Finance and Economics
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Viktor Rashnikov is a Russian businessman and billionaire who was ranked 14th in Russia by Finance magazine in 2010 and 71st in the world by Forbes magazine with a net worth of $9.8 billion. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Corporate Governance Committee and President of MMK Managing Company LLC. Viktor Rashnikov was born on October 13, 1948 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, into a family of workers. He received two higher education degrees in Metal Forming and Production Management in 1974 and 1994 respectively. He also has a degree of doctor...
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This time we will talk about Vladimir Potanin, another Russian oligarch who earned his fortune in the foreign economy and is actively giving it away to charity, and who is part of the "2P" tandem with Mikhail Prokhorov. Business interests Vladimir Potanin, currently president of Interros, was born on January 3, 1961, in Moscow to a family of a diplomat and a doctor. Having decided to follow in his father's footsteps, Potanin graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations as an international economist with knowledge of foreign languages. After graduation, Vladimir Potavin worked for 7 years in the structure of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of the USSR. But after the abolition of the state monopoly on foreign trade in the spring of 1990, he created and headed...
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На этот раз мы немного расскажем об еще одном российском долларовом миллиардере, который входит в сотню богатейших людей мира, Михаиле Фридмане. Олигарху принадлежали и принадлежат на долевой основе несколько крупнейших и известнейших российских компаний, в числе которых финансово-промышленный консорциум «Альфа-групп», ТНК-ВР и «ВымпелКом». Общее состояние Фридмана оценивается в 6,3 млрд. долл., что, по некоторым мнениям, несколько заниженная цифра. Михаил Маратович Фридман родился 21 апреля 1964г. в городе Львове на Западной Украине (тогда — Украинская ССР) в семье работников оборонной промышленности. Школьные годы Фридман провел на родине, а вот получать профессию в институте решил в Москве, выбрав факультет цветных и редкоземельных…
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The hero of the column "People and Facts" is Suleiman Kerimov, who according to the rating of millionaires of Russia 2009 is the 5th in this elite list. Being a kettlebell lifting champion, chairman of trade union committee, ordinary economist, director and deputy, Kerimov is building the "City for Millionaires". Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov was born on March 12, 1966 in Derbent, Dagestan, in the family of a lawyer and an accountant. He was the youngest child. His brother was a doctor and his sister was a teacher. In 1983, Kerimov graduated from high school with a gold medal and entered the Faculty of Construction of the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute. After his first year, he was drafted into the army, where he served...
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Vladimir Lisin is probably one of the most modest and overlooked Russian oligarchs. The chairman of Novolipetsk Steel's board of directors, a metallurgical engineer by training, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes at $7.70 billion (226.2 billion rubles), has been closely linked to metallurgy and industry all his life. The billionaire, who ranks third in the ranking of Russia's rich, was born May 7, 1956 in the city of Ivanovo, received a college degree at the Siberian Metallurgical Institute, later upgraded his skills and studied at the Academy of Foreign Trade and the Academy of National Economy. Lisin's first job was at Yuzhkuzbassugol as an electric fitter. Later, the future oligarch rose to become a steelmaker's handyman and then deputy...
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The past year has cleaned up the ranks of the American rich pretty good: the combined fortune of the richest Americans has shrunk by $300 billion, from $1.57 trillion to $1.27 trillion. According to a new Forbes ranking, the top ten richest Americans have become $40 billion poorer in the past 12 months. Among the specific reasons for the decline in wealth of the Walt family (Wall-Mart), as well as media mogul Michael Bloomberg are called the collapse in real estate values, low commodity prices, a sharp decline in stock markets and even trivial fraud. For example: the legendary Warren Buffett, an investor in the absolute sense of the word, lost during the crisis 10 billion dollars, and the shares of his company Berkshire Hathaway fell in value...
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Surely everyone has heard of pyramid schemes at least once in his life. However, not everyone can explain what it is and how such scheme actually works. The trader, regardless of his education, just has to be financially literate, so today we will analyze two of the most popular pyramid schemes. Financial pyramid scheme: theory From an economic point of view, a financial pyramid scheme is a scheme that aims to make a profit for its members. At the same time, the source of profit is the funds coming from the new members of this scheme. In simple words, a pyramid scheme is when those who joined it today bring "profit" by their contributions to those who joined...
