If you read the original Buffettology, you know exactly half of what you need to know to effectively apply Warren Buffett's investment strategies. Published in 1997, the bestselling Buffettology was written specifically for investors in the midst of a long bull market. Since then we've seen the internet bubble burst, the collapse of Enron, and investors scrambling to move their assets -- what remains of them -- back to the safety of traditional blue chip companies. As price peaks turned into troughs, worried investors wondered if there was any constant in today's volatile market. The answer is yes: Warren Buffett's value investing strategies make money. T he New Buffettology is the first guide to Warren Buffett's selective contrarian investment strategy for exploiting down stocks -- a strategy that has made him the nation's second-richest person. Designed to teach investors how to decipher and use financial information the way Buffett himself does, this book guides investors through opportunity-rich bea

Jean Chatzky has been working with viewers of NBC’s Today showfor a series on how to get out of debt once and for all. Hermethod, both on TV and in this book, is simple yet powerful: thekey is saving just $10 a day that you currently waste. It doesn’tsound like much—a movie ticket or lunch for two at McDonald’s— but$10 really can take you from debt to wealth in just a few years.And because it doesn’t feel like an impossible goal, people aremore likely to stick with Chatzky’s plan than an extreme regimen ofspending cutbacks. Chatzky is focusing on debt because it’s the single biggestthreat to our financial health. The average American family hassixteen credit cards and high-rate debt of more than $8000, noteven counting car loans and mortgages. They pay more than $1000 ayear in interest alone. Debt makes people feel depressed andoverwhelmed, leaving them without enough money for the trulyimportant things in life—education, retirement, owning a home,feeling secure. Chatzky,

Making sound investments is tough enough without having toworry about unscrupulous financial advisers and outright frauds.But recently strengthened laws aren't enough to stop the"professionals" intent on profiting from - or just plain stealing -your money. As an Enforcement Branch Chief at the Securities andExchange Commission, Pat Huddleston witnessed countless people losetheir life savings to reckless stockbrokers and fraudulent schemes.Now an SEC-recommended Receiver and CEO of a securities andinvestment fraud investigation agency, Huddleston has intimateknowledge of how scam artists and bad brokers operate. In TheVigilant Investor, he explains WHY we fall for investment scams,HOW con artists play on our emotions, and WHAT we can do to protectourselves from predators. With its unique look into the science offinancial decision making, the book blows up the popular myths andsimplistic "do's and don'ts" of investing while sharing techniquesanyone can use to perform due diligence even better than the"experts.

With up-to-the-minute information . . . And an all-newpreface by the author! Out of the red . . . ? Do this month’s bills pile up before you’ve paid lastmonth’s? ? Do you regularly receive past-due notices? ? Do you get letters threatening legal action if immediate paymentis not made? ? Do the total amounts of your revolving charge accounts keeprising? Into the black . . . Whether you are currently in debt or fear you’re fallinginto debt, you are not alone. Sixty million Americans--from doctorsto secretaries, from executives to the unemployed--face the sameproblem and live under the same daily stress. Based on the proventechniques of the national Debtors Anonymous program, here is thefirst complete, step-by-step guide to getting out of debt once andfor all. You’ll learn: ? How to recognize the warning signs of serious debt ? How to negotiate with angry creditors, collection agencies, andthe IRS ? How to design a realistic and painless pay-back schedule ? How to identify your spending blind

Have you ever wondered why some people attract wealth whileothers stay financially trapped? The key is learningwealth-friendly, upside-down thinking. In this New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Todaybestseller, Robert Shemin, one-time "idiot" and currently amultimillionaire, illustrates in a witty way how going against thegrain is, in fact, the surest way to gain. Learn how to: ? set only one powerful success goal—and make it a big one ? play while your money goes to work ? stop building someone else’s business and start building yourown ? live and think like a millionaire while you’re becoming one ? use the power and smarts of other Rich Idiots to help you jointhe Rich Idiot Club Spend just a few pages with Robert and his Rich Idiot friends andyou’ll be convinced that “if they could do it, I can do it.”

By day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night hespent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and internationalglobe-trotting. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht,crashed a Gulfstream jet, and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to thewife and kids who waited for him at home, and the fast-talking,hard-partying young stockbrokers who called him king and did hisbidding, here, in his own inimitable words, is the story of theill-fated genius they called… In the 1990s Jordan Belfort, former kingpin of the notoriousinvestment firm Stratton Oakmont, became one of the most infamousnames in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper wholed his merry mob on a wild ride out of the canyons of Wall Streetand into a massive office on Long Island. Now, in this astoundingand hilarious tell-all autobiography, Belfort narrates a story ofgreed, power, and excess no one could invent. Reputedly the prototype for the film Boiler Room, StrattonOakmont turned microcap investing into a wi

Updated for paperback publication, Aftershock is a brilliantreading of the causes of our current economic crisis, with a planfor dealing with its challenging aftermath. When the nation’s economy foundered in 2008, blame was directedalmost universally at Wall Street bankers. But Robert B. Reich, oneof our most experienced and trusted voices on public policy,suggests another reason for the meltdown. Our real problem, heargues, lies in the increasing concentration of wealth in the handsof the richest Americans, while stagnant wages and rising costshave forced the middle class to go deep into debt. Reich’sthoughtful and detailed account of where we are headed over thenext decades—and how we can fix our economic system—is a practical,humane, and much-needed blueprint for restoring America’s economyand rebuilding our society.

