“The newbie investor will not find a better guide to personal finance.”—Burton Malkiel, author of A RANDOM WALK DOWN WALL STREETTV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don’t follow their guidance, you’ll end up in the poorhouse.They’re wrong.When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the auth...

TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don’t follow their guidance, you’ll end up in the poorhouse.They’re wrong.When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the bestselling Pound Foolish, he made an offhand suggestion: everything you need to know about managing your money could fit on an index card. To prove his point,...

An urgent, historically-grounded take on the four major factors that undermine American democracy, and what we can do to address them.While many Americans despair of the current state of U.S. politics, most assume that our system of government and democracy itself are invulnerable to decay. Yet when we examine the past, we find that the United States has undergone repeated crises of democracy, from the earliest days of the republic to the present.In Fou...

Financial journalist Nicholas Shaxson first made his reputation studying the “resource curse,” seeing first-hand the disastrous economic and societal effects of the discovery of oil in Angola. He then gained prominence as an expert on tax havens, revealing the dark corners of that world long before the scandals of the Panama and Paradise Papers. Now, in The Finance Curse, he brings his knowledge to bear in an eye-opening investigation of how banks have overbalanced the economies o...

The CBC Literary Award–winning title story from Claire Battershill’s debut collection, winner of the Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award, and a finalist for the Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award and the PEN International / New Voices Award.For as long as Susan can remember, the circus has been part of her family’s DNA – her mother was a gifted contortionist, and her grandfather played the role of a man-wrestling bear. Coming from suc...

The bestselling author of Pioneering Portfolio Management, the definitive template for institutional fund management, returns with a book that shows individual investors how to manage their financial assets.In Unconventional Success, investment legend David F. Swensen offers incontrovertible evidence that the for-profit mutual fund industry consistently fails the average investor. From excessive management fees to the frequent "churning" of portfo...

What most people don't realize is that it's very possible to invest to create income. When you know where you should look, it's actually easy to invest wisely in specific investment vehicles that return a steady income to you, year after year. That's what we'll learn about in this book. You'll learn about ways to develop a strong investment portfolio that is able to grow in value automatically – if you set it up the right way.The real key behind becoming a Dividend Millionaire is to adopt ...

A troubled economy calls for answers. Forget complicated, abstract philosophy—people need sound financial advice that's easy to follow and can be implemented immediately. For the first time, a leading financial adviser has developed a remarkable set of guidelines to give individuals the same kind of objective insight into their personal finances that successful businesses have. Your Money Ratios will help readers effectively manage debt, invest prudently, and develop a realistic a...

This is a Beginner's Basic Guide to Investing in the Stock Market.There is no limit to how much money you can make in the stock market except the limits you set for yourself. This book will show you how to build lasting success in the stock market.Other Books:The Dividend Millionaire: Investing for Income and winning in the stock marketInvesting in Gold and Silver Bullion: The Ultimate Safe Haven Investments...

Protect your money with this “accessible and practical” guide to hiring and working with financial advisors (Publishers Weekly, starred review).Hiring a trained expert to safeguard and grow your wealth seems like a foolproof decision, but it can go awry for many people. You should never blindly trust that your advisor has your best interests at heart—and while there are many benefits to working with a financial pro, there are some things you should know fi...

Ever heard of longevity risk? Recent research shows that around 80% of current workers of all ages will not have enough retirement money to last a comfortable independent retirement.The primary reason people risk running out of money is that they’re making the wrong investment choices for their retirement nest egg while they are working. This invaluable blueprint offers far better choices to help you secure a comfortable and independent retirement.In Blueprint t...

Knowledge is power and nowhere does this hold more truth than in investing.Clearly, investing in silver and gold will help protect your assets in the event of a currency collapse. While many people claim this can’t happen, there are just as many signs pointing to it as a serious possibility. If global currency collapse does occur, you will need to have some form of wealth protection in place that not only ensures you are protecting the value of your assets but can also be converted ...