Finance and Economics
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Alexander Gerchik's extraordinary fate could serve as a good storyline for a Hollywood movie. However, a movie has already been made about the famous Odessa trader: in a CBNS Wall Street Warriors project, conducted in 2006 among 2,000 traders, Gerchik was named the safest, with not a single bad day in his entire trading career. From Taxi Driver to Broker A graduate of a food technical school, Alexander Gerchik began continuing his education at university, but quickly dropped out and decided to go for free bread in New York. Arriving in 1993 to the financial capital of America, the Odessa emigrant, like most post-Soviet illegal immigrants, became a cab driver. During his three years in the service...
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Author: Robert Menschel English: Markets, Mobs and Mayhem: A Modern Look at the Madness of Crowds Series: Troika Dialog Library Publisher: Olympus Business, 2005 Hardcover, 234 pp ISBN 5-9693-0006-3, 0-471-23327-7 Format: 60×90/16 (~145x217 mm) FROM THE EDITOR BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF MASSIVE MISMASTERS The book considers and analyses the most prominent cases of mass madness in history. The author touches on such phenomena as lynching, Nazism, but mainly his attention is drawn to episodes when reasonable and well-meaning people are seized by mass sentiment, like "tulip mania" in 17th century Holland, panic on Wall Street during the Great Depression, boom Internet companies, letters with anthrax powder or a fire in the theater. Instructive...
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Author: Stephen Levitt and Stephen Dubner English: Superfreakonomics Publisher: Mann, Ivanov & Ferber, 2010. Superfreakonomics, 288 pages ISBN 978-5-91657-097-7 Circulation: 3000 copies. Format: 70×100/16 (~167×236 mm) FROM THE EDITOR BOOK ABOUT THE STRANGE OF ECONOMICS "Superfreakonomics" is a worthy sequel to the acclaimed bestseller "Freakonomics". Inside is an unconventional explanation of new non-obvious facts by unusual economists. The book is as epic, unexpected and provocative as possible. And at the same time quite serious. At the heart of strange phenomena are found quite logical economic mechanisms - and vice versa. This book has every chance to repeat (and maybe even surpass) the popularity of its legendary predecessor.
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Author: Barton Biggs English: Hedgehogging Publisher: Mann, Ivanov & Ferber, 2010. Hardcover, 416 pp. ISBN 978-5-91657-098-4 Circulation: 2000 copies. Format: 70×100/16 (~167×236 mm) FROM THE EDITOR OF THE BOOK ON THE BASIS OF INVESTMENTS The book by the top manager of the well-known investment company Morgan Stanley Barton Biggs is dedicated to those who are professionally engaged in investing. You will not find here advice on managing your own and others' finances, but you will get a fairly complete picture of the lives of these people: their principles, motivations for behavior, relationships, strategies and tactics for working in the market. Real stories of dizzying successes and shattering downfalls make you think about a lot of things. If you have anything to do with the stock markets (or are about to enter...
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English: An Introduction to Derivatives Series: Reuters for financiers Publisher: Alpina Publisher, 2009 Hardcover, 202 pages ISBN 978-5-9614-1101-0, 978-5-9614-1092-1, 0-471-83176-X Mintage: 1500 copies. Format: 84×108/16 (~205x290 mm) FROM THE EDITOR OF THE DERIVATIVES STUDY BOOK This book is an excellent textbook for beginners in studying derivative financial instruments (derivatives). Derivatives are the basis of many trading strategies, and although they have been around for a very long time, their field of application continues to expand as financial markets evolve. Some derivatives are very simple and some are very complex, but in any case, in order to use them effectively, the risks and rewards must be clearly understood. The book will be of interest to...
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Author: Robert Hagstrom English: The Detective and The Investor 2005 Hardcover, 308 pp ISBN 5-98293-062-8, 1-58799-127-6 Circulation: 3000 copies. FROM THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK ON THE DETECTIVE SCIENCE OF INVESTORS The investigative methods and ways of thinking of such legendary detectives as Auguste Dupin, Father Brown and, of course, Sherlock Holmes open up new vistas for investors. Robert Hagstrom demonstrates what lessons and techniques for successful business investing can be learned from Dupin's unerring deductive thinking, Father Brown's intuitive knowledge of human nature, and Holmes's remarkable powers of observation. For Wall Street professionals and novice investors alike. And at the same time, for all those who love a good detective.