When it comes to investing in the stock market, investors have plenty of options: 1. They can do it themselves. Trillions of dollars areinvested this way. (Of course, the only problem here is that most people have no ideahow to analyze and choose individual stocks. Well, not reallythe only problem. Most investors have no idea how toconstruct a stock portfolio, most have no idea when to buy andsell, and most have no idea how much to invest in the firstplace.) 2. They can give it to professionals to invest. Trillions of dollars are invested this way. (Unfortunately most professionals actually underperform the market averages over time. In fact,it may be even harderto pick good professional managers than it is to pick goodindividual stocks.) 3. They can invest in traditional index funds. Trillions of dollars are also invested this way.(The problem isthat investing this way is seriously flawed--and almost a guaranteeof subpar investment returns over time.) 4. They can read The Big Secret for the

“Ann Holmes has created the perfect guide to help women turntheir dreams into a reality.” –Donna Mullen Good, CEO of the Center for Women Enterprise If you’ve ever dreamed of starting your own business, or ifyou’ve ever wondered about how to build up the business you alreadyrun, but worry because you don’t have an MBA or a couple of yearsof college business courses, this book is for you. Based onextensive interviews with more than eighty women entrepreneurs fromaround the country, There’s a Business in Every Woman offersinspiring success stories (and instructive missteps) in a widerange of businesses–from catering, landscaping, personal training,and wedding and events planning to interior and clothing design,staffing, manufacturing, and product design. What the trailblazing women in this book have in common is a goodidea and the courage to turn a dream into a money-making realitythrough hard work, passion, and drive. Take, for instance, thewoman who started an IT cons

This special just-for-teens edition based on the Rich Dad PoorDad series, builds a foundation of self-confidence from whichreaders can realise their dreams of financial security in anincreasingly challenging and unreliable job market. Teen-friendlyadvice, examples, sidebars, and straight talk will supplement allof Rich Dad's core advice: Work to learn, not to earn. Don't say,'I can't afford it?' And, don't work for money - make money workfor you! No matter how confident or 'good in school' readersconsider themselves to be, this book makes financial intelligenceavailable to all young people with its streamlined structure, cleandesign, and accessible voice. Here's a book that teaches teens whatthey don't learn in school - and what many of their parents haveyet to learn.

Ten Leading private investors share their secrets to maximumprofitability In The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital,the pioneers of the industry share the investing and managementwisdom they have gained by investing in and transforming theirportfolio companies. Based on original interviews conducted by theauthors, this book is filled with colorful stories on the subjectsthat most matter to the high-level investor, such as selecting andworking with management, pioneering new markets, adding valuethrough operational improvements, applying private equityprinciples to non-profits, and much more.

Why cutting up your credit cards won't make you rich Apopular TV personality often says, "Take out your credit cards andcut them into pieces." While that is sound advice for people whoare not financially responsible, it is inadequate advice for anyonewho wants to become rich or financially free. In other words, justcutting up your credit cards will not make you rich. What does makeyou rich is financial education...unfortunately a type of educationwe do not receive in school. If a person has a solid financialeducation, they would know that there are two kinds of debt...gooddebt and bad debt. A person with a sound financial education wouldknow how to use good debt to make them richer faster...much fasterthan a person who only saves money and has no debt. Rich Dad'sGuide to Becoming Rich * Are you in credit card debt? * Is jobsecurity dead? * Is your financial security threatened? * Is ahigh-paying job the answer? * Is your money working for you? * Doyou have good debt or bad debt? We all need more financ

Let’s face it: you can't avoid death or taxes. But you can create an estate plan that will make both a whole loteasier for your loved ones and put you in control of howyour assets will get passed to your heirs. Here, Wall Street Journal personal-finance reporter RachelEmma Silverman walks you step-by-step through the process.Chock-full of clear and solid advice on how to get the most out ofthe main estate planning tools - including wills, trusts, lifeinsurance, guardianship papers, and powers-of-attorney documents -the Wall Street Journal Complete Estate-Planning Guidebook will help make your estate-planning process as simple, smooth, andunintimidating as possible. This book will help you: · Clarify your estate-planning goals,such as dividing up property for heirs, reducing taxes or leavingmoney for charity · Understand the key estate-planningdocuments you’ll need, including wills, beneficiary-designationforms, powers-of-attorney and health-care advance directives · Decode the

