Personal Investing

Investors beware! That's the message in Howard Kurtz's The Fortune Tellers. It reveals what happens when 'Net technology meets stock market hype. Listen to an interview with the author on archive edition of Marketplace.

Success is not born out of skill, school, where we’re from, who we know, or what we scored on the SAT. None of us were born ready. None of us started life knowing how to fly a plane or launch a company or knit a sweater for our dog. But we are born with something more important than skills. We’re born with optimism—the initial seed for success. Optimism fuels the belief that you can be the one to create the good the world needs. But you’ve got to hone it. And practice it. And determine to live from it.

Raising Real Money covers everything from: How to structure your real estate equity fundraises the correct way for each transaction type and real estate asset type, so you don't have to overpay attorneys to research for you, fund incentive structures such as catch-up fees, promotes, waterfalls, and management fees, so you can explain to your investors how beans are divided and how and when they get paid, how to start up your emerging real estate fund: Expenses and how and when the fund manager recaptures those expenses, and more.

The Portable Coach is the closest possible thing to having the inventor of the personal coaching movement in your corner. A vigorous, highly encouraging blueprint for success, this audiobook will teach you a lively new way of honoring yourself and remaking the world on your own terms!

Investing and trading in gold and silver is always a sound idea - and that goes double in a time of unusual market fluctuation. As people look for safe places to diversify their investment risk, you'll likely see the value of your investment go up where other stocks are vulnerable. Gold and silver saw increases in value of 16% and 15% respectively in 2019 - putting them among the top 10 most desirable commodities out there - and are projected to experience even more of a bear market as the dollar wobbles in an uncertain post-COVID world.

Perhaps you are sitting in cash, scared to get back into the stock market. But you are also unwilling to lock up your money in a CD that pays next to nothing. Covered calls are a great way to slowly ease back into the market, while starting to generate some income. This conservative strategy is also often used by buy-and-hold investors to generate extra income from stocks in their long-term holdings. Even if you know nothing at all about trading options, this guide will quickly bring you up to speed.

Jeremy Siegel, one of the world’s top investing experts, has taken a long, hard, and in-depth look at the market and the stocks that investors should acquire to build long-term wealth. His surprising finding is that the new technologies, expanding industries, and fast-growing countries that stockholders relentlessly seek in the market often lead to poor returns. In fact, growth itself can be an investment trap, luring investors into overpriced stocks and overly competitive industries.

Dive into the world of wealth creation with Robert Kranendonk’s triumphant financial odyssey. Using his personal story, Robert crafted this comprehensive guide to reveal the secret dos and don’ts of strategic real estate investing as a roadmap to your financial prosperity. From identifying lucrative opportunities to mastering negotiation tactics, How I Spent My Way Out of Debt equips you with the knowledge to navigate the real estate market with confidence.

Discover the key strategies that professional traders utilize to make a lot of money trading in the stock market. If you want to play like the big boys in Wall Street and found out what their secret sauce, then this book is for you.

Phil Town is now a very wealthy man, but he wasn't always. In fact, he was living on a salary of $4000 a year when some well-timed advice launched him down a highway of investing self-education that revealed what the true "rules" are and how to make them work in one's favor.

This is the first book to chart the catalytic path of this new industry, explaining how it is and can be a positive disruptive force. It shows how impact investing is a transformational vehicle for delivering "blended value" throughout the investment spectrum, giving a single name to a set of activities previously siloed in enclaves, revealing how they are linked within what is becoming a new field of investing.

How not to be living in your parents’ basement by the time you’re 30. Ever thought about what life would be like if you could finally live on your own and not have others tell you what to do? Want to know how you can avoid burying yourself in debt as most people do in their 20s? What if you could start building your wealth today - even if you’re barely 18, with no money and no experience? If you’re looking for ways to make money fast and become a millionaire through eCommerce…this ain’t it, chief.

Over 5 years ago, several teenagers, including Erik Finman, became millionaires overnight. In June 2011, Bitcoin’s value skyrocketed by 2,960%. These now millionaire teens are among the people who invested in Bitcoin when its value was just $1. According to Forbes, Bitcoin and other cryptos have been the best performing assets in the last 12 years. Is it too late for you to enter the crypto industry? Will you be chasing an impossible dream? The answers are “No” and “No.”

In the corporate world, "vulture" investors in distressed securities serve the same cleanup function as vultures do in the natural world: they deal with failing companies, digest bad debt, and mop up after bankruptcies. Since this market's structural and legal complexities create greater inefficiencies than in other investment fields, it's a style of investing that can make money during both booms and busts.

Everyone wants to be a contrarian investor. From the hedge funds who bet against the US housing market in the run up to 2008, to George Soros's billion-dollar bet against the Bank of England in 1992, some of the most famous and most profitable trades in history have been contrarian calls. And with the relentless growth of passive investing - investors blindly following the market - the opportunities for a smart investor to profit by betting against the crowd should be greater than ever. Yet being a contrarian is hard work.

Sports Card Collector 101 is jam-packed full of all of the content you could possibly desire to kick-start your collection on the right foot. As with collecting any types of cards, it is essential that you understand which cards carry the most value, and which ones are the rarest to find. This book will show you how to make sure your cards remain at the highest value possible, giving you the best chance of your investment paying off.

The fundamentals of cryptocurrencies and metaverse are all in this book. Don’t Invest in Bitcoin, Blockchain, NFTs, the Metaverse, and Cryptocurrencies Without This Book is an eye-opener regardless of your experience. It’s jam-packed with new trends and useful information about cryptocurrencies, the crypto market, and metaverse trading. It’s written in direct and simple language to help you fully grasp the ins and outs of cryptocurrencies and put you in the right direction to diversify your investment portfolio.

Finally, a step-by-step how-to guide for wholesaling real estate! If you’ve ever wanted to get started in real estate investing, then wholesaling is the fastest path to becoming a real estate investor.

Investment is simpler than non-professionals think, in that the rudiments can be expressed in ordinary English and picked up by anybody. It is not a science. But investment is also difficult. Picking the managers who are likely to do better than the market indices is a challenge. A cult classic for its candid confessions and sparkling wit, this extended edition of Simple But Not Easy - featuring a new author’s preface and a substantial afterword - remains an indispensable companion for all those interested in the rewarding but enigmatic pursuit of investing.

Moving Averages 101 is the easiest way to learn how to capture trends in the stock market! Master moving averages, and give yourself a significant trading advantage. Benefit from 20 years of trading experience! Limit your chances of trading ruin by learning from someone with more than 20 years in the stock market. Steve will teach you what a moving averages are and how to trade them. Not sure where to start? This book will give you a great understanding of the power of moving averages.