(Acorn), Ralph Wanger with Everett Mattlin (1997).
A Zebra in Lion
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Simon & Schuster, 251 p.). Investments; Securities; Finance, Personal.
(Adams Express), Albert Shumate;
with foreword by Kevin Starr (1986).
The Notorious I.C. Woods of the
Adams Express. (Glendale, CA: A. H. Clark, 144 p.). Woods, Isaiah
Churchill, 1825-1880; Adams & Co.--History;
Businesspeople--California--Biography; California--Economic conditions.
(American Express Financial Advisors), Kenneth Lipartito, Carol Heher Peters (2001).
Investing for Middle America John Elliott Tappan and the Origins of
American Express Financial Advisors. (New York, NY: Palgrave, 268
p.). Professor of History (Florida International University); Great
Granddaughter of John Elliott Tappan, Communications Editor at the
Princeton Environmental Institute (Princeton University). Tappan, John
Elliott, 1870- ; American Express Financial Advisors; Financial
planners--United States; Investment advisors--United States; Financial
services industry--United States.
(Babson's Reports), Roger W. Babson (1949).
Actions and Reactions: the Autobiography Of Roger Babson. (New
York: Harper, p. [rev. ed.]). Founder, Babson's Reports. Babson, Roger
Ward, 1875- ; Investment advice; Investment information.
(Babson's Reports),
Earl L. Smith (1954).
Yankee Genius; A Biography of Roger W. Babson,
Pioneer in Investment Counseling and Business Forecasting Who
Capitalized on Investment Patience. (New York, NY: Harper, 298 p.).
Babson, Roger Ward, 1875-.
(Cambridge Associates), Hunter Lewis (2007).
Are the Rich Necessary?: Great Economic Arguments and How They Reflect
Our Personal Values. (Mt. Jackson, VA: Axios Press, 282 p.).
Co-founder, Cambridge Associates. Economics; Business & Investing.
Alternate approaches to solving everyday economic problems;
succinct, yes-or-no economic question: "Does the profit system
glorify greed?, analyzes rationally arguments behind both answers.
(Capital Group), Charles D. Ellis (2004).
Capital:
The Story of Long Term Investment Excellence. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley,
318 p.). Capital Group History; Investment advisors History.
(Cassandra Group Inc.), Emily White (2007).
You Will Make Money in Your Sleep: From Boom to Bust with Dana
Giacchetto in the 1990s. (New York, NY: Scribner, 320 p.).
Giacchetto, Dana; Investment advisors--United States--Biography;
Investment advisors--Corrupt practices--United States.
Former president,
founder of $100 million Cassandra Group, investment advisory firm; managing funds for
celebrity clients; charged with stealing $9.9 million in client funds, lying to securities investigators; sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison;
won early release.
(Dreyfus), Jack Dreyfus (1996).
The Lion of Wall Street: The Two
Lives of Jack Dreyfus. (Washington, DC: Regnery Pub., 328 p.).
Founder, Dreyfus Funds. Dreyfus, Jack, 1913-; Dreyfus, Jack, 1913- --
Health; Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography;
Depression, Mental -- Patients -- United States -- Biography; Phenytoin.
(ETS Capital Management), Richard L. Lackey (2005).
Cashing in on Wall Street's 10 Greatest Myths: What You Can Do To
Consistently Build Wealth. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill,
220 p.). CEO of ETS Capital Management. Portfolio management;
Investments; Stocks; Wealth; Finance, Personal
(Fidelity), Diana B. Henriques (1995).
Fidelity's World: The
Secret Life and Public Power of the Mutual Fund Giant. (New York,
NY: Scribner, 416 p.). Business Reporter-New York Times. Fidelity
Investments (Firm); Mutual Funds-United States. Fidelity - the
corporation and its environment: consumer company marketing "products"
to satisfy every taste, rather than group sober fiduciaries who
considered investors as shareholders and themselves as trustees.
(Greenlight Capital), David Einhorn; foreword by Joel
Greenblatt (2008).
Fooling Some of the People All of the Time: A Long, Short Story.
