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Financier Rogers retired at 37 and motorcycled around the world, turning the trip into the book Investment Biker, a hybrid of business advice and travelogue. That journey, however, failed to squelch his wanderlust. Instead of enjoying his sedate life teaching finance, Rogers decided to take his fiancée and a souped-up Mercedes on a frighteningly intense road trip: three years, 116 countries and 152,000 miles. Like the car that plowed through snow, mud, sand and highways on every continent, Rogers's memoir of the journey is its own breed. Although Rogers writes, far too briefly, of life-changing events like getting married and hearing of his father's death, the book has an uncommon level of detachment. Also, even though Rogers shares investment advice and observations about the planet's political economies, his thoughts are too general to serve as business lessons. The result is an adventure tale without heart and a finance book without teeth. Rogers tries to make up for this by describing experiences like eating fried silkworms and watching prostitutes caught in the world's sex trade. Mainly, though, he chronicles prosaic details, like taking car ferries and talking to border guards, and then riffs on politics, money, immigration and culture. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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This follow-up to Bach's bestseller, The Automatic Millionaire, guides listeners step-by-step through the transformation from renter to homeowner to landlord. Bach's typical can-do attitude shines through, whether the book is outlining the pros and cons of various types of mortgages or sharing the story of one couple who used home equity as a gateway to financial independence and comfort in retirement. Unfortunately, the audio abridgment has a few glitches, including a misstep in the fifth chapter, which prematurely congratulates listeners on understanding what their credit report is, before knowing how to make sure it's accurate. This topic is not addressed until the following chapter ("Your Credit Score: The Holy Grail of Mortgage Lending"), so listeners may understandably be confused. Also, although actor Oliver Wyman has a beautiful voice, the slick Casey Kasem–style delivery feels wrong for a book that rightly keeps insisting that it is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Bach's solid and time-tested financial advice deserves better than this infomercialesque treatment, which seems more about style than the commonsense approach that is Bach's personal signature. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Charles Schwab's Guide to Financial Independence: Simple Solutions for Busy People, by the founder of the pioneering discount brokerage firm that bears his name, is a nuts-and-bolts handbook for people who recognize the importance of investing, but know little, or nothing, about how to do it. Charts that illustrate complex financial concepts and worksheets that help readers prepare individual fiscal agendas keep the focus on making proper choices and developing workable plans. Utilizing his 40 years of financial experience, and relying completely on his admitted bias for stocks, Schwab explains the ins and outs of planning an investment, choosing the components and bracing for taxes, putting the plan into action, and preparing for future developments. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Clash of the Titans: How the Unbridled Ambition of Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch Have Created Global Empires That Control What We Read and by Richard Hack and Scott Brick (Audio Cassette - Jan 1 2003)

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What do Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch want out of life? Apart from the usual pleasures--love, fortune, good health--they apparently want to control the world's media. And, to judge by this account, each wants the other's head on a platter.

"In another time, they might have dueled on a grassy plain with muskets, or faced each other at high noon at opposite ends of a dusty street, holsters slung low on their hips," writes media/entertainment pundit Hack. Turner and Murdoch have chosen to fight it out, with undisguised venom, in a singularly public venue--Turner through CNN and other networks, Murdoch through Sky and Fox TV, plus a host of magazines and newspapers. Turner espouses liberal views while Murdoch is a hard-line conservative, but both are supreme "controllers of information" and "manipulators of public opinion," according to Hack. Their fight has cost billions of dollars, and it's wounded more than a few bystanders. It has also, as Hack rightly notes, set the tone for the contemporary press, for the worse, sacrificing journalistic integrity in the interest of two "competing political agendas ... until there is one.

Common Sense on Mutual Funds : 3 CD's by John C Bogle (Audio CD - Jun 19 2000) ISBN-10: 1560159529

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Invoking the words and spirit of Thomas Paine, investor-turned-historian John Bogle concedes that his ideas for revamping the mutual-fund industry are perhaps "not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor." But despite likening the "ills and injustices suffered by mutual fund investors" to those "our forebears suffered under English tyranny," Bogle--founder of the Vanguard Group--makes a strong case for index funds with this exhaustive study of investing.

