18 books like Fooled by Randomness

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Forecasting financial markets Tony Plummer · 1989 · 259p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Forecasting Financial Markets provides a compelling insight into the psychology of trading behaviour and shows how "following the herd" can have disastrous results. It demonstrates how your ability to make money in the world's financial markets depends critically on your ability to make decisions independently of the crowd. Given the impact of the global credit crunch, it has become even more… Shares: Investment analysis, Investments, Finance, Business

Exchange-traded funds for dummies Russell Wild · 2006 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate It seems like every week Wall Street comes up with some new, exotic investment idea that puts your money at risk. Thankfully, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are less volatile than individual stocks, cheaper than most mutual funds, and subject to minimal taxation. But how do you use this wonderful product to diversify your investments in today's fast-growing and ever-changing market? … Shares: Investment analysis, Finance, Business

Practical Portfolio Performance Measurement and Attribution Carl R. Bacon · 2004 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Practical Performance Measurement and Attribution provides a clear introduction to the subject of performance measurement. Focusing more on the practical use and calculation of performance returns rather than the academic background it will help readers gain a clear understanding of the role and implications of performance measurement in today's financial environment. "Carl's book is a 'must… Shares: Investment analysis, Finance, Business

Capital Ideas Evolving Peter L. Bernstein · 2007 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "A lot has happened in the financial markets since 1992, when Peter Bernstein wrote his seminal Capital Ideas. Happily, Peter has taken up his facile pen again to describe these changes, a virtual revolution in the practice of investing that relies heavily on complex mathematics, derivatives, hedging, and hyperactive trading. This fine and eminently readable book is unlikely to be surpassed as… Shares: Investments, Finance

The Age of Deleveraging A. Gary Shilling · 2010 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate "Top economist Gary Shilling shows you how to prosper in the slow-growing and deflationary times that lie ahead. While many investors fear a rapid rise in inflation, author Gary Shilling, an award-winning economic forecaster, argues that the global economy is going through a long period of de-leveraging and weak growth, which makes deflation far more likely and a far greater threat to investors… Shares: Investment analysis, Investments, Finance

Intermarket Analysis John J. Murphy · 2007 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Praise for INTERMARKET ANALYSIS "John Murphy has done it again. He dissects the global relationships between equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities like no one else can, and lays out an irrefutable case for intermarket analysis in plain English. This book is a must-read for all serious traders." -Louis B. Mendelsohn, creator of VantagePoint Intermarket Analysis software "John Murphy's… Shares: Investment analysis, Business

Portfolio Management Scott D. Stewart, Christopher D. Piros & Jeffrey C. Heisler · 2019 · 720p · ≈ 24h · Moderate A career’s worth of portfolio management knowledge in one thorough, efficient guidePortfolio Management is an authoritative guide for those who wish to manage money professionally. This invaluable resource presents effective portfolio management practices supported by their underlying theory, providing the tools and instruction required to meet investor objectives and deliver superior… Shares: Investments, Business

When the Wolves Bite Scott Wapner · 2018 · ★ 4.5 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "With their unprecedented amounts of capital and their savvy understanding of business, activist investors Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman have the ability to move markets and change the fortunes of investors, workers, and even large companies with the flick of a wrist. But what happens when they run into the one thing in business they can't control: each other? On January 25, 2013, Scott Wapner, the… Shares: Investment analysis, Finance

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth Ric Edelman · 1998 · ★ 4.5 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate How did a secretary, a firefighter, a retired naval officer, a housewife, a construction worker, a schoolteacher, and a pharmacist become wealthy? Bestselling author Ric Edelman has studied the wealth-making habits of these and 5,000 other ordinary Americans.What he found is revealed for the first time in this book: the eight great secrets to attaining wealth. This extraordinary book is filled… Shares: Investments, Finance, Business

Stock Investing for Dummies Paul Mladjenovic · 2002 · ★ 4.2 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Stock Investing For Dummies, 3rd Edition includes information on stock investing in both bear and bull markets; unique investment segments; stock investing for different types of situations; and examples straight from the real world of stock investing as they have occurred in the past three years. Shares: Investments, Finance, Business

How to Make Money in Stocks William J. O'Neil · 1988 · ★ 4.0 · 266p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A BUSINESSWEEK BESTSELLER!Anyone can learn to invest wisely with this bestselling investment system!Through every type of market, William J. O'Neil's national bestseller, How to MakeMoney in Stocks, has shown over 2 million investors the secrets to building wealth.O'Neil's powerful CAN SLIM® Investing System—a proven 7-step process for minimizingrisk and maximizing gains—has influenced… Shares: Investments, Finance, Business

Pushing Up People Art Williams · 1984 · ★ 4.5 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Pushing Up People is about time-tested, proven principles that will help you identify winners, get the most out of your people, help your people have fantastic success and, ultimately, push YOU to the top!! This was the definitive book that explained how to be a success in multi-level marketing - it is all about how to treat your people to create a winning team - Art Williams did it and so… Shares: Success in business, Business

I Will Teach You to Be Rich Ramit Sethi · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate At last, for a generation that's materially ambitious yet financially clueless comes I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi's 6-week personal finance program for 20-to-35-year-olds. A completely practical approach delivered with a nonjudgmental style that makes readers want to do what Sethi says, it is based around the four pillars of personal finance— banking, saving, budgeting, and… Shares: Investments, Success in business, Finance, Business

The Dao of Capital Mark Spitznagel & Ron Paul · 2013 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "As today's preeminent doomsday investor Mark Spitznagel describes his Daoist and roundabout investment approach, "one gains by losing and loses by gaining." This is Austrian Investing, an archetypal, counterintuitive, and proven approach, gleaned from the 150-year-old Austrian School of economics, that is both timeless and exceedingly timely.In The Dao of Capital, hedge fund manager and… Shares: Investments, Business

Short-Term Financial Management John Zietlow · 2013 · 507p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Essential tools and guidance for effective nonprofit financial managementFinancial Management for Nonprofit Organizations provides students, professionals, and board members with a comprehensive reference for the field. Identifying key objectives and exploring current practices, this book offers practical guidance on all major aspects of nonprofit financial management. As nonprofit organizations… Shares: Finance, Business

Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth Avery Carl · 2021 From analyzing potential properties to effectively managing your listings, this book is your one-stop resource for making a profit with short-term rentals!Airbnb, Vrbo, and other listing services have become massively popular in recent years—why not tap into the gold mine? Whether you’re new to real estate investing or you want to add a new strategy to your growing portfolio, vacation rentals can… Shares: Finance, Business

Maximum Trading Gains With Anchored VWAP Brian Shannon · 2023 · ★ 4.6 Maximum Trading Gains with the Anchored VWAP results from decades of research and application by the author. It builds on Shannon's foundational book, Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes. Author Brian Shannon, CMT, explains how to use the Anchored VWAP (AVWAP) to make better entries and exits, to time breakouts and breakdowns, and to set stop losses. Both new and experienced traders and… Shares: Finance, Business

Suze Orman's Action Plan Suze Orman · 2010 Times have changed and the rules have changed, but financial security is still the goal. Do you know how to get there?There is a new reality out there--a new normal. What was once certain--that you would be able to retire comfortably, that you would pay for your kids' education, that your home would appreciate in value--is no longer a sure thing. So much has changed on the financial landscape… Shares: Finance, Business

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