Street fighters

the last 72 hours of bear stearns, the toughest firm on Wall Street

Monkey business

swinging througt the Wall Strett jungle

"Monkey Business" is the hilarious confession of two young investment bankers of what it's like at ground zero on The Street. This tell-all pulls off Wall Street's suspenders and gives the reader the inside skinny on what working at an investment bank is ...

Liquidated

at ethnography of Wall Street

Financial collapses - whether of the junk bond market, the Internet bubble, or the highly leveraged housing market - are often explained as the inevitable results of market cycles: What goes up must come down. In "Liquidated", Karen Ho punctures the aura of the abstract, all-powerful market ...

Soros

the world´s most influential investor

The bestselling biography of a legend#now fully revised with exclusive insights on Soros#s political and economic influence This completely updated edition of Robert Slater#s 1996 biography features an array of new material, addressing the ever-widening circle of Soros#s influence. It includes ...

From Wall Street to the Great Wall

how investors can profit from China's booming economy

It is no secret that China has the world's fastest-growing economy. The trick is how average investors can tap into the opportunities it affords. Burton G. Malkiel, long-standing friend and adviser to ordinary investors through his million-copy-selling "A Random Walk Down Wall Street", now ...

Reading the financial pages for dummies

The financial pages are a minefield of jargon and impenetrable terminology - they are also your key to having a true understanding of how the financial markets work, and taking full control of your investments. This plain-English guide to the financial pages demystifies the tables, charts ...

The match king

Ivan Kreuger and the financial scandal of the century

In the 1920's Ivar Kreuger occupied roughly the same position as Warren Buffett, George Soros, Donald Trump, Robert Maxwell and the Enron Swindlers all rolled into one. He was the most controversial business figure of the roaring 20's, and he put together the ...

Confusión de confusiones

diálogos curiosos entre un filósofo agudo, un mercader discreto y un accionista erudito

Un clásico de la Bolsa que fue escrito hace más de 300 años y que todavía es popular en todo el mundo. La obra incluye diálogos curiosos y divertidos en los que se describe el negocio de la bolsa, su origen, su etimología, su realidad ...

The origin and development of financial markets and institutions

from the Seventeenth Century to the present

Eds. Jeremy Atack, Larry Neal. Collectively, mankind has never had it so good despite periodic economic crises of which the current sub-prime crisis is merely the latest example. Much of this success is attributable to the increasing efficiency of the world's financial institutions as ...

The battle for Wall Street

behind the lines in the struggle that pushed an industry into turmoil

This title presents an insider's look at the changing balance of power on Wall Street. "The Battle for Wall Street" follows the struggle for power between two giants: the sellers, traditional commercial and investments banks; and the buyers, upstart hedge funds, private equity firms ...

House of cards

a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street

Contents: Pt. I How It Happened: Ten Days in March Ch. 1 The Ultimate Roach Motel Ch. 2 The Confidence Game Ch. 3 "Bear Stearns Is Not in Trouble!" Ch. 4 The Run on the Bank Ch. 5 The Armies of the Night Ch. 6 ...

Material markets

how economic agents are constructed

Financial markets, processes, and instruments are often difficult to fathom; the credit crisis highlights both their importance and their fragility. Donald MacKenzie is one of the most perceptive analysts of the workings of the financial world. In this book, he argues that economic agents and ...

Successful spread betting

Spread betting offers investors a simple and direct way of dealing in the world's financial markets. Its advantages include access to markets that would normally be the privilege of a registered broker such as foreign exchange. Furthermore, there are no brokerage or commission fees ...

¿Existe la suerte?

las trampas del azar

Todo el mundo quiere tener suerte en la vida. Pero ¿qué hace que algunos de nosotros tengamos más éxito que otros? ¿Tiene que ver realmente con nuestras capacidades y estrategias, o con algo mucho más impredecible? Este libro trata de la suerte o, para ser ...

Euforia y pánico

aprendiendo de las burbujas. medidas concretas para afrontar puntos débiles y aprovechar las oportunidades

La crisis del 2008 tiene similitudes con crisis anteriores y también diferencias significativas. Se trata de una situación en la que se mezclan datos económicos complicados con la psicología habitual de la mayoría de personas. Esto explica muchas decisiones irracionales de empresas y particulares, provocada ...

The Wall Street Journal guide to the end of Wall Street as we know it

This title features detailed table of contents: What happened and how did we get here? This section will: cover a brief history of market panics to place the current turmoil in context; trace the origins of the current financial crisis and the rise of sub ...

Mercados financieros internacionales

En este libro el lector encontrará respuestas a las dudas sobre diferentes mercados financieros: Renta variable, renta fija, derivados y colección. Para una completa explicación de los mismos, se muestran, además, las teorías financieras que explican el funcionamiento de los mercados.

Investment. An A-Z guide

Stockmarkets have soared and slumped, highlighting the risks of different kinds of investments. Everyone wants to buy low and sell high - and get a healthy stream of income in between. But it is not easy to do so. Any strategy for investment requires an essential ...

The financier

A master of gritty naturalism, Theodore Dreiser explores the corruption of the American dream in "The Financier". Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals and double-deals ...

Finance glossary

Finance glossary

Elaborado por la Fundación Estudios Bursátiles y Financieros. Acompaña CD-ROM. This Glossary tries to express and explain the active use of economic terms. It has not the slightest claim to be a definitive authority: it is simply a record of common modern usage, and makes ...