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Peter L. Bernstein (1919 - 2009) is an acknowledged popularizer of the investment business, having worked in the field for more than three decades and written countless academic papers and books. The financier willy-nilly The father of the hero of the article was a financial consultant, so it is quite possible that the subsequent financial successes of the extremely capable son were genetically predetermined. In 1967, on the unexpected death of Bernstein Sr. Peter inherited a family business consisting of a wealth management firm. By this time the new Bernstein-Macaulay Inc. fund manager had two college degrees under his belt, including the famous Harvard, service in the U.S. Air Force during World War II...
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John Murphy is a recognized authority on technical analysis of the futures markets, having passed on his experience and knowledge to interested readers through dozens of books published. From Fundamentals to Technique A graduate in business management, John Murphy hardly imagined that his entire professional career would be devoted to mastering technical analysis. After graduation, he expected to work on fundamental analysis, hoping to get a job as a securities analyst on Wall Street. But it turned out that the recent student became an assistant to a portfolio manager of CIT Financial Corporation, drawing charts of quote changes for him. As Murphy recalls, he had to understand everything himself. The labors of technical...
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Author: Robert Fisher English: Fibonacci Applications and Strategies for Traders Series: To Help the Trader Publisher: Euro, 2009. ISBN 978-5-902537-11-3 Format: 70×100/16 (~167×236 mm) ABOUT THE AUTHORS OF THE FIBONACci NUMBER WORKING BOOK Until now the Fibonacci number sequence, one of the most important mathematical structures simulating the natural phenomena, was applied only for estimating corrections and extensions of price movements. The publication of this groundbreaking book makes the Fibonacci numbers an extremely profitable tool for financial market traders, portfolio managers and analysts. This groundbreaking book focuses on one of the most fascinating aspects of modern financial market analysis. It provides a new critical look at the concepts and methods of using both...
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Author: E. V. Chirkova Publisher: Case, 2010. Supercover, 416 pages ISBN 978-5-91848-001-4 Circulation: 3000 copies. Format: 60×90/16 (~145x217 mm) ABOUT THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK ON FINANCIAL BUBbles Unusual in genre and composition, Anatomy of a Financial Bubble details the many known financial bubbles that have occurred chronologically from the 16th century to the present, geographically from Japan and Kuwait to the United States; it reviews the psychological, sociological, economic and financial explanations for such market anomalies. In addition, historical facts are illustrated with digests of works of world literature in which they are reflected. At the same time, the book is a serious scientific study. It offers a coherent theoretical...
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Author: David Krueger, with contributions from John Mann English: The Secret Language of Money: How to Make Smarter Financical Decisions and Live a Richer Life Publisher: Mann, Ivanov & Ferber, 2010. Hardcover, 352 pages ISBN 978-5-91657-059-5 Circulation: 3000 copies. Format: 60×90/16 (~145x217 mm) ABOUT THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK ABOUT MONEY Money is important, no doubt. For them, we sometimes sacrifice a lot. But, finally becoming a little richer, we often get not happiness, but additional problems. We lose our savings, get into debt, become victims of fraud, suffer from bouts of stinginess or extravagance. And that's because we give money a meaning that it doesn't really have...
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Author: Michael Lewis English: Liar's Poker Publisher: Olympus Business, 2008 Hardcover, 384 pages. ISBN 978-5-9693-0114-6, 0-340-53469-9 Format: 84×108/32 (~130x205 mm) BOOK CONTENTS ON THE HISTORY OF INVESTMENT BANKS Liar's Poker is a documentary version of the story of investment banks, revealing the background to Tom Wolfe's story "Bonfire of the Vanities". Lewis describes his hero's dizzying journey through the trading floors of Salomon Brothers in London and New York in the midst of the turbulent 1980s, when the firm was the most powerful and profitable investment bank in the world. The story of that journey, from mere trainee to apprentice geek and to the triumphant title of "big trunk," proved hilarious and frightening. It is a frank, relentless...
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Author: Roger Lowenstein English: When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management: How One Small Bank Created a Trillion-Dollar Hole Publisher: Olympus Business, 2010. Hardcover, 392 pages ISBN 978-5-9693-0171-9, 1-84115-504-7 Format: 60×90/16 (~145x217 mm) ABOUT THE INVESTMENT HISTORY BOOK ORGANS Together with Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis this book forms a kind of dilogy. Some will find in it a documentary story of the rise and fall of the company LTCM, created on the model and likeness of the investment bank Salomon Brothers, the description and analysis of its activities. Others will see the interpretation of the eternal story of the conflict of reason and gambling, the mismatch of the good intentions of some with the greedy interests of others. Before...
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Bernard Baruch's influence on political and economic life in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century was as great as that of more famous oligarchs such as John P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller. Before he became the "Gray Cardinal of the White House," however, the hero of this article won considerable laurels on Wall Street. A million of his last $500 Coming from a poor Jewish family, Bernard M. Baruch, after graduating from college in New York, was forced immediately to take a low-paying and little honorable job as a messenger in a broker's office. However, the shrewd and ambitious fellow made the most of an unenviable situation, from "errand boy" at first becoming...