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This program takes a fundamental view of what it takes to be a top-drawer business worthy of your investment dollar. It's based on traditional company variables like capitalization, market position, and labor relations, and some new variables like organizational adaptability and leadership depth and vision. The broad thinking and nuances are so intuitive and clearly drawn that listeners won't even realize how abstract and intelligent this writing is. The impressive piece of work is nicely abridged, and George Guidall is as connected to the material as anyone could be. Still, this is not for the cognitively challenged, nor for overly aggressive investors nor those with money hang-ups. A great resource for understanding why some companies are great and which ones will be. T.W. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Forbes: Greatest Investing Stories by Richard Phalon, Edward Lewis, and David Hilder (MP3 CD - May 2003) ISBN-10: 0786190094

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MEET THE MOST SUCCESSFUL INVESTORS IN HISTORY---AND PROFIT FROM THEIR STORIES "A superb book on a subject of increasing consequence to rapidly growing numbers of Americans." -Steve Forbes, President, CEO, and Editor in Chief, Forbes Take the advice of some of the most successful investors Wall Street has ever seen and you will gain a lifetime of priceless investment experience. From the "ten points" Benjamin Graham adhered to when picking value stocks to the simple formula of "bet the jockey, not the horse," created by Georges Doriot, each story carries a different lesson to becoming a better investor. Don't pass up this opportunity to enhance your investment performance and knowledge by acting on the successes (and avoiding the errors) of the legendary investment professionals covered in this book. Richard Phalon tells some of the most successful investing stories of all time through the personalities of the participants. The book amuses as it instructs and will help you put tried investment techniques to work. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman and his wife Rose teamed to write this convincing guide that illustrates the crucial link between Adam Smith's capitalism and a free society. 9 cassettes. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title

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Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights are based on the notion that economics is dull, or that economists are concerned only with finance itself, Steven D. Levitt will change some minds. In Freakonomics (written with Stephen J. Dubner), Levitt argues that many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious: They could be illuminated and made even more fascinating by asking the right questions and drawing connections. For example, Levitt traces the drop in violent crime rates to a drop in violent criminals and, digging further, to the Roe v. Wade decision that preempted the existence of some people who would be born to poverty and hardship. Elsewhere, by analyzing data gathered from innercity Chicago drug-dealing gangs, Levitt outlines a corporate structure much like McDonald's, where the top bosses make great money while scores of underlings make something below minimum wage. And in a section that may alarm or relieve worried parents, Levitt argues that parenting methods don't really matter much and that a backyard swimming pool is much more dangerous than a gun. These enlightening chapters are separated by effusive passages from Dubner's 2003 profile of Levitt in The New York Times Magazine, which led to the book being written. In a book filled with bold logic, such back-patting veers Freakonomics, however briefly, away from what Levitt actually has to say. Although maybe there's a good economic reason for that too, and we're just not getting it yet. --John Moe

Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't by John R., Jr. Lott and Brian Emerson (Audio Cassette - Jun 2007) ISBN-10: 0786149507

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Fundamental Analysis, Value Investing and Growth Investing by Roger Lowenstein, Janet C. Lowe, and Louis Rukeyser (Audio CD - Aug 2006) ISBN-10: 0786164875

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Get Your Share by Julie Stav and Deborah Adamson (Audio Cassette - May 1 2001) ISBN-10: 1559276797

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Financial planner and broker Julie Stav has been helping women get rich for years through her network of investment clubs and her media and speaking appearances. Now, for the first time, she offers her hands-on techniques and inspiring advice in a program that does the seemingly impossible: it simplifies the stock market and puts a new world of wealth within reach.

Getting Started in Options by Micheal C Thomsett (Audio Cassette - Aug 2000)

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Anyone mystified by stock options or who simply dismisses them as too speculative will find Getting Started in Options an excellent first read on the subject. Beginning with the premise that it's not the complexity of the investment but that of its language that makes options difficult for new investors to understand, author Michael C. Thomsett has created a guided tour through the lexicon. The result is a nontechnical introduction to these specialized markets.

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A hundred thousand investors already know the place to start is this best-selling guide by Alvin D. Hall, whose dynamic style of teaching investment professionals has earned him the moniker, the Professor of Wall Street.

