books about: financial

books about: financial

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Financial

Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (Wiley Investment Classics)

Charles P. Kindleberger, Robert Aliber

Wiley, 2005

Manias, Panics, and Crashes
I gave this book to my grandson who is majoring at UCSD in economics. He has not had any course yet covering the history of financial crashes, etc. and finds it fascinating to compare past times with the present economic slowdown. Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History ...

The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It

Robert J. Shiller

Princeton University Press, 2008

Clear and insightful book on the subprime crisis
Robert Shiller's book doesn't warrant some of the negative reviews on here. In an age of talking heads and pundits who argue more so on the basis of philosophy than on any factual evidence, this book's clear and evidence based examination of the subprime crisis ...

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash

Charles R. Morris

PublicAffairs, 2008

Upset by the financial crises, and puzzled too? Read this
This book came out in early March '08, long before the financial collapse. Yet here is what he predicts: "In this book I lay out...the likely course of writedowns and defaults...It comes out to about $1 trillion. Scary as that number is, it assumes an orderly ...

The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy

David M. Smick

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

World Class
This is an excellent book. The author keeps you focused and moving from chapter to chapter without repetition or minutia. The topic is covered with exceptional detail and in the end leaves the reader with invaluable insight. Simply put, it's an essential topic and an ...

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means

George Soros

PublicAffairs, 2008

briliant
I agree with Sosors predictions on market crisis...i particularly enjoyed the second half of the book which focussed more on the market and his theory on how the crisis would unfold...if u r not interested in philosophy or mathematics, just open the book in the middle ...

When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change

Mohamed El-Erian

McGraw-Hill, 2008

A Must Buy Book For The Chaos Ahead..
This new world order of financial chaos scares me to death. It is certainly not about me personally but rather my family and what I will leave behind for them. I bought Mohamed El-Erian's book around the same time I bought Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming ...

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Timothy Ferriss

Crown, 2007

We did it!
I started reading this book last October and was inspired by the mini-retirement aspect. Ironically, I was let go from my job during the time I was reading this. I discussed taking a mini retirement with my husband and convinced him we could go away for the summer ...

Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter

Business Plus, 2000

Rich in other ways too!
When I first purchased this book, it was for the simple purpose of trying to educate myself more on the concepts of how the millionaires create their success. While I was not disappointed in any way with the context, what surprised me was that many of the fundamentals ...

The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

Dave Ramsey

Thomas Nelson, 2007

love this book
I just love this book and the stories from real people. I pretty much believe in what Dave is about so it was not hard to follow his advice. I think for anyone who is interested in getting out of debt this is the start. Purchase this book. He is even funny which ...

Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books)

Peter D. Schiff, John Downes

Wiley, 2007

Novice here...
I'm a complete novice to finances. Or at least I was before I read Crash Proof. It made all of those fancy stock market terms easy to understand. I was already anticipating some kind of crash because Ron Paul was saying it was coming, and he's been right every time! ...

Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life
John C. Bogle

Wiley, 2008

Enough! is a piece of work that simply has not been seen by the likes of Jack Bogle before. Sure, the world knows of his legendary financial mind. He is the Father of Index Investing. He is the founder of Vanguard. He is St. Jack. And now he wants to share his own journey, filled with famous characters and telling anecdotes, that aims to teach ...

The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke

Suze Orman

Riverhead Trade, 2007

Very Helpful!
Great book, answered so many questions, and has great explanations that are easy to understand. I have recommended this to all my 20-something-year-old friends!

The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm

Robert F. Bruner, Sean D. Carr

Wiley, 2007

A nice lesson in economics
This small book does a good job of explaining the Panic that led to the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank. In 1907, JP Morgan was powerful enough, and the world of finance was small enough, that one man could stem the tide. He was 70 years old and had had enough ...

Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom

Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter

Business Plus, 2000

Great book to follow Rich Dad, Poor Dad
I really liked this book. It was just as good if not better than Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I recomend it.

Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements: The Search for the Company with a Durable ...

Mary Buffett, David Clark

Scribner, 2008

Great for the beginning to intermediate investor!
If you have an underlined copy of Security Analysis (Ben Graham's 700 page treatise on value investing) sitting on your desk or you are a professional money manager you may or may not find this book interesting. But if you are a beginner to intermediate investor who ...