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 400 p.). Founder, Greenlight Capital. Allied
Capital--Management--Evaluation; Allied Capital--Accounting--Evaluation;
Small business investment companies--United
States--Management--Evaluation. Events that
followed speech about shorting Allied Capital (leader in private finance
industry); how Allied, investment community attacked to protect
company, its stock price; how current environment allows such
behavior, protects companies, attacks those who attempt to uncover them.
(Incorporated Investors), Amory Parker (1946). Twenty Crucial
Years; The Story of Incorporated Investors, A Pioneer Investment
Company, 1925-1945. (Boston, MA: Parker Corporation, 126 p.).
Incorporated Investors.
(Legg Mason), Janet Lowe (2002).
The Man Who Beats the S&P:
Investing with Bill Miller. (New York, NY: Wiley, 262 p.). \Miller,
Bill, 1950- ; Investments.
(L.T.C.M.), Nicholas Dunbar (2000).
Inventing Money: The Story of
Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It. (New York,
NY: Wiley, 245 p.). British financial journalist. Long-term Capital
Management (Firm); Finance; Financial crises.
(L.T.C.M.), Roger Lowenstein (2000). When Genius Failed: The Rise
and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management. (New York, NY: Random
House. Former Wall Street Journal Reporter. Hedge funds--United States.
(Marathon Asset Management), Edward Chancellor (2004).
Capital
Accounts: A Money Manager's Reports on a Turbulent Decade (1993-2002).
( New York, NY: Texere, 272 p.). Investment advisors; Money management.
(Mercury Asset Management), Peter Stormonth Darling
(2000).
City Cinderella: The Life and Times of Mercury Asset Management.
(New York, NY: Texere, 284 p.). Chairman of Mercury Asset Management
from 1979 to 1992. Warburg, Siegmund; Mercury Asset Management;
investment advisors.
(MotherRock LP), Ben Mezrich (2007).
Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of
Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai. (New York, NY: Morrow, 294 p.).
Columnist for Stuff magazine and Boston Common. D’Agostino, John;
Petroleum industry and trade--United States--Biography;
Businesspeople--United States--Biography. Founding Partner and COO of MotherRock LP (energy hedge fund).
Rags-to-riches story of Italian-American kid from streets of Brooklyn;
Harvard Business School, Merc Exchange (oil exchange), adventure to revolutionize
oil trading industry.
(Odyssey Partners), Leon Levy with Eugene Linden ; foreword by Alan
Abelson (2002).
The Mind of Wall Street: A Legendary Financier on the
Perils of Greed and the Mysteries of the Market. (New York, NY:
Public Affairs, 220 p.). Founder, Oppenheimer Funds.
Wall Street; Investments--United States; Speculation--United States.
(PIMCO), Timothy Middleton (2004).
The Bond King: Investment
Secrets from PIMCO's Bill Gross. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 223 p.).
Gross, William H.; Bonds; Bond market; Investments.
(Pioneer Funds - established 1928), Philip L. Carret (1998).
Classic Carret: Common Sense
from an Uncommon Man. (Boston, MA: Pioneer Group, 100 p.). Carret,
Philip L. (Philip Lord), b. 1896 --Quotations; Business--Quotations,
maxims, etc.; Economics--Quotations, maxims, etc. Published in honor of
Pioneer Fund's 70th birthday and a memorial to its founder, Philip L.
Carret (d. May 28, 1998).
(Scudder), Scudder, Stevens & Clark (1994). The History of
Scudder, Stevens, & Clark : 75 years. (Boston, MA: Scudder, Stevens
& Clark, 173 p.). Scudder, Stevens & Clark--History; Investment
advisors--Massachusetts--Boston--History--20th century; Securities
industry--United States--History--20th century; Financial services
industry--United States--History--20th century.
(Third Millennium Russia Fund), John T. Connor; with
Lawrence P. Milford (2008).
Out of the Red: Investment and Capitalism in Russia. (Hoboken,
NJ: Wiley, 205 p.). Founder, Portfolio Manager of the Third Millennium
Russia Fund, U.S., S.E.C.-registered mutual fund specializing in
equities of Russian public companies; Equity Analyst for Third
Millennium Russia Fund. Investments --Russia (Federation); Capitalism
--Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) --Economic policy.