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For centuries, gold has been considered a safe haven. To what degree should investors seek security in gold, or in other kinds of "hard money"? Here, the authors discuss the financial writers and gurus whose analysis and comments reflect--and sometimes influence--the world of financial economics. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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Levinson's new book is a nuts-and-bolts approach to his revolutionary guerrilla marketing technique, targeted to the more than 11 million small and medium-sized businesses nationwide in need of successful marketing solutions. Levinson identifies 100 "weapons" that minimize expenses and maximize profits. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Rare is the opportunity to chat with a legendary figure and hear the unvarnished truth about what really goes on behind the scenes. Step inside the world of Wall Street with Barton Biggs as he discusses investing in general, hedge funds in particular, and how he has learned to find and profit from the best moneymaking opportunities in an eat-what-you-kill, cutthroat investment world.

How to Get Started in Real Estate Investing by Robert Irwin (Audio Cassette - Jun 25 2003) ISBN-10: 0972446265

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This book walks readers through all the ins and outs of real estate investing. He fills them inon everything they need to know to start building a winnning real estate investment strategy..

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Enlightening, practical look at what REITs are, how they work, what properties they own, and why they deserve an important place in any diversified investment portfolio.

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For very savvy investors, comfortable in the complex world of investing in stocks, Graja and Ungar present an excellent resource focusing on a niche in the investment worldAsmall-cap stocks. This term defines small companies having a total capitalization of less than $1 billion. Advice from top money managers in reputable investment firms on how to get the most value out of these stocks is succinctly summarized here, including tips on picking the winners, managing the volatility of smaller companies, finding "cheap" stocks ready for gain, and integrating these small caps into a larger portfolio of diverse investments. The brisk narration of this very technical but very useful material keeps the listener tuned in. Recommended for academic libraries supporting a business and finance curriculum and larger public libraries in communities with active investment clubs.ADale Farris, Groves, TX
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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After telling the story of his own trading days in Confessions of a Street Addict, Cramer appeases fans hoping for advice on how to duplicate his success with their own investment portfolios. But not without some strong caveats: his approach requires devoting at least an hour a week to educating yourself about each stock you own. But since most pros are "rank amateurs themselves," anyone willing to do the work should consider getting in.

John Neff on Investing by John Neff, S. L. Mintz, and Edward Lewis (MP3 CD - April 2006) ISBN-10: 0786174706

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In the investment-management business, it's best to take bows quickly. Unless, of course, you're John Neff, a living legend, who as manager of Vanguard's Windsor Fund beat the market in 22 out of 31 years. Neff grew Windsor to become the largest mutual fund by combing the bargain basement for quality merchandise and selling as other investors caught on. In John Neff on Investing, he explains how he scoured the daily list of stocks hitting new lows, the "dusty rag and bone shop of the market," to find out-of-favor companies with low price/earnings ratios, those growing faster than seven percent a year, that paid generous dividends. He shows how to distinguish misunderstood and overlooked stocks from those with lackluster prospects.

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Contrary to efficient-market naysayers, this engaging investment primer contends that ordinary stock-market investors can indeed get better-than-market returns over the long haul. Greenblatt (You Can Be a Stock Market Genius), a Columbia Business School adjunct professor, touts a "value-oriented" approach that looks for bargain stocks whose share price is cheap relative to the company's profitability. His version is a "magic formula" that ranks stocks on the basis of two variables—the earnings yield and the business's return on capital. His Web site, magicformulainvesting.com, virtually automates the procedure for novices. Greenblatt offers lots of statistical proof of the formula's success, but emphasizes the importance of faith in seeing the investor through inevitable short-term downturns: "It will be your belief in the overwhelming logic of the magic formula that will make the formula work for you in the long run." He conveys his ideas through a lucid if rudimentary and rather corny explanation of basic investment concepts about risk, return, interest and business valuation. Although the fabulous returns he touts seem too good to be true, Greenblatt's formula is a reasonable variant of mainstream value-investing methods. Investors seeking a little more hands-on excitement than the average mutual fund offers won't go too far wrong following his advice. (Jan.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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If you're like many in the baby-boom generation, retirement is just now starting to loom on the horizon, as is the prospect of sending your kids to college. If you've never put together an investment plan for yourself or your family, then the Smart Guide to Making Wise Investments may be a good start. Written by Gordon K. Williamson, an attorney and financial planner, this book provides a good overview of the many investment avenues available, from mutual funds and stocks to annuities and real estate. Williamson looks at the financial mistakes that many tend to make (such as buying a new car every few years and investing too conservatively) and explodes common myths about retirement (guess what--most of us will be living and working longer than we think). The book's final chapter shows how to build a financial plan and evaluate your own tolerance for risk. --Harry C. Edwards --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Take the mystery out of wealth building with a 12-step approach that can be used by anyone to turn the money they have into the wealth they want. Known as the Millionaire Maker, Loral Langemeier brings financial independence to thousands of her loyal followers. She reaches these people through her seminars, radio interviews, and speaking engagements.

