Financial English

Let's face it—talking about money is always awkward. In this user-friendly and approachable guide, finance writer Erin Lowry helps take the stress out of these tricky conversations. Lowry arms you with all of the financial knowledge you'll need in order to get the most out of each interaction, whether that's with your friends, your spouse, your employer, or your mom.

The Generosity Secret provides a proven strategy to break free from the financial stress that's keeping you from pursuing your passions and living a joy-filled life. This systematic approach to handling money in a God-honoring way guides you step by step away from a life of financial strain to a new reality of financial health and freedom.

In 1995, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin re-defined the next thirty years of currency policy that ushered in exceptional prosperity and cheap foreign goods, but the strong dollar policy also played a role in the devastating hollowing out of America’s manufacturing sector. Meanwhile, abroad, the United States increasingly turned to the dollar as a weapon of war. In Paper Soldiers, Saleha Mohsin reveals how the Treasury Department has shaped U.S. policy at home and overseas by wielding the American dollar as a weapon—and what that means in a new age of crisis.

By using true tales of thieves, swindlers, and fraudsters at work, Financial Serial Killers illustrates how these perpetrators get their hooks into investors' wallets, savings accounts, and portfolios - and never let go. The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression revealed that thousands of mom-and-pop investors had lost millions to so-called Mini-Madoffs. They are the thieves and con men who had used phony financial acumen to steal investors' money, wipe out savings, and damage lives. Financial Serial Killers reveals the cons, from the grand to picayune, that advisers cultivate with their victims - relationships that are essential to the fraud.

Learn about Financial Regulation with iMinds Money's insightful fast knowledge series. Financial regulation, simply put, is the supervision and control of the financial system and entities within it by a government body. It is deemed necessary to prevent abuses or failures within financial systems that affect the public or the stability of the system itself. Regulation is carried out differently in countries around the world....

You will learn a life changing prayer method: How to enlist God's help in solving everyday financial problems, the biggest prayer mistake most people make when approaching god with a financial need, and ow prayer can provide you with immediate answers and direction. James L. Paris was a millionaire by the age of 30 and bankrupt by his 40th birthday. In this audiobook you will learn the spiritual lessons that Paris says it took him seven years in a financial valley to uncover.

The Generosity Ladder is the quintessential guide for anyone who desires to handle money with excellence. Written as an answer to all of the questions and misunderstandings that surround the intersection of God and money, The Generosity Ladder clarifies, once and for all, what the Bible really says about honoring God with our finances and details a step-by-step plan for attaining financial excellence.

Have you ever asked yourself “What if I’m a tightwad and my significant other is a spendthrift?” or vice versa? Scott Rick, a behavioral scientist at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, knows that many people do. He also knows that the financial aspects of an intimate relationship can become a money minefield if couples try to navigate it without first discussing all of the financial issues between them, especially if those two people have different approaches to spending.

An industry-specific guide to the applications of advanced analytics and AI to the banking industry.

God has called you to be a wealth builder. Did you know that? But what does that mean? Does he promise that you will be rich and drive fancy cars? No, but the path to wealth begins with behaviors that are described in his word and have been proven over time to work. This book is about the behaviors of the wealth builder. Not by strategies or tactics, but by the mental disciplines, day to day actions of wealth builders.

Let’s face it: Adulting is hard, especially when it comes to money management. In Money Honey, former financial advisor Rachel Richards achieves the impossible by bringing humor and sass to the dreaded subject of personal finance. An avid investor and business owner, Rachel talks straight about how to attain financial freedom.

Star-trading Clan Korval - known to Terrans as the Tree-and-Dragon Family and to the locals simply as the Dragon - has been convicted of crimes against the homeworld. No matter that one of the "crimes" consisted of saving the elitist planet of Liad from very real internal threats, the Council of Clans wanted Korval heads to roll. Unfortunately for the council, the Dragon's allies conspired to impose a milder punishment for saving the world: banishment rather than execution.

Don't you wish high schools and colleges prepared students with real-life, practical financial skills they'll need to navigate the adult world successfully? And wouldn't it be great if you could learn to not only manage money, save, and invest wisely - but also avoid the financial mistakes others often learn about the hard way? With "A Stress-Free Guide to Financial Literacy for Teens & Young Adults," all this is absolutely possible! Through this comprehensive, practical, and friendly guide, any teen or young adult can master money management - assuring a secure financial future.

Real wages have stagnated or declined for most workers, job insecurity has increased, and retirement income is uncertain. Why have jobs gotten so much worse? As Peter Cappelli argues, these issues and others stem from the logic of financial accounting and its fundamental flaws in dealing with human capital. Financial accounting views employee costs as fixed costs that cannot be reduced and fails to account for the costs of bad employees and poor management. The simple goal of today's executives is to drive down employment costs, even if it raises costs elsewhere.

In Hot Seat, Immelt offers a rigorous and raw interrogation of himself and his tenure, detailing for the first time his proudest moments and his biggest mistakes. The most crucial component of leadership, he writes, is the willingness to make decisions. But knowing what to do is a thousand times easier than knowing when to do it. Perseverance, combined with clear communication, can ensure progress, if not perfection, he says.

Let's face it, we all need money in order to live. How we earn it is up to us. Whether you want to work for someone else or start your own business, this book will help you learn how to land that first job, figure out your paycheck, and negotiate a raise.

Once you've started to accumulate property and money, you're not done managing your financial life. Far from it! You still need to protect your possessions, your money, and your identity from theft. Find out what it takes and how much it will cost.

Are you facing challenges in your finances? Are you worried about how to have perpetual control over forces of darkness causing confusion in your life and endeavor? Do you believe that your prosperity is still within reach, and can be acquired and sustained? This book is meant to change every unpleasant situation Satan has brought your way, and establish God’s agenda in your life.

When someone sends you a referral it is like them lending you one of their cars. They are risking something precious to them, in this case their reputation and relationship with the person they are referring, but they are doing it because they know you and trust you. They expect you to take care of it and return it in the same or better condition. Referrals can be the key to a business-changing network of connections and self-generating opportunities. You just need to be the kind of person others are comfortable taking that risk with and you need to make sure you don’t wreck their ‘car’.

In Launching Financial Grownups, popular personal finance expert Bobbi Rebell gets candid about the very real-life challenges of getting young adults to choose to be financial grownups and develop their own financial foundation and security. She shares her own personal setbacks and solutions (both from her own past, and as a parent), and walks listeners through the ups and downs of financial adulting milestones.