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My Word Is My Bond Voices From Inside The Chicago Board of Trade My Word Is My Bond takes readers on an extraordinary journey inside the Chicago Board of Trade. Through interviews of twenty-one of the most influential members of this LaSalle Street institution, the life and times of a career in this financial world will be revealed. These professionals have devoted their hearts and minds to their chosen business. Like any great love, these individuals have nurtured their relationships with the Chicago Board of Trade. Each relationship has taken time and effort. Though it has not always been smooth sailing-they disagree, they become physical and boisterous, they even come close to walking out the door- they stay because of the greater good that will come from that experience. This is a diverse group of people in a business that initially fights change and then comes to embrace the challenges ahead. My Word Is My Bond introduces market strategies outside the box. It also gives read

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A pioneer in the financial media, Dick Davis has interacted with the investing public for over forty years. With his new book, he continues this trend. The first part of The Dick Davis Dividend contains an easy-to-read, yet profound discussion of the essentials of investing—focusing on the savvy veteran’s often unconventional, core beliefs. While the second part of this engaging guide makes a compelling case for combining both passive investing via index funds and active investing via stocks and mutual funds.

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The inside story of one of the world's most powerful financialInstitutions Now with a new foreword and final chapter, The Partnershipchronicles the most important periods in Goldman Sachs's historyand the individuals who built one of the world's largest investmentbanks. Charles D. Ellis, who worked as a strategy consultant toGoldman Sachs for more than thirty years, reveals the secretsbehind the firm's continued success through many life-threateningchanges. Disgraced and nearly destroyed in 1929, Goldman Sachslimped along as a break-even operation through the Depression andWWII. But with only one special service and one improbable banker,it began the stage-by-stage rise that took the firm to globalleadership, even in the face of the world-wide credit crisis.

A graduate of Duke University in 2002 and an analyst for J.P. Morgan for a few years after that， Dana Vachon is a writing wunderkind along the lines of Jay McInerney in Bright Lights， Big City and Bret Easton Ellis in Less Than Zero。 However， the similarity ends with the theme of young guys on the razzle， because Vachon’s protagonist， unlike his predecessors， observes and learns without falling into the honey pot。 Tommy Quinn graduates from Georgetown and lands a job with J.S. Spenser， an investment banking firm。 His major was Interdisciplinary Studies， a kind of Liberal Arts wastebasket， and he knows nothing about finance。 In the brain-deadening Spenser training program he hooks up with Roger Thorne， a really crass human being， but one who knows all the moves。 The genesis of the friendship sets the tone rather well： They are both wearing Gucci loafers and Rolex watches。 The story begins at Roger’s engagement party， with Tommy waiting for his erstwhile girlfrie

Thomas McCafferty has been involved in the futures business since 1973. He is a Registered Stock Broker and a Registered Securities Options Principal. Recently, he was Marketing Manager at Evergreen Group, Inc. Before that he oversaw a branch office for Wasendorf & Son Company, an introducing broker, and managed its marketing efforts. He is the author of several books, including All About Futures, All About Commodities, and In-House Telemarketing: A Master Plan for Starting and Managing a Profitable Telemarketing Program. He is currently working on All About Options, 2nd edition.

Three proven models investors for tilting the risk/rewardbalance dramatically in your favor--regardless of investing styleSurvival of the Fittest for Investors reveals the performance ofthree model portfolios over a span of 38 years, each of whichbalanced four major asset classes--equities, debt, gold, andREITS--and shows how to reap consistent profits withlower-than-market risk. Stoken paints an intriguing picture ofmarkets mimicking Darwinian biological laws and proves investorsare better able to adapt to changing investment environments byadhering to the rules of evolution and natural selection. Survivalof the Fittest for Investors teaches investors how to applyagent-based modeling (ABM), a portfolio management model thattreats markets as complex systems whose behavior emerges as aresult of interactions of market participants, institutions, andrules. ABM applies elements of the theory of evolutionaryprogramming. Dick Stoken is president of Strategic CapitalManagement and cofounded the discount commodity b