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Go back in time for a minute, when the Motley Fool's last big investment book was first published in January 1999. The NASDAQ was hovering at around 2300, stocks like Cisco and Microsoft were leading the markets up, and the Motley Fool had four books on Amazon's bestseller lists, including Rule Breakers, Rule Makers, which for that month was listed at No. 3. Since then, the stock market has boomed and crashed, the economy has sunk in and out of recession, and millions of investors (including the Fools) have watched their stock portfolios shrink. In What to Do with Your Money Now, the Gardner brothers draw lessons from the mistakes that lead to the bust and offer a plethora of advice aimed at guiding investors in this more sober economic environment. Much of what they recommend echoes the practical advice offered in their earlier books (e.g., create a financial plan, get out of debt), while other prescriptions offer a truer reflection of the times (e.g., consider CDs, invest in high-dividend stocks as well as bond and index funds). While the events of the last few years have humbled the Fools somewhat, they've lost none of their trademark humor, and fans and newcomers alike should find lots to latch onto in this book. --Harry C. Edwards --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Go back in time for a minute, when the Motley Fool's last big investment book was first published in January 1999. The NASDAQ was hovering at around 2300, stocks like Cisco and Microsoft were leading the markets up, and the Motley Fool had four books on Amazon's bestseller lists, including Rule Breakers, Rule Makers, which for that month was listed at No. 3. Since then, the stock market has boomed and crashed, the economy has sunk in and out of recession, and millions of investors (including the Fools) have watched their stock portfolios shrink. In What to Do with Your Money Now, the Gardner brothers draw lessons from the mistakes that lead to the bust and offer a plethora of advice aimed at guiding investors in this more sober economic environment. Much of what they recommend echoes the practical advice offered in their earlier books (e.g., create a financial plan, get out of debt), while other prescriptions offer a truer reflection of the times (e.g., consider CDs, invest in high-dividend stocks as well as bond and index funds). While the events of the last few years have humbled the Fools somewhat, they've lost none of their trademark humor, and fans and newcomers alike should find lots to latch onto in this book. --Harry C. Edwards --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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While most investors avoid Internet stocks like the plague, Wall Street Journal and CNBC correspondent Stephen Frank thinks the sector is worth a second look. In NetWorth, Frank sorts through the wreckage of the dot-com crash and offers a framework by which savvy investors can assess who the winners will be in the next few years. Frank's basic premise: the Internet is here to stay, and that every company will in some way soon be an Internet company. He begins the book with an insightful chapter on the merger of AOL and Time Warner, calling the new company "the paradigm of the new economy." Frank then examines all the categories of Internet stocks and the companies within, including consumer (Amazon.com, Yahoo!, E-Trade), business to business (Ariba, I2, DoubleClick), and infrastructure companies (Akamai, Oracle, VeriSign). In all, NetWorth is a useful overview of this downtrodden sector that should interest anyone with a long investing horizon and a contrarian point of view. --Harry C. Edwards --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The New Buffettology : How Warren Buffett Got and Stayed Rich in Markets Like This and How You Can Too! by Mary Buffett and David Clark (Audio CD - Sep 1 2002) ISBN-10: 0743524934

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The New Buffetology is the firts guide to Warren Buffett's selective contrarian investment strategy for exploiting down stocks -- a strategy that has made him the nation second-richest person. Designed to teach investors how to decipher and use financial information the way Buffett himself does, this audiobook quides investors through opportunity-reach bear markets, walking them step-by-step through the equations and formulas Buffett uses to to determine what to buy, what to sell -- and when. Authors Mary Buffett and David Clark explore Buffett's recent investment in detail, proving time and again that his strategy has earned enormous profits at the time no one expect them to -- and and with almost zero risk to his capital.

