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Fun travel blog with useful day trading info
I've been following Marcello at Wandering Trader for a year now. He's living an inspired, location independent life, and all his travel adventures are documented there. Plus, he offers up practical i Read more...
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Powerful people with lots of money should take note that it is always smart to use a bit of common sense and conservatism along the way
01/31/2012
Excellent book about risk
"This book should be a must read in all business schools and it should come with the welcome package when you are hired as a financial professional. Reading this book, you realise that arrogance can kill anyone in the financial markets even the most brilliant minds, even Nobel prize professors! Als Read more...
05/10/2011
Genius Book
Wow what can I say? The author really does a spectacular job telling the story of the ironically named Long Term Capital Management. LTCM was the all-star hedge fund that boasted heavyweights from the street and even Nobel Prize winners doomed to bust more than $2 billion. The journalistic style of Read more...
04/27/2011
They can't teach you this in a classroom
"When Genius Failed is a perfect story and one of the more exciting pieces of financial literature available today. If you're not familiar with John Meriwether then you should learn about him and his journey quickly. The book takes you on a roller coaster ride about a fund he put together called L Read more...
"If you have read Liar's Poker then you will have come across John Meriwether (principle of LTCM, the hedge fund covered in this book) before as a bond trader at Saloman Brothers. This book provides more background on John and charts the rise and fall of one of the greatest hedge funds of all time. Read more...
"I's always amazing to read what smart and aggressive people will do when it comes to money--these guys are no different than other Wall Street firm, they just were unlucky and their demise is a great lesson to all to be a little more conservative and realize no matter how smart you are, no matter y Read more...
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