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The Investing Revolutionaries: How the World’s Greatest Investors Take on Wall Street and Win in Any Market

August 26, 2009 By investing 2 Comments

Over the past five years, James Whiddon has interviewed some of the world’s brightest, best, and most influential men and women in finance on his popular radio show, The Investing Revolution. While the topics under discussion have ranged widely, the show’s mission has remained constant: Reveal the truth about how Wall Street has rigged the game so that it always wins—at everyone else’s expense—and offer investors an alternative to Wall Street to he…
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How to Invest $50-$5,000: The Small Investor’s Step-By-Step Plan for Low-Risk, High-Value Investing, 9th Edition

August 26, 2009 By investing 4 Comments

How to Invest $50-$5,000 has been a trusted adviser to investors for twenty years. This ninth edition has been completely revised and updated to cover the full range of small investing—from selecting a bank to saving for college and retirement to making sense of financial pages. Step-by-step instructions guide even the most inexperienced investor through the maze of stocks, bonds, treasuries, mutual funds, and more, with new sections on how to recognize a swindle or scam; what to d…
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The Investing Bible

August 25, 2009 By investing 7 Comments

Review”comprehensive, and easy to dip into for the basics on everything from annuities to zero-coupon bonds.” — BusinessWeek, February 11, 2002

Turn to the Investing Bible for expert advice on how to make the wisest investment options based on your overall financial picture and financial goals. This comprehensive book teaches you how to make good decisions regarding real estate, bonds and securities, taxes, mortgages, and do’s and don’ts for the current stock market. Coverage …
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Living Green: The Missing Manual

August 24, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

ReviewLiving Green: The Missing Manual is packed with information about how human actions affect the environment and how we can improve our stewardship of this planet we call home. You’ll find tips and suggestions for greener living at all levels: small changes you can make today, lifestyle adjustments that will keep your family green and healthy, and how you can get involved with like-minded groups and large-scale pro-environment efforts. Six Easy Ways to Be Greener By…
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Standard and Poor’s Guide to Money and Investing

August 24, 2009 By investing 7 Comments

An all-new personal finance guide from the authors/creators of The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing First in a new series based on information from Standard & Poor’s—the leading financial information organization—Standard & Poor’s Guide to Money & Investing demystifies the world of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, futures, and options, empowering you to make informed investment decisions, measure your performance, and evaluate the risks and reward…
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Investing in a Sustainable World: Why GREEN Is the New Color of Money on Wall Street

August 23, 2009 By investing 2 Comments

Review “…makes a strong business case for taking environmental and social considerations into account in the investment process… “ Accounting Today “…clearly an important book, well presented, and very well written..The book is a banquet of fresh ideas and optimistic opportunities…” Inland Empire Business Journal

Book Description For business and investors, there’s no doubt about it: The smart money is going green…and the growing movement toward ecolog…
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Investing: The Last Liberal Art

August 23, 2009 By investing 7 Comments

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I read this book in one sitting: I could not put it down. — Peter L. Bernstein, author of Against the Gods

Investing: The Last Liberal Art offers a unique picture of the investment world within the larger world. It aligns and explains how investment management works in the context of a number of seemingly unrelated disciplines including Biology, Economics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, and Literature. This approach or latticework mode is the next lo…
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Investing 101

August 22, 2009 By investing 12 Comments

From Publishers Weekly
The “Your Money” syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times, Kristof has written a primer for novice investors, but despite her accessible prose she misses the mark here. Her opening chapter, “Exorcising Your Demons,” examines the various psychological reasons people make dumb investing decisions: for example, the “money-lover” agonizes over every penny spent and is always working for more, while the “ostrich” refuses to alter an investment strategy until …
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Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!

August 22, 2009 By investing 12 Comments

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The rich are different from the rest of us, if for no other reason than U.S. tax and securities laws allow them to invest in ways that keep us from catching up to them. That’s why 90 percent of all corporate shares of stock are owned by 10 percent of the people. Kiyosaki believes it’s possible for anyone to move up into that 10 percent, but it takes a different view of investing than most people have: it takes a plan to be a successful investor. And a plan is more tha…
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Bond Investing For Dummies

August 21, 2009 By investing 2 Comments

Bonds and bond funds are among the safest and most reliable investments you can make to ensure an ample and dependable retirement income — if you do it right! Bond Investing For Dummies helps you do just that, with clear explanations of everything you need to know to build a diversified bond portfolio that will be there when you need it no matter what happens in the stock market. This plain-English guide explains the pros and cons of investing in bonds, how they differ fro…
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