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This up-to-the-minute new paperback edition, includes 75 of Rowland's signature DOs and DON'Ts with practical, savvy solutions for the problems, frustrations, and missed opportunities encountered by anyone who owns shares in mutual funds. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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For over 15 years, New York Times bestselling author Harry S. Dent, Jr. has been uncannily accurate in predicting the financial future. In his three previous works, Dent predicted the financial recession of the early 90s, the economic expansion of the mid-90s, and the financial free-for-all of 1998-2000.

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Real estate remains the only reliable investment in which profits can be made consistently. Whether employment figures and stock prices are high or low, the real estate market never dries up -- it is one of the most dynamic income-producing vehicles ever created. There will always be plenty of foreclosures, which are great opportunities to purchase properties cheaply. Nothing Down for the 200's shows you how to locate the best buys, deal with real estate agents, and manage properties, all with little -- or no -- money down. Discover step-by-step techniques and dynamic strategies to:

• Use real estate to build monthly income
• Finance bargain properties for equity or cash flow
• Obtain direct legal tax cuts
• Sell and trade for maximum gain
• Increase property value
• Use owner financing to create opportunities
• Learn effective negotiation techniques, and much more

Excellent for beginners or experienced investors, Nothing Down for the 200's is the key to generating low-risk, high-profit wealth, and to a potential future of security and financial independence.

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Several years ago, after helpful nudges from Oprah and Rush Limbaugh, Thomas Stanley and William Danko found themselves sitting atop the best-seller charts with The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy (1996), in which they profiled the surprisingly frugal lifestyles and spending habits of America's "hidden" millionaires. Now Edelman hopes to garner the same attention with this survey of 5,000 of his clients who are "predominately middle-class" but successful investors. Edelman, a financial planner and popular talk-show host, is already the author of The New Rules of Money: 88 Strategies for Financial Success Today (1998) and The Truth about Money: "Because Money Doesn't Come with Instructions" (1996). He uncovers eight basic "secrets" that, in several cases, run counter to prevailing financial wisdom. Don't pay down your mortgage! Don't diversify your retirement plan contributions! After explaining each strategy, Edelman lets his survey respondents speak "in their own words." David Rouse --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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With nerves of steel and a cool head, mutual-fund manager Mark Mobius travels the globe in search of good, undiscovered companies in risky, emerging markets. In Passport to Profits, he takes you on a enlightening international tour, from Estonia to Russia to Nigeria. He shows you how he's established a winning long-term record at Franklin Templeton funds, up an average 20 percent a year between 1987 and 1997. "I'd toured rubber plantations in Thailand and road-tested bikes over the pothole-ridden roads of rural China. I'd choked on roasted camel's meat, sheep's eyeball, guinea pig and dined (surprisingly well) on scorpions on toast," Mobius writes, "all to find undervalued companies before other investors do. I think you could safely say that I'm driven."

Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Trader by Martin Schwartz, Dave Morine, and Ian Esmo (Audio CD - April 2006) ISBN-10: 0786168870

Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Trader by Martin Schwartz, Dave Morine, and Ian Esmo (MP3 CD - April 2006) ISBN-10: 0786174684

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Welcome to the world of Martin "Buzzy" Schwartz, Champion Trader--the man whose nerves of steel and killer instinct in the canyons of Wall Street earned him the well-deserved name "Pit Bull." This is the true story of how Schwartz became the best of the best, of the people and places he discovered along the way and of the trader’s tricks and techniques he used to make his millions.