Industry overview, history, advice on how to
invest in industries (steel/metals, oil and
gas, auto, real estate, banking, retail); 60 viable companies; currency,
oil, political risks.
(Tiger Management), Daniel A. Strachman (2004).
Julian Robertson:
A Tiger in the Land of Bulls and Bears. (New York, NY: Wiley, 288
p.). Managing Director of Answers Company. Robertson, Julian; Tiger
Management; Hedge Funds.
(Traxis Partners), Barton Biggs (2006).
HedgeHogging. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 256 p.). Formerly Head of
Investment Strategy (Morgan Stanley). Hedge funds. Battle for investing
survival.
(Traxis Partners), Barton Biggs (2008).
Wealth, War, and Wisdom. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 358 p.). 30-year
veteran of Morgan Stanley (formed firm’s number one-ranked research
department, built its investment management business, served as chairman
of investment management firm). Stock exchanges--History--20th
century; Investments--History--20th century; World War,
1939-1945--Economic aspects; Wealth. "The wisdom of markets" prevails, even in
most turbulent of eras: how perilous times affect financial markets, how
investors can benefit; how turning points of World War II intersected
market performance, can help 21st century investor comprehend perilous
times, choose best strategies for modern market economy.
(Treynor Capital Management Inc.), Jack L. Treynor
(2007).
Treynor on Institutional Investing. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 574
p.). President of Treynor Capital Management, Inc; Former Editor of the
Financial Analysts Journal. Institutional investments; Portfolio
management. Investment insights: from seminal presentation of CAPM at MIT in
1962 to papers that introduced modern risk, performance
measurement to revolutionary paper on inflation; controversial proposals
on trading strategy, stock valuation.
(Vanguard), Robert Slater (1997).
John Bogle and the Vanguard
Experiment: One Man's Quest to Transform the Mutual Fund Industry.
(Chicago, IL: Irwin, 270 p.). Bogle, John C.; Vanguard Group of
Investment Companies-History; Mutual Funds-United States-History.
(Vanguard), John C. Bogle (2001).
John Bogle on Investing: The
First 50 Years. (New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 455 p.). Vanguard Group
of Investment Companies; Investments; Securities; Mutual funds;
Portfolio management.
(Vanguard), John C. Bogle (2002).
Character Counts: The Creation
and Building of The Vanguard Group. (NewYork, NY: McGraw-Hill, 333
p.). Bogle, John C.; Vanguard Group of Investment Companies; Chief
executive officers--United States--Biography; Mutual funds--United
States.
(Vanguard), John C. Bogle (2005).
The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism. (New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 288 p.). Founder, Former CEO of the Vanguard Mutual
Funds. Capitalism--United States; Corporations--United States;
Investments--United States; Mutual funds--United States.
Jeremiad against corporate excess.
(Velocity Capital Management), Andy Kessler (2004).
Running Money:
Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets, and My Hunt for the Big Score.
(New York, NY: HarperCollins, 320 p.). Co-founder and President. Hedge
funds.
Thomas A. Bass (1999).
The Predictors. (New York, NY: Holt,
309 p.). Investment advisors; Stock price forecasting; Economic
forecasting; Investment analysis.
Richard Bookstaber (2007).
A Demon of Our Own Design: Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Perils of
Financial Innovation. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 276 p.). Manager of
FrontPoint Partners, Former Managing Director for
Risk Management at Salomon Brothers, Member of Salomon's Risk Management
Committee. Hedge funds; Risk management. Liquidity begets greater leverage;
innovation creates greater complexity; structure demands
nonhuman level of rationality; twofold solution: 1) reduce
complexity, 2) break tight coupling of transactions.
Peter Brimelow (1986).
The Wall Street Gurus : How You Can Profit
from Investment Newsletters. (New York, NY: Random House, 238 p.).
Investment advisors; Investment analysis.
Hugh Bullock (1959). The Story of Investment Companies (New
York, NY: Columbia University Press, 305 p.). Mutual Funds-United
States.
