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Basic Training: A Futures Primer
Mar 25, 2005
For the financial trading novice, this chapter will help you to learn the very basics of futures trading. You'll learn some of the important terminology of the trade, as well as how to place bids, sell, and monitor the market.
Beat the Market: Invest by Knowing What Stocks to Buy and What Stocks to Sell
Sep 3, 2008
There are investment methods you can use yourself that do work and are not difficult. Charles D. Kirkpatrick tells you how.
Beat the Market: Win with Proven Stock Selection and Market Timing Tools
Dec 31, 2008
Gerald Appel explains how you can become a savvy and highly successful investor for years to come in this introduction to his book.
Beware the Keynesian Mirage
Oct 31, 2011
Tony Crescenzi explains why it is a fallacy to believe that the ability of nations to issue ever-increasing amounts of new debt at the Keynesian Endpoint will be the same as it was in the past, and it is lunacy to believe that in the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis that bond investors will turn a blind eye to a continuation of fiscal profligacy.
Busted: The Failure of Mutual Funds and Birth of ETFs
Jun 10, 2008
Not only can ETFs give you access to investments that mutual funds can’t, but they can be solid, long-term investment vehicles—if you follow the iMoney strategy.
Buy Panic: Gene Marcial on How Market Meltdowns Can Be Your Ally
Mar 14, 2008
Gene Marcial explains how investors should confront panic in the marketplace. The thesis: Panic can be your ally.
Buying at the Point of Maximum Pessimism: A Rare Opportunity
May 25, 2010
Rare-earth minerals are used in everything from cell phones to Toyota Priuses. The rare-earth industry presents a growing opportunity for investors to participate in the rapid growth of technology.
Charting the Markets Using Technical Analysis: Required Background
Aug 11, 2006
Before you jump right into learning technical analysis, it's a good idea to understand some broad concepts. This chapter will give you the background you need to get started with technical analysis.
Collaboration Is Key for Green IT
Apr 17, 2009
Collaboration among many stakeholders is a must for green data center technology. John Lamb describes how to help make this collaboration happen.
Competing in a Flat World: The Orchestration Imperative
Nov 9, 2007
Learn how to succeed in this flat world--not just how to build better supply chains, but how to build competencies in network orchestration and change the shape of your thinking, strategies, and organizations to embrace this flatter world.
Crapshoot Investing: How Tech-Savvy Traders and Clueless Regulators Turned the Stock Market into a Casino
Apr 6, 2011
Equity markets are now high-speed casinos rigged against individual investors. Now, Jim McTague reveals the twin causes: high-frequency traders and blundering regulators.
Creating a Proposal for Raising Venture Capital
May 6, 2005
Most investment officers worth their salt won't meet with a potential business until they've seen a business proposal. This chapter will help you put together a winning business proposal that will have investors falling at your feet.
Creating and Growing Real Estate Wealth: The Starting Line
Mar 21, 2008
Is real estate a good personal fit for you?
Decoding Wall Street’s Well-Kept Secrets
Oct 19, 2007
Understand the research game to even the playing field.
Decoding Wall Street's Well-Kept Secrets
Jun 23, 2009
By unscrambling Wall Street doubletalk and decoding the confusing, cryptic Street practices, Stephen T. McClellan shows how you can unlock the handcuffs that inhibit superior investing, to protect and build your portfolio.
Developing a Conservative Investment Portfolio: Setting the Ground Rules
May 9, 2005
Any discussion of investment begins with a few assumptions, or ground rules, that govern how the portfolio will be arranged. This sample chapter explains the ground rules that apply to a conservative portfolio, and provides the characteristics of a model portfolio for the conservative investor.
Easy Money: Setting Up Your Financial Life
Nov 21, 2007
If you’ve got a computer and access to the Internet, you’ve got the tools to simplify, streamline, and safeguard your finances. Do it right, and you’ll have a bulletproof system that ensures every base is covered and that significantly reduces your money stress.
Members OnlyEconomic Talking Points --- Outlook for 2006
Dec 13, 2005
The U.S. economy was remarkably resilient in 2005, but what will it be like in 2006? Will consumers stay in a spending mood, or will energy prices trigger a recession? Bernard Baumohl, Executive Director of The Economic Outlook Group looks ahead.
Elder Planning: Substitute Decision Making
Jan 9, 2004
As a parent or other loved one ages, there may come a time when they need someone to make decisions for them. The author of "Guide to Elder Planning" covers some of these methods, including Durable Power of Attorney and Health Care Proxy.
Engaging the Bottom of the Pyramid
Sep 24, 2009
In this excerpt from his book, C.K. Prahalad shows that the Bottom of the Pyramid can be a source of innovation for not only products and processes, but business models as well.

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