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.

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Is your investment in that new Internet stock a sign of stockmarket savvy or an act of peculiarly American speculative folly?How has the psychology of investing changed--and not changed--overthe last five hundred years? Edward Chancellor examines the natureof speculation--from medieval Europe to the Tulip mania of the1630s to today's Internet stock craze. A contributing writer to The Financial Times and The Economist , Chancellorlooks at both the psychological and economic forces that drivepeople to "bet" their money in markets; how markets are made,unmade, and manipulated; and who wins when speculation runsrampant. Drawing colorfully on the words of such speculators as SirIsaac Newton, Daniel Defoe, Ivan Boesky, and Hillary RodhamClinton, Devil Take the Hindmost is part history, partsocial science, and purely illuminating: an erudite and hugelyentertaining book that is more timely today than ever before.

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.

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You know what happened during the financial crisis … now it istime to understand why the financial system came so close tofalling over the edge of the abyss and why it could happen again.Wall Street has been saved, but it hasn’t been reformed. What isthe problem? Suzanne McGee provides a penetrating look at the forces thattransformed Wall Street from its traditional role as acapital-generating and economy-boosting engine into a behemothoperating with only its own short-term interests in mind and withreckless disregard for the broader financial system and those whorelied on that system for their well being and prosperity. Primary among these influences was “Goldman Sachs envy”: theself-delusion on the part of Richard Fuld of Lehman Brothers,Stanley O’Neil of Merrill Lynch, and other power brokers (egged onby their shareholders) that taking more risk would enable theircompanies to make even more money than Goldman Sachs. Thathubris—and that narrow-minded focus on maximizing their

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.

Perino recounts in riveting detail the 1933 hearings that putWall Street on trial for the Great Crash. Never before in Americanhistory had so many financial titans been called to account beforethe public, and they had come within a few weeks of emergingunscathed.

Why do the rich get richer even in a financial crisis? In hisnew book the bestselling author of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" confirmshis message and challenges readers to change their context and actin a new way. In this timely new book, Robert Kiyosaki takes a newand hard-hitting look at the factors that impact people from allwalks of life as they struggle to cope with change and challengesthat impact their financial world. In "An Unfair Advantage: ThePower of Financial Education", Robert underscores his messages andchallenges readers to change their context and act in a new way.Readers are advised to stop blindly accepting that they are"disadvantaged" people with limited options and challenge thepreconception that they will struggle financially all of theirlives. Robert's fresh approach to his time-tested messages includesclear, actionable steps that any individual or family can take,starting with education. Education becomes applied knowledge, apowerful tactic with measurable results. In true "Rich Dad" sty

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.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts's approach to leveraged buyouts was animportant aspect of the corporate restructuring and governancereforms in the American economy from the mid-1970s through 1990.During that period, KKR crafted a series of progressively moreelaborate deals tailored to specific companies and marketconditions. Through its creative debt financing and itsrelationships with an evolving cast of investors, companies, andmanagers, KKR drove the scale and scope of the buyout phenomenon tounprecedented highs. This book examines KKR's record in detail.Based upon interviews with partners of the firm and onunprecedented access to KKR's records, George Baker and GeorgeSmith have written a balanced and enlightening account of how KKRhas approached LBOs. This book focuses on KKR's founding,evolution, and innovations as ways to understand issues in modernAmerican business. In examining KKR as a unique form of enterprise- one that subscribes to a set of alternative perspectives onbusiness and value creation - t

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.

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

Lynch is the master stock picker who led Magellan (until May 1990) to its position as America's biggest mutual fund. In One Up on Wall Street (Simon & Schuster, 1989), also written with Rothchild, he described his winning methods. Here, he provides a few more elaborations and 21 "Peter's principles." Some are overly clever, e.g., being first in line is a great idea except on the edge of a cliff. Lynch takes three chapters to explain how he "done it good" at Magellan. One valuable chapter details methods for picking a mutual fund from the thousands available, but most of the book is devoted to demonstrating his research into picking the 21 stocks he recommended in the January 1992 Barron's roundtable. Still, since the average investor will not get to talk to the CEO or visit the company in person, maybe we should all just buy Lynch's recommendations each year. A tossup. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 11/1/92. - Alex Wenner, Indiana Univ. Libs., Bloomington

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