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Оригинальное название: The Physics Of Wall Street. A Brief History Of Predicting The Unpredictable Авторы: Джеймс Уэзеролл / James Owen Weatherall Издательство: Манн, Иванов и Фербер, 2013 г ISBN ISBN 978-5-91657-946-8 Страниц: 320 стр. Формат: 70×100/16 Вес: 560 г Переплет: Твердый переплет Читать книгу Глава 1. Начало начал Читать книгу о деньгах и фондовых рынках Деньги, деньги, деньги… Сколько сил и изобретательности нужно, чтобы их заработать, сохранить и преумножить. И чем выше ставки, тем сложнее механизмы. Модель, предназначенную для предсказывания землетрясений, используют, чтобы предсказывать массовые обвалы фондового рынка. А сложнейшие идеи квантовой теории в скором времени могут быть использованы для создания более точного индекса потребительских цен. Думаете, блестящего экономического образования достаточно,…
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Every one of us dreams of having a passive income. To get money without doing almost anything, what could be more beautiful? One type of passive income is investing, when the money invested generates a steady income. Where did investing come from, and what interesting investment-related cases have happened in the financial world? Historical Background As surprising as it may be, investing began much earlier than the full-fledged financial markets. According to archaeologists' discoveries, investing money in order to multiply it took place before our era. People quickly came to the understanding that simple storage of money does not make anyone rich. One of the themes in the educational system of the ancients...
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The people around us, whether they are relatives, friends or neighbors, are always trying to give us advice, and often teach us how to live correctly, explaining how to act in this or that situation. Advice seems to them sensible, productive, but we rarely use it, sitting that we know better. In this case, harmful advice can work. Once they were very popular for naughty children, but now they can be given to unreasonable adults Keep a secret all about the company If you work in an office, then be sure to try to hide all information about your company activities from colleagues and employees. We all know that people have their own personal ...
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On New Year's Eve, even adults want a miracle. At the sound of the chimes, everyone makes wishes and believes that they will surely come true. This goes on from year to year, but dreams are in no hurry to come true. Why? Simply, a person, in addition to making a wish, must make an effort to make it come true. Here are a few tips to help change your life for the better. Learn how to formulate promises to make at New Year's Eve - a wonderful tradition. But by spring, all that's left are memories. To avoid this, it is worth adhering to certain rules: It is desirable not to make wishes, which have the particle "not. For example, we often swear to ourselves not to smoke,...
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When the ruble exchange rate begins to shake up and down, everyone in the country pays attention to foreign currency. There is a great desire to earn on the difference in exchange rates, getting a good profit. The U.S. dollar is of particular interest, and many Russian depositors want to keep their money in this currency. This decision looks justified; the U.S. dollar was predicted to collapse long time ago, but it feels quite confident in spite of the political and economic instability. This might seem surprising only to those who do not know that the biggest part of currency reserves is kept in USD. By the way, international settlements are also conducted in U.S. dollars, and it is in this...
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Do I trust banks today? Banks have become a part of everyone's life, playing an important role in it. In banks we take out loans for our own needs, to buy real estate, make deposits, open current accounts and much more. At the same time we entrust our confidential information to the banking structures on 100%. If you think about it, we have no other choice, because no one has canceled the identification of clients yet. If you refuse to provide this data, with a high probability you will simply be refused service. Fortunately, the banks themselves can not use the information provided by users for mercenary purposes, as at legislative level the state protects its residents. So, thanks to...
