Gold is one of the world's oldest and most stable repositories of wealth. For centuries, it was the basis of monetary systems; today, those who advocate a monetary gold standard (or gold investments as a way to protect assests from inflation) are often known as "gold bugs." Many gold bugs are deeply suspicious about government control of money; they note that governments can create spending or cause inflation, but they cannot create gold at will. Freely circulating gold is thus a check on monetary authorities - and this creates intense controversies about the monetary role of gold and its relationship to political and economic power. President Franklin D. Roosevelt suspended the free circulation of gold coins in 1933. President Richard Nixon in 1971 ended the convertibility of U.S. dollars to gold, thus ending a de facto gold standard in favor of a system of floating monetary exchange note. The financial newsletter industry provides a colorful and spirited alternative to the mainstream financial press. It is an industry full of self-taught mavericks - some well-organized and well-capitalized, and others producing little more than kitchen table paste-up jobs. Often treated like a black sheep cousin by power brokers on Wall Street, newsletter writers are an important counterpoint to conventional opinion, and often a powerful source of investment insights. Financial Writers and Gurus is the story of the alternative financial press, with some thoughts and guidelines about what to expect form a newsletter advisor, how to separate the wheat from the overabundant chaff - and how to find the right advisor for you.
This revolutionary primer on prosperity consciousness has been enriching millions since it was first published in 1910 and was in fact, the inspiration for The Secret.
The way to prosperity is no longer a mystery. You too can prosper from the "exact science" of achieving financial success as you learn to:
Change your life by changing your thoughts
Attract the prosperity you deserves
Appreciate the opportunities that await you
Live true to the values most precious to you
Manage stress and self-defeating impulses that hold you back
Make the contribution to the world that only you can make-and enjoy the abundance you'll receive in return
A mysterious fable-within-a-story, this simple tale of one man's transformation caused a sensation when it was published in Success magazine in 1900; it endures as an inspiring parable of perseverance and possibility that speaks to the seeker and striver in all of us.
'One of the ten best investing books of all time.'--The Washington Post One of investing's most celebrated icons updates his classic work to reflect today's world and markets In this long-awaited and eagerly anticipated update, Jeremy iegel provides his legendary perspective and guidance to an investment world turned upside down. Stocks for the Long Run combines a compelling and timely portrait of today's turbulent stock market with the strategies, tools, and techniques investors need to maintain their focus and achieve meaningful stock returns over time. This completely updated edition includes entirely new data, charts, and figures as it provides answers on the five major issues concerning investors and professionals today: How will events related to September 11 tragedy affect long-term market returns? What behavioral roadblocks stand in the way of achieving financial success? Are 'countries' still relevant for global investing? Will stock 'indexing' match its past performance? Can tomorrow's stock market deliver the same returns as markets in the past? Praise for previous editions of Stocks for the Long Run: 'Should command a central place on the desk of any 'amateur' investor or beginning professional.'--Barron's 'A simply great book.'--Forbes
Sound rules for rebuilding ravaged savings plans and protecting them from today's perilous markets Kiplinger's columnist Kim Lankford has fielded hundreds of questions from readers wondering how to recover from recent market debacles. Rescue Your Financial Life! is Lankford's answer--an easy-tofollow, multistep program for setting new financial goals, getting on course to achieve those goals, and using today's new tools and technologies to make recovery as pain-free as possible. Personal financial goals are more difficult to achieve than ever before. Rescue Your Financial Life! helps readers bring those goals a little closer by showing them how to: Rebuild retirement plans ravaged by stock market losses Find extra money to invest during tough times Lower taxes, cut insurance bills, pay for college, and more
'Winning the Loser's Game is considered by many to be a classic analysis of investing.' Financial Planning The premise of the bestselling Winning the Loser's Gamethat individual investors can achieve far greater success working with financial markets than against themhas grown increasingly popular in today's hard-to-predict markets. The latest edition of this concise yet comprehensive classic offers updated strategies to leverage the power of time and compounding, protect against down cycles, and more.
"The advice is sound, insightful, and can be used by young people just getting started, advanced investors, and everyone in between." -- Jack KempAs incomes shrink and the cost of living continues to rise, more and more people are searching frantically for ways to build a stable financial future.But in the crowded and volatile world of today1s financial marketplace, the sheer number of available investment options has even sophisticated investors scratching their heads.On this audio, taken from his best-selling book, The Truth About Money, long-time financial planner and Wall Street guru Ric Edelman has created an accessible and practical approach to money management that cuts through all of the confusion and delivers an unbiased and lucid guide to selecting the right investment strategy.Here Edelman focuses on such key topics as estate planning, tailoring investment strategies to suit income and needs, and choosing a financial advisor. He takes the guesswork out of financial planning and provides the novice and the experienced investor alike with the tips, tools, and insights they need to make their hard-earned money work for them.Edelman's latest audiobook The New Rules of Money is also available from HarperAudio.
This course introduces both macroeconomics and microeconomics. At a business and professional level, macroeconomics can help to answer questions such as the following: How much should I manufacture this month? How much inventory should I maintain?
At a personal level: Should I switch jobs-or ask for a raise? Should I buy a house now or wait until next year? Should I get a variable or fixed-rate mortgage? And what about my investments for retirement?
In contrast, microeconomics can help to answer the following questions: How can my firm minimize its costs and increase its profits? What prices should I charge for my products? Will I really be better off financially if I quit my job now and go back for an MBA degree? What kind of career should I be preparing myself for? What about that new refrigerator or automobile I want to buy?
Renowned success coach Jennifer White's book, Work Less, Make More, is an easy-to-follow ten-step program for overcoming your fears, unblocking your passions, channeling your energies, and managing your time more efficiently.
Whatever you have-or haven't-put away, if you are getting serious about retirement, this book can show you the right moves to make and the pitfalls to avoid.You may not be sure where to allocate your investments or how to structure a comfortable income that won't run out. You may never have heard of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that can make retirement savings-capital gains and income-tax free, if you can control what you earn in your last year before retiring. By understanding what you have to decide and when, you can move into retirement on solid financial ground. The cost of not knowing the rules and of missing key deadlines is too high.
"A vital resource for people structuring their retirement incomes, this audio overlooks nothing...the writing is fresh as it encourages people to be as proactive and open-minded as possible regarding their retirement planning."-AudioFile
During John Neff's thirty-one years as portfolio manager for Vanguard's Windsor and Gemini Funds, he beat the market twenty-two times, through every imaginable stock market climate, while posting a fifty-seven-fold increase in an initial stake. When Windsor closed its doors to new investors in 1985, it was the largest mutual fund in the United States.
John Neff has proven time and again over the past three decades that bucking the system can pay off big. During his illustrious career as a money manager, Neff flew in the face of conventional wisdom by consistently passing over the big growth stocks of the moment in favor of inexpensive, underperforming ones—and he usually won! During his thirty-one years as a portfolio manager, he beat the market twenty-two times while posting a fifty-seven-fold increase in an initial stake.
Now retired from mutual fund management, Neff is ready to share the investment strategies that earned him international recognition as the “investor’s investor.” In John Neff on Investing, Neff delineates, for the first time, the strategies, techniques, and investment decisions that earned him his place alongside Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch in the pantheon of modern investment wizards.