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Bearing the brand name from the #1 New York Times bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad, PROTECTING YOUR #1 ASSET will familiarize listeners with the basics they need for protecting their company's critically important rights involving copyright, patents, trademarks, and all other aspects of intellectual property. In today's high-tech world, there are all sorts of new rules being formulated when it comes to protecting one's 'rights' in the market. Software concerns, fair usage of documents, copyright piracy-these are real concerns that cost companies millions of lost revenues each year. PROTECTING YOUR #1 ASSET shows how knowing how to protect your rights (and how not infringe on the rights of others) can be the difference between a big payday and financial ruin.

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Rich Dad's Guide to Investing : What The Rich Invest In, That The Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T Kiyosaki and C.P.A, Sharon L Lechter (Audio CD - Mar 1 2001) ISBN-10: 1586210920

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The rich are different from the rest of us, if for no other reason than U.S. tax and securities laws allow them to invest in ways that keep us from catching up to them. That's why 90 percent of all corporate shares of stock are owned by 10 percent of the people. Kiyosaki believes it's possible for anyone to move up into that 10 percent, but it takes a different view of investing than most people have: it takes a plan to be a successful investor. And a plan is more than simply buying and selling, or collecting "assets" that bring in no cash and are thus more akin to liabilities. The way most people invest, "they might as well be pushing a wheelbarrow in a circle," he writes. A plan is "mechanical, automatic, and boring," a formula for success that has worked historically for most of those who've used it. Kiyosaki's "rich dad" (actually, the father of his best friend) tells him the simplest analogy is the game Monopoly: buy four green houses, trade them for one red hotel, and repeat until you become rich.

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The eighth book in the Rich Dad series reveals the financial wisdom of the rich, which is neither taught in schools nor discussed in the popular financial press. The authors begin with an example of the Zen master-student relationship that Kiyosaki had with his Rich Dad mentor. Kiyosaki had made the mistake of many inexperienced investors and bought into a mutual fund he knew nothing about; his Rich Dad let him stay with the bad investment for months to learn the lesson of patience. Kiyosaki also learned that the common advice to "invest for the long term, buy, hold and diversify" is not really advice but actually a sales pitch, and it teaches very little about how to become a smart investor. The reason most people continue to choose mutual-fund investing is because it is so easy, and that is also why it is inherently risky. Kiyosaki and his coauthor emphasize investing in asset classes other than equities, such as a business venture, real estate, and paper assets like hedge funds and options. These approaches require more thought, education, and effort than does simply handing one's money over to a financial company and allowing a stranger to control it, but the risks are lower and the potential financial rewards can be much greater. Certain to be in demand at the circulation desk. David Siegfried
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Whether it's the invisible chat room jockey pumping penny stocks or the silver-haired Peter Lynch hawking Fidelity Investments, finding financial advice these days is pretty easy, and for most of us the real problem is not getting advice, it's getting good advice. Which is something that Terry Savage dispenses in good measure in The Savage Truth on Money.

It's not that Savage has found a new way to get rich. She hasn't. What makes this book work is her commonsense approach to attaining financial security. At the heart of Savage's advice is the notion that getting ahead is a matter of "self-discipline," which "means making knowledgeable decisions based on a rational assessment of likely results and then sticking to your decisions in the face of emotional upheaval." Forget about sticking your head in the sand--for Savage, knowledge is power, and knowledge begins when you examine your own relationship to money. She encourages getting online as way to manage your finances, educate yourself, and seek out new opportunities. The book is filled with insights on topics such as risk management, investing in mutual funds, saving for college, and buying insurance.

Savage's experience as a financial journalist (print, television, online), stockbroker, the first woman member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, as well as her service on the Board of Directors of McDonald's and Devon Energy Corporation brings a air of credibility that's hard to find in books of this ilk. The Savage Truth on Money is for people who think seriously about their money, no matter how smart they think they are. --Harry C. Edwards --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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In his own words, Rukeyser shares his investing expertise with listeners on such topics as money managers, mutual funds, deal makers, brokers and bankers, taxes, asset protection, estate planning, and much more. 4 cassettes. .

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With remarkable candor, Soros traces his progress from Holocaust survivor to philosophy student, failed tobacco salesman to the world's most powerful and profitable trader. He explains his motivations for establishing the Soros Foundation and the Open Society Fund through which he worked to bring about the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and an end to Apartheid in South Africa. Simultaneous hardcover release from John Wiley and Sons. 4 cassettes.

