Professor Connel Fullenkamp of Duke University guides you through four centuries of economic disasters-from tulip mania in the 1600s to the Great Recession of 2007—2009. Each of his 24 lectures covers a notable incident of financial misfortune or folly that is worthy of a Hollywood thriller. You hear how Charles Ponzi conducted the moneymaking scam that bears his name; how mining companies in the Old West sprang up like internet startups, with a...

Have you mastered money in your life, or does it master you? Dominguez and Robin describe their own philosophy and techniques for knowing "how much is enough," for living below your means and not needing to work for money. They challenge us in new ways to re-examine our relationship to money and things financial.

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Selling an investment - whether a winner or loser - can be emotionally difficult. In addition to learning why this is so, grasp the different reasons that selling is often the right decision, and learn some techniques that can help offset emotional influences.

Handbook for Real Estate Investors is the perfect do-it-yourself audiobook of study for anyone who desires to take on the real property ladder, be a successful investor and have investment properties. Based on truth, these are the answers that you've been looking for that work. Here, you'll find everything you need to get started: Leveraging Active income and passive income Hedge against inflation Financial independence...

A fun, simple bunch of interesting thoughts and conclusions that are guaranteed to be of use to you. You can have all the tools at your disposal. But just as every building needs a blueprint, your life needs an architect as well - and nobody is more suited to the job than you. So join Peter Dwares as he shares the personal philosophies, thoughts and quotes that have driven him to build his own life throughout the years with passages on honesty,...

From the host of NPR’s Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, ruthless investor changed American finance forever. Before Bill Gross was known among investors as the Bond King, he was a gambler. In 1966, a fresh college grad, he went to Vegas armed with his net worth ($200) and a knack for counting cards. $10,000 and countless casino bans later, he was hooked: so he enrolled in business school. The Bond King is the story...

Travel with the commodities specialist dubbed "the Indiana Jones of finance." Since retiring from the Quantum Fund at age 37, Jim Rogers has toured the world, scouting out opportunities in emerging markets. Learn how to break into commodities trading, and get Rogers' tips on what to look for in a foreign market.

An inside look at a cable titan and his industry. John Malone, hailed as one of the great unsung heroes of our age by some and reviled by others as a ruthless robber baron, is revealed as a bit of both in Cable Cowboy. For more than twenty-five years, Malone has dominated the cable television industry, shaping the world of entertainment and communications, first with his cable company TCI and later with Liberty Media. Written with Malone's unprecedented...

Turn now to corporate strategy, which involves determining where to compete, not how. Explore the corporate strategies of horizontal and vertical integration (and their two types) in the context of Disney's acquisition of Pixar animation studios. As a multi-business unit corporate, why build a particular portfolio of businesses?