Jonathan Burton (2001).
Investment Titans: Investment Insights
from the Minds that Move Wall Street. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill,
278 p.). Investments--United States; Investment analysis;
Securities--United States.
Katherine Burton (2007).
Hedge Hunters: Hedge Fund Masters on the Rewards, the Risk, and the
Reckoning. (New York, NY: New York, NY, 206 p.). Reporter
(Bloomberg News). Hedge funds; Investment advisors.
Personal journeys, strategies for
producing outstanding returns, characteristics that make great
investor, attributes most important to job.
Michael J. Clowes (2000).
The Money Flood: How Pension Funds
Revolutionized Investing. (New York, NY: Wiley, 308 p.). Pension
trusts--Investments--United States.
Douglas J. Donnelly (1994).
The Money Monarchs: The Secrets of
10 of America's Best Investment Managers. (Burr Ridge, IL:
Business One Irwin, 222 p.). Investment advisors--United States;
Investments--United States.
Steven Drobny (2006).
Inside the House of Money: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in a
Global Market. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 384 p.). Cofounder of
Drobny Global Advisors. Hedge funds; Mutual funds; Investment
advisors; Portfolio management; Investments. Thirteen interviews with the industry's best minds.
Charles D. Ellis, with James R. Vertin (2001).
Wall Street
People: True Stories of Today's Masters and Moguls. (New York, NY:
Wiley, 342 p.). Investment advisors--United States.
--- (2003).
Wall Street People: True Stories of the Great Barons
of Finance. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 276 p.). Investment
advisors--United States.
Ben Finkelstein (2006).
The Politics of Public Fund Investing: How To Modify Wall Street to
Fit Main Street. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 208 p.).
Investment of public funds--United States; Local finance--United
States. Fixed-income
portfolio management while balancing politics (preserve principal), with economics
(optimize income).
Richard Folcker (2001).
Derivatives Diary: The Strategies of an
Independent Fund Manager. (New York, NY: Wiley, 128 p.).
Management Consultant Specializing in Global Risk Management.
Investment advisors; Investment analysis--Marketing; Derivative
securities.
Albert J. Fredman, Russ Wiles (1993).
How Mutual Funds Work
(New York, NY: New York Institute of Finance). Mutual funds;
Investments.
Ed. Gilbert E. Kaplan and Chris Welles. With an introd. by 'Adam
Smith.' (1969).
The Money Managers. (New York, NY: Random
House, 261 p.). Publisher of Institutional Investor, Journalist,
respectively. Investment advisors--United States. "Profiles ... based
on articles which originally appeared in The institutional investor."
Scott Kays (2005).
Five Key Lessons from the Top Managers. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley,
278 p.). Founder, Kays Financial Advisory Corporation (over $100
million in client assets). Portfolio management; Investment analysis;
Investment advisors. Different investment styles, five common
principles.
Kirk Kazanjian (2000).
Wizards of Wall Street: Market-Beating
Insights and Strategies from the World's Top-Performing Mutual Fund
Managers (New York, NY: New York Institute of Finance, 359 p.).
Mutual funds--United States; Stocks--United States;
Investments--United States; Investment advisors--New York (State)--New
York--Interviews; Stockbrokers--New York (State)--New
York--Interviews; Stock exchanges--New York (State)--New York.
Ari Kiev (2005).
Hedge Fund Masters: How Top Hedge Fund Traders Set Goals, Overcome
Barriers, and Achieve Peak Performance. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley,
272 p.). President of the Social Psychiatry Research Institute (stress
management and performance enhancement). Hedge funds; Investment
analysis; Floor traders (Finance).
Norman King (1983).
The Money Messiah$. (New York, NY:
Coward-McCann, 221 p.). Investment advisors--Biography; Capitalists
and financiers--Biography.
James A. Kujaca (1996).
The Trillion Dollar Promise: An Inside
Look at Corporate Pension Money, How Its Managed, and for Whose Benefit.