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Excellent! A must read for all investors. IBD is a great newspaper and this book reflects Bill O'Niels insight into the markets. It has some very good advice for everyone investing.

Swiss Gnomes and Global Investing by Ron Holland, Alex Green, and Louis Rukeyser (Audio Cassette - April 1998)

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With unprecedented accessincluding personal interviews with Donald Trump himselfone of the nations leading business journalists reveals the good, the bad, and most of all, the ridiculous truth behind the public image of The Donald. Whatever anyone thinks of Donald Trump, the truth is far more complexand fascinating. Instead of society nightlife, most evenings hes at home watching TV and munching Oreos. He has a line of clothing and bottled water emblazoned with his image, yet he needed a loan from his siblings to stay afloat. His name is featured on some of the worlds most magnificent buildings and casinos, while a $1.8 billion debt hangs over his company. Hell use a friends cell phone to save money on a call. Hell call a journalist a total whack job on television, then turn around and invite him to fly down to Palm Beach on his private jet. These are the contradictions of Trumps world, and beneath the public faade, theres a man few people ever see. Now, New York Times business reporter Timothy L. OBrien pulls back the velvet curtain surrounding The Donaldwith access rarely granted to a reporter beforeand takes the polish off the image of Americas so called most popular billionaire. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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The Warren Buffett Portfolio by Robert Hagstrom (Audio Cassette - Oct 8 2002)

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It's no secret that most mutual funds fail to beat the performance of the S&P 500. And if the pros can't beat the averages, it's not unreasonable to assume that most individual investors can't, either. Why? According to Robert Hagstrom, author of The Warren Buffett Portfolio, a big reason is the industry's emphasis on diversification. In the interest of minimizing risk, many investors have "become intellectually numb to its inevitable consequence: mediocre results." As a result, they wind up owning too many stocks and churn their portfolios unnecessarily (for example, the average mutual fund holds 100 stocks and turns over 80 percent of its portfolio annually). In The Warren Buffett Portfolio, Hagstrom shows how Buffett and others use the idea of focus investing to organize winning portfolios.

The Warren Buffett Way, 2nd Edition by Robert Hagstrom (Audio CD - Oct 26 2004) ISBN-10: 0739315706

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Warren Buffett is a savvy investor and notoriously brilliant stockpiler who can raise the price of a company's stock simply by purchasing its shares. This fascinating book covers his life and his innovative, highly successful investment theories and tactics that encourage investors to act like owners--building and reengineering companies instead of stripping and selling them. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Winning the Loser's Game by Charles D. Ellis (Audio Cassette - Mar 25 2004) ISBN-10: 193237826X (English)

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By far the best book on investment policy.--Peter Drucker

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By day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and international globe-trotting. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht, crashed a Gulfstream jet, and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife and kids who waited for him at home, and the fast-talking, hard-partying young stockbrokers who called him king and did his bidding, here, in his own inimitable words, is the story of the ill-fated genius they called…

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Your Money Matters, by prolific financial author and TV commentator Jonathan Pond, proposes a 21-point money-management program for those nearing retirement age as well as those for whom retirement is still a distant consideration. With humor and a clever division of the particulars into tip-packed chapters bearing such titles as "Live Beneath Your Means (Without Depriving Yourself)," "Learn How to Tolerate Your Loved One's Annoying Financial Habits," and "Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, but Pigs and Lambs Get Slaughtered," Pond dispenses a wealth of practical data on handling "the most important financial matters that you'll need to attend to in the 21st century." A bold claim, but one backed up with a slew of sensible suggestions for increasing your savings and apportioning the resultant nest egg to provide comfortably for your future needs. Along the way, Pond offers opinions and outlines applicable strategies on issues including technology stocks as a viable investment, the need for long-term-care insurance, and the best ways to fund a child's education or the care for an aging parent. He also includes pointers to pages on his Web site that offer additional information on health-insurance plans, home-equity loans, investment-allocation procedures, and many other supportive issues. --Howard Rothman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.