges, choosing an investment style, and much more.In addition, the book covers the investment strategies andphilosophies of some of Wall Street’s most successful investors. Anappendix contains the contact information for all the majorfull-service and discount brokers.

Through every type of market, William J. O'Neil's nationalbestseller, How to Make Money inStocks, has shown over 2 millioninvestors the secrets to successful investing. O'Neil'spowerful CANSLIM~ Investing Systemma proven seven-step process for minimizingriskand maximizing gains--has influenced generations ofinvestors.Based on a major study of all the greatest stock marketwinners from 1880 to 2009, thisexpanded edition gives you:

Chances are you haven't been making the best investingdecisions. Why? BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WALL STREET WANTS IT "With asmirk, a lashing wit, and an appropriate irreverence, Browngives voice to what all investment professionals are--or shouldbe--secretly thinking." --MICHAEL SANTOLI, Barron's columnist "Thepages of this book are filled with colorful exposes of misconductin the way Wall Street presents and sells itself (and its financialproducts offerings!)...Run don't walk to read Brown's chronicles ofdeception [perpetrated by] those wonderful folks on Wall Street,who nearly bankrupted the world's fi nancial system a few shortyears ago." --DOUGLAS A. KASS, Seabreeze Partners Management, Inc."Everything you've ever read about Wall Street is a total lie.Everyone is lying to you every day. Until you read this book."--JAMES ALTUCHER, Formula Capital and author of I Was Blind but NowI See " wants Wall Street to be awesome. You can feel itevery day on his amazing blog and in this great book. He is happyto shou

Michael Moe was one of the first research analysts to identifyStarbucks as a huge opportunity following its IPO in 1992. And formore than fifteen years, he has made great calls on many otherstocks, earning a reputation as one of today’s most insightfulmarket experts. Now he shows how winners like Dell, eBay, and Home Depot couldhave been spotted in their start-up phase, and how you can findWall Street’s future giants. He forecasts the sectors with thegreatest potential for growth, and explains his four Ps of futuresuperstars: great people, leading product, huge potential, andpredictability. Moe also includes interviews with some of the biggest names inbusiness—like Howard Schultz, Bill Campbell, and Michael Milken—whoreveal their own insights into how they discover the stars oftomorrow.

Stocks for the Long Run set a precedent as the most complete and irrefutable case for stock market investment ever written. Now, this bible for long-term investing continues its tradition with a fourth edition featuring updated, revised, and new material that will keep you competitive in the global market and up-to-date on the latest index instruments. Wharton School professor Jeremy Siegel provides a potent mix of new evidence, research, and analysis supporting his key strategies for amassing a solid portfolio with enhanced returns and reduced risk. In a seamless narrative that incorporates the historical record of the markets with the realities of today's investing environment, the fourth edition features: A new chapter on globalization that documents how the emerging world will soon overtake the developed world and how it impacts the global economy An extended chapter on indexing that includes fundamentally weighted indexes, which have historically offered better returns and lower volatili

The bestselling author of Investment Biker is back from the ultimate road trip: a three-year drive around the world that would ultimately set the Guinness record for the longest continuous car journey. Behind the wheel of a yellow, custom-built Mercedes, Rogers and his fianc6e, began their“Millennium Adventure”on January 1, 1999, from Iceland. They traveled through 116 countries, including many where most have rarely ventured, such as Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Angola,Sudan, Congo, Colombia, and East Timor. They drove through war zones, deserts, jungles, epidemics, and blizzards, and had many narrow escapes, but they saw the real world from the ground up-the only vantage point from which it can be truly understood- economically,politically, and socially. 作者简介： Born in 1942，JIM ROGERS had his first iob at age five，picking up bottles at baseball games.Winning a scholarship to Yale，Rogers was coxswain on the crew.Upon graduation，he attended Balliol College at Oxfor