Make RATIONAL decisions in the IRRATIONAL world of investing"Readers will find within these pages new truths that will help transform their thinking. This is more relevant than the latest strategies, trading systems, or technical chart formations."--William J. Brodsky, Chairman and CEO, Chicago Board Options Exchange"Koppel offers pioneering insights, backed by substantial research, that help explain how psychology influ...

Bold, Profound, Funny “I’m alive in the Nighthawks, above a coral reef of truth and lies, the recipient of far too many short Joe Louis’s and a series of long loopers to the body and chin. A bit of illuminated ceiling brightens the interior. Outside, dull hues predominate. Inside, triangular countertop, yellow door, anonymous figures in boxy suits. The only hint of life and color, a soda jerk in white uniform, and the red blouse of a customer. Reconstructe...

Make simple sense of complex financial information!The high-profile accounting scandals of recent years have made one thing clear: You can't know too much about the company for which you work. What are the numbers? Where do you find them? How do they affect you and your staff?This fully revised and updated third edition of The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Finance for Nonfinancial Managers provides a firm grasp on what all the numbers really mean. Designed to let y...

Attention is the new commodity. Visual Storytelling is the new currency.Human brain processes visuals 60,000x faster than text.Web posts with visuals drive up to 180% more engagement than those without.Viewers spend 100% more time on web pages with videos.Filled with full-color images and thought-provoking examples from leading companies, The Power of Visual Storytelling explains how to grow your business and strengthen your brand...

You don’t need an MBA to master corporate finance“Finally, the book which may put Harvard Business School out of business. A must-read for all professionals who seek strong financial expertise.”—Rick Rickertsen, Managing Partner, Pine Creek Partners; author of Buyout“Terrific overview of corporate finance and accounting that even the nonfinancial professional will find useful.”—Ken Glazer, former Senior Compet...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BUSINESSWEEK, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BUSINESS BESTSELLER HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN STOCKS!Simple-to-follow strategies for making--and keeping--profits in today's perilous stock marketMore than 80 million investors lost 50 to 80 percent of their savings in the recent stock market crash. Investor's Business Daily publisher William J. O'Neil, however, was one of the first to see...

Benjamin Graham referred to it as his “margin of safety.” Seth Klarman favors it over all other investment methods. Warren Buffett uses it to make millions for his investors.It’s called value investing, and you can make it work wonders for your portfolio. All you need is money to invest, a little patience—and this book.Strategic Value Investing reveals everything you need to know to build a world-class portfolio using value investing as your north star. Written by ...

Packed with time-tested techniques and real-life case studies, this work and life field guide is based on the famous training program of the same name.It's doesn't matter whether you are a new graduate just entering the working world, a young professional, comtemplating tough career and family life decisions, or one of the millions trapped in midlife and wondering, "Is thtat all there is?" Anyone—anywhere—can use the insights and inspiration in Play to Win!

How Excessive Risk Destroyed Lehman and Nearly Brought Down the Financial Industry“Uncontrolled Risk will ruffle feathers—and for good reason—as voters and legislators learn the diffi cult lessons of Lehman’s collapse and demand that we never forget them.”Dr. David C. Shimko, Board of Trustees, Global Association of Risk Professionals“Uncontrolled Risk is a drama as gripping as any work of fiction. Williams’s recomm...

Leadership continues to be one of the most written-about and most trained-for qualities in business today. And no figure so fully embodies the leadership qualities managers hope to cultivate in their professional and personal lives as the late Vince Lombardi, the greatest NFL coach of all time.The exalted place Lombardi holds in American culture has never been clearer than it is today, as evidenced by the enormous success of the 1999 bestseller, When Pride Still Mattered, ...

Accounting information and tips you can take to the bank!You may not know the first thing about debits, credits, and cash ratios now—but when you’re done with this book, you’ll be able to juggle profits and losses with your eyes closed and read any balance sheet like it’s a good novel.Accounting DeMySTiFieD, Second Edition, is a curriculum-based, self-teaching guide that makes learning accounting easier than 1-2-3. With graphs, plain-English explan...

All the precision of financial modeling--and none of the complexityEvidence-based decision making is only as good as the external evidence on which it is based. Financial models uncover potential risks on a company’s balance sheet, but the complexity of these instruments has limited their effectiveness.Now, Mastering Financial Modeling offers a simplified method for building the fast and accurate financial models serious evidencebased decision makers need.