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Оригинальное название: The Truth Machine. The Blockchain and the Future of Everything Авторы: Пол Винья и Майкл Кейси / Paul Vigna и Michael J. Casey Издательство: Манн, Иванов и Фербер, 2017 г ISBN 978-5-00117-660-2 Страниц: 320 стр. Формат: 70×100/16 Вес: 653 г Переплет: Твердый переплет Купить книгу Читать книгу Глава 5. Четвертая промышленная революция Читать книгу о деньгах Новая книга авторов бестселлера «Эпоха криптовалют», в которой они рассказывают о технологии блокчейн и том, как она будет менять разные отрасли бизнеса и сферы нашей жизни. Эпоха криптовалют. Как биткойн и блокчейн меняют мировой экономический порядок В условиях современной экономики миром правит тот, кто контролирует потоки информации. Это хорошо видно на примере информационно-технологических гигантов вроде Google и Facebook:…
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Оригинальное название: Naked Money. A Revealing Look at Our Financial System Авторы: Чарльз Уилан / Charles Wheelan Издательство: Манн, Иванов и Фербер, 2017 г ISBN 978-5-00100-988-7 Страниц: 384 стр. Формат: 70×100/16 Вес: 768 г Переплет: Твердый переплет Купить книгу Читать книгу о деньгах Продолжение серии бестселлеров Чарльза Уилана — о неожиданно увлекательном, многообразном и странном мире, стоящем за цифрами на наших банковских счетах и купюрах в бумажниках. Посмотрите на любую купюру из вашего бумажника. Ровно ничто в этой купюре не обещает вам, что вы что-нибудь за нее получите: ни золота, ни серебра — ничего. Этот клочок бумаги напрочь лишен какой-либо внутренней стоимости. И все же ее стоимость не нулевая — и каждый из нас примерно представляет, какова она. Вооружившись такой бумажкой, можно обзавестись (в зависимости от номинала) бутылочкой…
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You got your paycheck, but it went to the momentary needs... You went to the cinema, went to a cafe or just bought food in the supermarket - and now the money is gone... Where does the money go, and why is it always gone? Let's discuss in this article. Why is there always a lack of money? The reason is simple: people don't calculate their own expenses. After all, if you ask any resident of our country, few people will answer exactly how much he spent on this or that item of expenditure, how much food costs in the supermarket, how much was spent on the repair of the vehicle and so on. The only expenses that people often remember, and the amount of which...
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Despite the fact that everyone has equal opportunities from the beginning, some people barely manage to find enough to eat, while others live their lives in a big way and do not deny themselves anything. So why do the poor become poorer and the rich become even richer, and what type of thinking belongs to them? Let's try to answer these questions right now. Wealth comes from God, and poverty is always a misfortune Do you still think that happiness is not about money? Yes, you can't buy health for it, but you can afford the kind of life that will keep you healthy for years to come. At the same time, you'll be living a life of nothing...
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Every independent person, thinking about the future, at least once in his life has wondered what is more profitable - to rent an apartment or take out a mortgage. On the one hand, you will constantly have to move from place to place and depend on the mood of the owner of the apartment. On the other hand, for a long time to deny yourself many things, just to pay the monthly mortgage payment in full and on time. However, in the second case you are already paying for your own apartment, which is undoubtedly pleasant. You have probably already guessed that each of the options has its advantages and disadvantages. That's what we're going to look at right now. "For" Mortgage Let's start by listing the advantages...
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To be a wealthy person, it is not enough to have a good job or a rich daddy. It is important to understand what prospects and possibilities you have and to what extent they coincide with your desires. There are four basic money questions that you must know the answers to in order not to fall into the financial abyss and to be an independent, successful person. 1. How much are you saving? Every reasonable person sets aside something "for a rainy day", "for vacation", "for unexpected expenses", "for retirement" in good times. There can be many of these items and you can vary the percentage based on your earnings and needs, but it's important to know how much money you have in reserve so you can plan your money life wisely...
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Bitcoin will be mined until the year 2140, but even today it is not easy to do. Especially if you only have a home computer at your disposal. And even so, there is no certainty that you will cover your electricity costs by mining. In the early days of mining it was easy, only the lazy ones didn't try the "free money". There were even precedents of buying a pizza for 10,000 bitcoins. Expensive purchase! But who knew. Now only 30% bitcoin wallets are actively used, the rest just keep the funds, including because the owner forgot, deleted or lost the password. Restore it, if you do not know, by the usual ways we can not. The anonymity of the system is not...
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