Personal Finance Investing

A comprehensive and practical guide to the stock market from a successful fund manager - filled with case studies, important background information, and all the tools you’ll need to become a stock market genius. Fund manager Joel Greenblatt has been beating the Dow (with returns of 50 percent a year) for more than a decade. And now, in this highly accessible guide, he’s going to show you how to do it, too. You’re about to discover investment opportunities that portfolio managers, business-school professors, and top investment experts regularly miss.

Do you want to trade stocks, but don't know where to start? Are you scared of the risks? Relax! Trading For Dummies takes a measured approach to trading, giving you the basics of trading and portfolio management. This friendly guide will show you how to analyze the market and make smart decisions—so you won't lose your shirt!

Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money is the leading guide for women who seek to learn the basic foundations of personal investing. In a no-nonsense and straightforward style, this audiobook teaches listeners: exactly how investing works and what you should be doing, no fancy finance degree required; how to leverage investing to build long-term wealth even on a modest salary; the key pitfalls to avoid in order to become a successful investor; and more.

TraderMind is an essential resource for understanding and applying mindfulness-based approaches that help to enhance an individual trader's overall performance. Based upon extensive research and practical application in the real world of the trading floor, TraderMind includes methods, tactics and techniques to build and enhance awareness and insight, which help manage thoughts and emotions and maximize trading performance.

To make money in this troubled economy you need to understand where the markets are headed, not where they've been. Clinging to outdated strategies and played out market trends are sure ways to miss out on new investments. In The Little Book of Bull's Eye Investing, acclaimed investment expert John Mauldin teaches you how to read the direction of the markets to make decisions that capitalize on today's investment opportunities.

Machine learning (ML) is changing virtually every aspect of our lives. Today ML algorithms accomplish tasks that until recently only expert humans could perform. As it relates to finance, this is the most exciting time to adopt a disruptive technology that will transform how everyone invests for generations. The book addresses real-life problems faced by practitioners on a daily basis and explains scientifically sound solutions using math, supported by code and examples.

Bestselling author Michael Maloney makes the case that while stocks, real estate, crypto, bonds, and nearly every major asset class have boomed, gold and silver have been largely ignored, and are now among the world’s last, and most, undervalued assets. But a shift is underway. The coming flight to safety will be staggering… and gold and silver will be the big winners. After accurately predicting the crisis of 2008, Mike now presents unassailable data that an even greater crisis is coming.

Learn the business strategies and personal secrets that have made Donald Trump one of the most successful and famous real-estate investors from George H. Ross, an exclusive insider. Ross has been Trump's executive business and legal advisor for over 25 years. Trump's smart strategies apply to ventures of any size and will have you investing with confidence.

Welcome to the world of buying foreclosed homes at auction - a real estate strategy that lets you remove the middleman, decrease your competition, and buy at a discount. Bidding for properties on the courthouse steps while competing in real time with other investors is a thrilling experience. With dozens of insider auction secrets that are proven to help maximize returns, Bidding to Buy will show you the skills you need to successfully bid at auction, then turn a healthy profit on your investment.

From an experienced individual investor, here's a range of actionable ideas across different asset classes to help you decide what money moves are best for you and your family to make to win financially during and after a market downturn. Down markets, sell-offs, and/or bear markets provide a unique opportunity for individual--and generational--wealth creation. Here's my unfiltered take--with strategies and suggested resources--to make the most during an economic downturn using stocks, options, crypto, real estate (traditional and fractional), and more.

Investing in ETFs for Dummies has all the basics you need to make calculated and profitable choices when investing in exchange-traded funds. ETFs make it possible for investors to quickly and easily gain exposure to wide swaths of the market. There are funds that are linked to popular market indices like the S&P 500, there are quirky thematic funds that allow you to invest in stuff like video game technology or breakfast commodities, and there's everything in between.

Quantitative trading strategies - known to many as - black boxes - have gained a reputation of being difficult to explain and even harder to understand. While there is a certain level of complexity to this approach, with the right guidance, you can successfully overcome potential obstacles and begin to excel in this arena.

Unlock Financial Freedom – Without the Stress, Confusion, or Feeling Overwhelmed You’ve worked hard to graduate college, but no one ever taught you how money actually works. Now, you’re navigating student loans, credit cards, budgeting, saving, and investing with no clear plan—and it’s overwhelming. ✔ Do you feel lost when it comes to personal finance? ✔ Are you struggling with debt, uncertain about investing, or unsure how to budget effectively? ✔ Do you wish someone would just break it all down—without boring you to death with financial jargon? If so, you’re not alone...

Completely revised and updated with clear and witty explanations, The Motley Fool Investment Guide deciphers all the new information - from evaluating individual stocks to creating a diverse investment portfolio. Also: The Motley Fool You Have More Than You Think.

Financial Boot Camp will teach you what you need to know to joint the ranks of these financially secure doctors. It starts at the very beginning and is filled with straight talk and clear explanations. Although appropriate for the financial novice, it also contains advanced concepts unknown to many financial advisors. Besides giving you the information you need, the included anecdotes from real doctors will also inspire you to finally take action and get control of your financial life.

Many investors get their start in real estate by purchasing a simple, two-unit property called a duplex. This BiggerPockets PocketBook provides a concise guide to ensure your small multifamily investments are cash-flowing deals. Not only will this guide teach you to buy your first (and next!) duplex property, but you will also develop a deep understanding of how to research the appropriate market and manage your properties like an investing expert.

Warren Buffett is one of the best investors of all time. But what is his strategy? Buffett's 2-Step Stock Market Strategy breaks down Buffett’s two-step strategy and compiles his best investing principles, so that you can replicate his strategy when you invest in stocks. Buffett's 2-Step Stock Market Strategy will teach you when Buffett buys and sells, what he looks for when researching a stock, and the biggest mistakes that beginners make when trying to replicate his strategy.

Listen to writings by Warren Buffet, Peter Lynch, George Soros, and other leading figures of finance. In their own words, these legends of Wall Street share their best investment ideas and advice. The Book of Investing Wisdom offers unique insights into how these professionals and others achieved financial success through intelligent investing.

For 12 years, Mary Buffett was part of the Buffett inner circle. During that time, she studied Warren’s investment strategies and techniques and observed his habits. Now, in 7 Secrets to Investing Like Warren Buffett, Mary and Sean Seah provide a complete guide for beginning investors who want to understand how to invest like Warren Buffett. Mary and Sean walk listeners through the process of assessing and buying stocks step-by-step. Their friendly and direct style and concrete examples make it easy to understand how to avoid common pitfalls and prosper in the stock market.

Created for risk professionals and non-risk professionals alike, this easy-to-understand guide helps you meet the increasingly insistent demand to make sophisticated assessments of companies' risk exposure. It provides the latest methods for measuring and transferring credit risk, increasing risk-management transparency, and implementing an organization-wide Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) approach.