Professional Investing

During Wall Street's last big bull market, there were brokers in $3,000 suits, billion-dollar IPO's, and 30-year-olds making $100,000 a month. And then there was Louis Pasciuto, who came from Staten Island at the age of 19 and discovered one indelible truth about himself: He was born to steal. This is the astounding, true story of the rise and fall of this fast-talking, street-smart wiseguy, as well as the insidious ways the Mob infiltrates, then controls, Wall Street.

Join best-selling author and champion futures trader Kevin J. Davey as he introduces you to the world of retail algorithmic trading. In this book, you will find out if algo trading is for you, while learning the advantages and disadvantages involved. You will also learn how to start algo trading on your own, how to select a trading platform, and what is needed to develop simple trading strategies. Finally you will learn important tips for successful algo trading, along with a road map of the next steps to take.

Becoming a young Wall Street banker is like pledging the world's most lucrative and soul-crushing fraternity. Every year, thousands of eager college graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money - as well as how to dress, talk, date, drink, and schmooze like real financiers. But they experience something new, too: an industry forever changed by the massive financial collapse of 2008. And as they get their Wall Street educations, they face hard questions about morality, prestige, and the value of their work.

When Ashton Kutcher first heard about 50 Cent's nine-figure Vitaminwater windfall in 2007, the actor realized he'd been missing out. He soon followed the rapper's formula - seeking equity instead of cash for endorsement deals - but with a twist: as the first person to top one million Twitter followers, Kutcher leveraged his social reach to accumulate stakes in a vast range of user-hungry tech startups. A decade later, Kutcher is perhaps the brightest in a firmament of star investors from Beyoncé and Jay-Z to Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez.

Unlock the perfect strategy to build wealth for the future and create a fulfilling life you can live today. Isn’t it time to take control of your investments? In The Busy Professional’s Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing, Vanessa Peters, MD will take you through her journey investing in real estate as a full-time physician. She will show you how passive income can improve your life by creating more time to spend time on the things you enjoy and with the people you love now—not just when you retire.

The strategies outlined in this book will share how this niche, discussed in detail by investing expert James Kandasamy, represents options for wealth and passive income creation, is not subject to the same market trends that cause bull and bear markets, and also includes a number of tax advantages for those who invest in real estate.

Three titans of finance predicted the current economic crisis several years ago, but their warnings went unheeded. A New York Times best-selling author distills the wisdom of all three.

Throughout the violent financial disruptions of the past several years, three men have stood out as beacons of judgment and wisdom: Warren Buffett, George Soros, and Paul Volcker.

Do you feel like a hamster in a wheel in the corporate rat race? Are you looking to gain control of your financial future before retirement? Have you heard about the power of real estate investing, but never had the chance to look into it? This book will demystify the entire process and walk you through the best way to grow your portfolio of cash flowing equity, one step at a time and one property at a time.

Do you want to become a day trader, but you're just not sure what kind of steps you should take to get started? Then, look no further. That's exactly what this book is here for. This book is broken down into a 21-day guide that will help you take those steps to beginning a new lifelong career. The great thing is that you can take as long as you want on each step before moving onto the next. Even though the book was written to help you become a good day trader in only 21 days, if you feel you need to take a few extra days on any particular step, that is perfectly okay.

So far, you have picked up a few things along the way: why the broker doesn't matter, how much to start with, how to fund your account, how to grow your account, how to game plan, how to read charts, and some lessons we had to learn the hard way that you can now avoid. Our goal of this book is to give you a peek behind the curtain of the 10 major misconceptions that Dumb Money traders consistently make. This way, you can avoid the same mistakes that 90 percent of the market makes each and every day.

All too often hard working people with good jobs are struggling to get by. These are the same people who are forced to take stressful promotions at work and spend a couple hours commuting each day. They come home to the house they think they own, but they are really just a slave to the mortgage company. These “good citizens” are victims of an engineered system to keep them investing in 401Ks, mutual funds, and stocks. This financial system is setup where the insiders are stealing the majority of your returns (and you take all the risk).

The foreclosure market offers all these benefits and more, yet investors are hesitant to get into this property type. Some consider it risky, while others find the unique process of foreclosure investing too complicated. And with various laws, policies, and requirements, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and turned off by it all.

If you want a rental property business that runs like a well-oiled machine, then read on. Whether you just purchased your first property or have a sizable portfolio already, this audiobook can give you the keys to stress-free rental property management. First-time landlords, like you, are scaling the profits on their rental property businesses, without huge risks or lots of money to invest, stress-free. This audiobook shows you how you can, too.

This past year was an amazing year from a trading standpoint. We traded into new all time highs twice, through two corrections and even sprinkled in a bear market to start the year off. If you were able to persevere through the end of the year and overcome the fear of Mr Market, this year there will be even more to learn, attain, succeed, master, and achieve. Only if you are willing to put the work in, of course.

We aim to simplify the complexities of the stock market as much as possible. We find that you need to be extremely picky when buying/selling equities as the percentages of you being right are not in your favor—especially if you don't use a consistent system. There are no guarantees in the market. Selectivity and risk/reward is the name of the game. With a proven method like ours, you too can have the odds in your favor and make money anywhere with an internet connection.

Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were the weapons of choice at Wall Street investment bank Lazard Frères & Co. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built.

Join David Denby, New Yorker critic and otherwise sensible man, on a whirlwind ride through an exuberant stock market, investment feeding frenzy, and the cataclysmic result of greed and illusion.

Catching Lightning in a Bottle traces the complete history of Merrill Lynch and the company's substantial impact on the world of finance, from the birth of the once-mighty company to its inauspicious end. Throughout its 94-year history, Merrill Lynch revolutionized finance by bringing Wall Street to Main Street, operating under a series of guidelines known as the Principles.

Janet Tavakoli takes you into the world of Warren Buffett by way of the recent mortgage meltdown. In correspondence and discussion with him over two years, they both saw the writing on the wall, made clear by the implosion of Bear Stearns. Tavakoli, in clear and engaging prose, explains how the credit mess happened beginning with the mortgage lending Ponzi schemes funded by investment banks, the Fed bailout, and its impact on the dollar.

Weltbestseller! Über eine Million verkaufte Exemplare! Die Geschichte und Geheimnisse eines der erfolgreichsten Anleger aller Zeiten! Den Namen Warren Buffett haben wahrscheinlich insbesondere Finanzinteressierte schon einmal gehört, denn er wird von vielen Anlegern auf der ganzen Welt bewundert. Er gehört zu den weltweit reichsten Menschen. Sein Vermögen wird auf mehr als 80 Milliarden US-Dollar geschätzt.