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One of the most odious figures in trading, Jesse Livermore could not withstand the fourth fall, which proved fatal. To learn and understand the methods of the legendary Great Bear, Edwin Ledefre's book "Memories of a Stock Speculator" is recommended for reading, which, according to many, was partially written by the hero himself. It describes in sufficient detail the risk-free approach of Jesse Livermore, who sold shares at the first losses and gradually built up his share in the profitable securities package. The great trader laid down the main principles of technical and fundamental analysis, pointed out the main signals which indicate the entrance to the market, and also emphasized the importance of studying the companies themselves and the situation in the country in general. The great one himself...
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Автор: Питер Линч Англ.: One Up on Wall Street: How to Use What You Already Know to Make Money in the Market Издательство: Альпина Паблишер, 2011 г. Суперобложка, 272 стр. ISBN 978-5-9614-1531-5, 978-0-7432-0040-0, 0-7432-0040-3 Тираж: 2000 экз. Формат: 70×100/16 (~167×236 мм) ОТ АВТОРОВ КНИГИ ОБ ИНВЕСТИЦИЯХ Эта книга принадлежит перу одного из самых успешных финансовых менеджеров в мире. Питер Линч не предлагает волшебных формул и рецептов из серии «как стать миллионером». Его идея проста: несложные приемы оценки позволяют даже начинающему инвестору стать экспертом и принимать решения не хуже профессионалов с Уолл-стрит. Сначала он предлагает читателю оценить себя как потенциального инвестора.…
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Author: Larry Williams English: Trade Stocks and Commodities with the Insiders: Secrets of the Cot Report Publisher: Alpina Publisher, 2011. Paperback, 232 pp. ISBN 978-5-9614-1553-7, 0-471-74125-6 Print run: 500 copies. Format: 70×100/16 (~167×236 mm) FROM THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK ABOUT FUTURES TRADING It is no secret that the vast majority of small participants of the futures market rely on the data of technical analysis. The author of this book, one of the most successful traders in the world, suggests to approach futures trading differently. In his opinion, one should focus on the largest players, market operators, whose actions determine the behavior of exchange commodity prices. He considers the best source of information to be the mandatory traders' transaction reports (TTRs) published weekly by the Commission....
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Author: Gregory Morris English: Candlestick Charting Explained: Timeless Techniques for Trading Stocks and Futures Publisher: Alpina Publisher, 2010. Hardcover, 312 pp. ISBN 978-5-9614-1327-4, 1-55738-891-1 Print run: 1000 copies. Format: 70×100/16 (~167×236 mm) FROM THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK ABOUT JAPANESE CANDLES Today Japanese candlesticks are one of the most popular methods of analyzing and forecasting financial and commodity markets. This book, written by renowned technical analysis expert Gregory Morris, shows how candlestick charts can be used to find and evaluate chart patterns. It explains in detail how to combine Japanese candlesticks with other technical tools to find profitable trades. The book can be used as a...
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Автор: Питер Линч Англ.: Beating the Street Издательство: Альпина Паблишер, 2011 г. Твердый переплет, 323 стр. ISBN 978-5-9614-1453-0, 0-671-75915-9 Тираж: 2000 экз. Формат: 70×100/16 (~167×236 мм) ОТ АВТОРОВ КНИГИ ОБ УПРАВЛЕНИИ ФОНДОВЫМ ПОРТФЕЛЕМ Куда выгоднее вкладывать деньги — в акции или облигации? Как выбрать лучшие акции, которые станут победителями на рынке? Как правильно читать баланс и финансовые отчеты компании, чтобы получить максимум информации для принятия решения? Что нужно учитывать при выборе взаимного фонда? Как обогнать рынок? Эти и множество других вопросов профессионально и доходчиво обсуждаются автором, сумевшим превратить историю своего 13-летнего управления фондом в остроумное и увлекательное повествование. Автор книги Питер…
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Author: V. R. Evstigneev Publisher: Maroseika, 2009 Hardcover, 192 pp. ISBN 978-5-903271-25-2 Print run: 1000 copies. Format: 60×90/16 (~145x217 mm) FROM THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK ON THE PORTFOLIO OF SHARES The monograph offers new approaches to understanding the mechanism of profitability formation on the American stock market and to its forecasting. The author's conclusions are based on a large volume of computational experiments using real market quotations. The book is intended for financial researchers, teachers, graduate students, senior students, stock analysts and all interested persons working in the securities market.
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