(Chicago, IL: Irwin Professional Pub., 191 p.). Pension trusts--United
States--Management; Pension trusts--United States--Investments; Pension
trusts--Corrupt practices--United States.
Michael F. Lane (2000).
Secrets of the Wealth Makers: Top Money
Managers Reveal Their Investing Wisdom. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill,
217 p.). Investments; Finance, Personal; Investment advisors. Showcases
the proven wealth-building tactics of the best and brightest financial
advisors in the country.
Dean LeBaron, Romesh Vaitilingam (2002).
Dean LeBaron's Treasury
of Investment Wisdom: 30 Great Investing Minds. (New York, NY:
Wiley, 310 p.). Founder (Batterymarch Financial Management).
Investments; Stock exchanges.
Louis Lowenstein (2008).
The Investor’s Dilemma: How Mutual Funds Are Betraying Your Trust and
What To Do About It. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 220 p.). Simon Rifkind
Professor Emeritus of Finance and Law, Columbia Law School. Mutual
funds--United States; Investments. Fund families have become behemoths,
primary goal to collect more assets; investors suffer; how highly
overpaid are mutual fund managers; how they consistently cost investors
through unreasonable fees, expenses; maze of conflicts of interest,
financial double-dealing; fund.
Martin Mayer (1969). New Breed on Wall Street: The Young Men Who
Make the Money Go. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 128 p.). Investment
advisors--United States; Institutional investments--United States.
Ben Mezrich (2004).
Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy
League Cowboy Who Raided Asia in Search of the American Dream.
(New York, NY: Morrow, 288 p.). Capitalists and
financiers--Japan--Biography; Americans--Japan--Biography; Hedge
funds--Japan.
Louis Navellier (2007).
The Little Book That Makes You Rich. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 208
p.). Newsletter Editor (25+ years) - Recommendations have gained over
4,806 percent in last 22 years (confirmed by The Hulbert Financial
Digest). Stocks; Investments. How to find stocks poised for
rapid price increases, regardless of overall stock market direction;
statistical, quantitative measures needed to measure risk,
reward along path to profitable growth stock investing; specific
tools for selecting stocks based on factors that years of research
have proven to lead to growth stock profits.
Ronald D. Orol (2008).
Extreme Value Hedging: How Activist Hedge Fund Managers Are Taking on
the World. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 370 p.). Senior Writer for The
Deal and The Daily Deal. Hedge funds; Hedging (Finance).
Rise to power in U.S. of activist hedge fund managers, how they
spread their influence around globe (China, Ukraine, South Korea, Sweden).
Robert C. Pozen; editorial assistance by Sandra D. Crane (2002).
The
Mutual Fund Business (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 589 p.
[2nd ed.]). Mutual
funds--United States--Case studies.
Michael D. Sheimo (2000).
Mutual Fund Rules: 50 Essential Axioms
to Explain and Examine Mutual Fund Investing (New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill, 247 p.). Mutual funds--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
R. J. Shook (2005).
The Winner's Circle: Wall Street's Best Mutual Fund Managers.
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 238 p.). Mutual funds--United States; Investment
advisors--United States; Success in business.
Michael Steinhardt (2001).
No Bull: My Life In and Out of the
Markets. (New York, NY: Wiley, 289 p.). Hedge Fund Manager.
Steinhardt, Michael; Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography; Investments--United States.
Peter Tanous, with a foreword by Andrew Tobias and a preface by
Richard C. Breeden (1997).
Investment Gurus : A Road Map to Wealth
from the World's Best Money Managers. (New York, NY: New York
Institute of Finance, 414 p.). President (Lynx Investment Advisory,
LLC). Investment advisors--United States--Interviews; Stocks;
Portfolio management.
Peter Temple (2001).
Hedge Funds: The Courtesans of Capitalism.
(New York, NY: Wiley, 271 p.). Former Investment Analyst for a Fund.
Hedge funds; Hedge funds--United States; Capitalism.
Michael Useem (1996).
Investor Capitalism: How Money Managers
Are Changing the Face of Corporate America. (New York, NY: Basic
Books, 332 p.). Institutional investments -- United States; Investment
advisors.
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