Recent Posts Tagged With 'money'

• The History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 13:31 in money, history, Wall Street, economics

  The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall StreetMost non-economists find the 'efficient markets hypothesis' the most absurd belief that most economists believe. The latest broadside is Justin Fox's book The Myt...

• Keeping Your Money Safe and Sound in 2009: Suze Orman's Action Plan

  Posted on Sunday April 12th, 2009 at 07:41 in money, investing, finance

  Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan: Keeping Your Money Safe and SoundSuze Orman feels your pain: "I bet you are scared. Angry, too. And confused. These are absolutely rational and appropriate responses to the global credit crisis that erupted in 2008 and ...

• The Bernie Madoff Story: New Book Explains Rise and Fall

  Posted on Saturday April 11th, 2009 at 07:33 in money, nonfiction, economics

  Catastrophe: The Story of Bernard L. Madoff, The Man Who Swindled the WorldEver play “Chutes and Ladders”?“Chutes and Ladders”, of course, was (and still is) a board game for small children. If you land on a square with a ladder, you move up ...

• Tax Free Retirement: Planning for the Future in Today's Economic Times

  Posted on Sunday March 15th, 2009 at 05:40 in Retirement, money, finance

  Tax Free RetirementIn today’s economic climate, everyone is re-thinking their retirement. Not only are baby boomers just now hitting retirement looking over their financial portfolio, but so are young adults just starting out on their retirement pl...

• Two Books on Money for These Tough Economic and Financial Times

  Posted on Wednesday January 28th, 2009 at 08:16 in money, finance, warren buffett

  The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the WorldMoney is the root of all...progress. Now there’s something you don’t hear every day outside the confines of Wall Street.Here’s another: The trouble with poor people is that they don’t have ...

• The Secrets of Wealth: New Book Delves into Rich Life

  Posted on Sunday January 25th, 2009 at 07:40 in money, wealth, nonfiction

  Rich Like Them: My Door-to-Door Search for the Secrets of Wealth in America's Richest NeighborhoodsSuppose you wanted to write a book about “how the other half lives.” Well, make that how the 1-in-200 lives. You could dig up statistics on the wea...

• Larry McMurtry's Book on Books, and P.T. Barnum's Memoir on Money Making

  Posted on Wednesday October 29th, 2008 at 15:55 in books, money, memoir, larry mcmurtry, p.t. barnum

  Books: A Memoirby Larry McMurtryYou would think that prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry, author of 28 novels and the creator of such high-profile works as The Last Picture Show,Terms of Endearment,Lonesome Dove,a...

• The Billionaire Who Wasn't, Oprah's New Book Pick, and Britian's New Cycling Legend: Three Outstanding Books

  Posted on Sunday September 21st, 2008 at 08:22 in money, cycling, oprah, billionaire, thrillers, velodrome

  The Billionaire Who Wasn’tConor O’CleryBuilding a fortune is one thing, but seeing it put to good use while you are alive is even more satisfying.In 1988, Forbes magazine’s annual list of America’s most wealthy listed Charles F Feeney as the ...