A leading financial journalist presents a close-up analysis of the the stock market and economic boom and bust of the 1990s, examining the roots and causes of the crisis and discussing such topics as the collapse of Enron, the dot-com bubble, the accounting scandal and Andersen, and other key topics[...]
John Meriwether, a famously successful Wall Street trader, spent the 1980s as a partner at Salomon Brothers, establishing the best - and the brainiest - bond arbitrage group in the world. A mysterious and shy midwesterner, he knitted together a group of Ph.D.-certified arbitrageurs who rewarded him [...]
A firm introduction to value investing offers a comprehensive overview of the inner workings of this popular wealth-building strategy, examining the principles behind the process and how to use its techniques to achieve exceptional investment returns, even in today's turbulent market.[...]
Starting from scratch, simply by picking stocks and companies for investment, Warren Buffett has amassed an astonishing fortune - a net worth of $64 billion and counting. His awesome investment record has made him a cult figure popularly known for his seeming contradictions: he is a billionaire with[...]
Enhanced by a new afterword, an inside account of Warren Buffett's life and business career chronicles his childhood ambitions, Columbia Business School education, investment strategies, early investments, and affiliations with American Express, Bershire Hathaway, Coca-Cola, and ABC. Reprint. 20,000[...]
Picking up where Liar,s Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer,s desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who believed they could beat the market and, like alchemists, create limitless wealth for themselves and their partners.[...]