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Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)
by Collins Business (Paperback) (Release Date: 2003-07-08)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
by Texere (Hardcover)

George Soros
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
by PublicAffairs (Hardcover)

In the midst of the most serious financial upheaval since the Great Depression, legendary financier George Soros explores the origins of the crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the context of decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity. “This is the worst financial crisis since the 1930s,” writes Soros in characterizing the scale of financial distress spreading across Wall Street and other financial centers around the world. In a concise essay that combines practical insight with philosophical depth, Soros makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the great credit crisis and its implications for our nation and the world.

Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
by Pocket (Paperback) (Release Date: 2000-11-28)

Eugene F. Brigham, Michael C. Ehrhardt
Financial Management: Theory & Practice (with Thomson ONE - Business School Edition 1-Year Printed Access Card)
by South-Western College Pub (Hardcover)

Written for and praised by students just like you, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE gives you relevant, practical, and easy-to-understand information covering all of the financial management topics you need to succeed in this course. Underlying theory is presented first in an accessible style and then followed by the practical application.

Charles R. Morris
The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash
by PublicAffairs (Paperback) (Release Date: 2009-02-09)

Now fully updated with the latest financial developments, this is the bestselling book that briefly and brilliantly explains how we got into the economic mess that is the Credit Crunch. With the housing markets unravelling daily and distress signals flying throughout the rest of the economy, there is little doubt that we are facing a fierce recession. In crisp, gripping prose, Charles R. Morris shows how got into this mess. He explains the arcane financial instruments, the chicanery, the policy mis-judgments, the dogmas, and the delusions that created the greatest credit bubble in world history.Paul Volcker slew the inflation dragon in the early 1980s, and set the stage for the high performance economy of the 1980s and 1990s. But Wall Street's prosperity soon tilted into gross excess. The astronomical leverage at major banks and their hedge fund and private equity clients led to massive disruption in global markets. A quarter century of free-market zealotry that extolled asset ...

Mark Zandi
Financial Shock: A 360º Look at the Subprime Mortgage Implosion, and How to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis
by FT Press (Hardcover)

"In Financial Shock, Mr. Zandi provides a concise and lucid account of the economic, political and regulatory forces behind this binge." --The Wall Street Journal "Aggressive builders, greedy lenders, optimistic home buyers: Zandi succinctly dissects the mortgage mess from start to (one hopes) finish." --U.S. News and World Report "If you wonder how it could be possible for a subprime mortgage loan to bring the global financial system and the U.S. economy to its knees, you should read this book. No one is better qualified to provide this insight and advice than Mark Zandi." -- Larry Kudlow, Host, CNBC's Kudlow & Company "Every once in a while a book comes along that's so important, it commands recognition. This is one of them. Zandi provides a rilliant blow-by-blow account of how greed, stupidity, and recklessness brought the first major economic crises of the 21st entury and the most serious since the Great Depression." --Bernard Baumohl,Managing Director, The Economic ...

Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan
Essentials of Corporate Finance
by McGraw-Hill/Irwin (Hardcover)

Essentials of Corporate Finance, 6/e by Ross, Westerfield, and Jordan is written to convey the most important concepts and principles of corporate finance at a level that is approachable for a wide audience. The authors retain their modern approach to finance, but have distilled the subject down to the essential topics in 18 chapters. They believe that understanding the �why� is just as important, if not more so, than understanding the �how,� especially in an introductory course. Three basic themes emerge as their central focus:. 1. An emphasis on intuition�separate and explain the principles at work on a common sense, intuitive level before launching into specifics. Underlying ideas are discussed first in general terms, then followed by specific examples that illustrate in more concrete terms how a financial manager might proceed in a given situation.. 2. A unified valuation approach�Net Present Value is treated as the basic concept underlying corporate ...

Peter Lynch
One Up On Wall Street (6 PACK) CASSETTE
by Sound Ideas (Audio Cassette)

In easy-to-follow terminology, Lynch offers directions for sorting out the long shots from the no shots by spending just a few minutes with a company's financial statements. His advice for producing "tenbaggers" can turn a stock portfolio into a star performer!

Stephen A. Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance: Standard Edition (Irwin/McGraw-Hill series in finance, insurance, and real estate)
by McGraw-Hill Education (Hardcover)

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