"Intelligent and accessible." --David Geffen Bad news: Themusic business is packed with hidden agendas. Good news: There'sone indispensable guide that helps songwriters, musicians,executives, lawyers, and managers understand the music business andtravel its shark-infested waters safely and confidently. "WhatThey'll Never Tell You About the Music Business" sold more than20,000 copies in its first edition. This new, fully revised editionpresents even more priceless insider information, updated fortoday's music scene, plus clear explanations and advice on the newtransparency in agreements, the impact of agent-artist agreements,new webcasting opportunities, changes in copyright law, royaltylimits, and all the other developments in law and technology, plusadvice for songwriters, AandR people, and artists, and much, muchmore. Packed with real-world ideas and tips, What They'll NeverTell You About the Music Business, Revised and Updated is themust-have guide for creative types and business types--everyone who

When I was a boy, my father often pulled me aside to convey lessons intended to build what we generally refer to as 'character'. Often his advice was very simple -- work hard, think for yourself, do right by others -- but I believe those lessons provided the foundation for everything that has followed in my life. Now that I'm a dad myself, I wanted to put them down in one place, with examples of my own experiences, as a guide to life, adventure, and investing, both for my young daughters and for anyone seeking success in his or her chosen field. I hope that parents will be inspired to give this book to their children, and vice versa, as many of the lessons that I have learned apply not just to young people but to all adults -- for example, question everything, never follow the crowd, and beware of boys -- A Gift to My Children .

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.

Recommended by finance experts and used extensively byinstitutional investors, index funds and exchange-traded funds(ETFs) provide unmanaged, diversified exposure to a variety ofasset classes. Index Investing For Dummies shows activeinvestors how to add index investments to their portfolios and makethe most of their money, while protecting their assets. It featuresplain-English information on the different types of index funds andtheir advantage over other funds, getting started in indexinvesting, using index funds for asset allocation, understandingreturns and risk, diversifying among fund holdings, and applyingwinning strategies for maximum profit.

Mergers and acquisitions represent a successful growthstrategy for many companies, but, while potentially profitable,M A transactions are complex and often risky. Covering thelatest trends, developments, and best practices for the post-Madoffera, this comprehensive, hands-on resource walks readers throughevery step of the process, offering practical advice for keepingdeals on track and ensuring postclosing integration success. Filledwith case studies and war stories illustrating what works and why,the third edition of "Mergers and Acquisitions from A to Z" offersvaluable tools, checklists, and sample documents, providing crucialguidance on: preparing for and initiating the deal; regulatoryconsiderations; due diligence; deal structure; valuation andpricing; and financing even during turbulent market conditions.M A transactions can quickly spell a company's doom if they arenot conceived and executed carefully, legally, and sensibly. Thisis the classic guide to mergers and acquisitions, now completelyupda

"Throughout the ages, many things have been used as currency:livestock, grains, spices, shells, beads, and now paper. But onlytwo things have ever been money : gold and silver. Whenpaper money becomes too abundant, and thus loses its value, manalways turns back to precious metals. During these times there isalways an enormous wealth transfer, and it is within your power totransfer that wealth away from you or toward you." --MichaelMaloney, precious metals investment expert and historian; founderand principal, Gold Silver, Inc.

Marquee private equity firms such as Blackstone Group, CarlyleGroup, and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts have grown bigger and morepowerful than ever. They have also become the nation's largestemployers through the businesses they own. Journalist Josh Kosmanexplores private equity's explosive growth and shows how its baronswring profits at the expense of the long-term health of theircompanies. He argues that excessive debt and mismanagement willlikely trigger another economic meltdown within the next fiveyears, wiping out up to two million jobs. He also explores the links between the private equity elite andWashington power players, who have helped them escape governmentscrutiny. The result is a timely book with an important warning forus all.

Jesse Livermore was a loner, an individualist-and the most successful stock trader who ever lived. Written shortly before his death in 1940, How to Trade Stocks offered traders their first account of that famously tight-lipped operator's trading system. Written in Livermore's inimitable, no-nonsense style, it interweaves fascinating autobiographical and historical details with step-by-step guidance on: Reading market and stock behaviors；Analyzing leading sectors；Market timing；Money management；Emotional control. In this new edition of that classic, trader and top Livermore expert Richard Smitten sheds new light on Jesse Livermore's philosophy and methods. Drawing on Livermore's private papers and interviews with his family, Smitten provides priceless insights into the Livermore trading formula, along with tips on how to combine it with contemporary charting techniques. Also included is the Livermore Market Key, the first and still one of the most accurate methods of tracking and recording market pa

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.