By (author) Roger L. Martin
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This new book is a must-read for people who want to bake into their corporate cultures ingredients such as research, design and innovation. One of the greatest challenges in doing so, which the book deals with, is blending the two solitudes — the “innovator” culture with the “bean-counter” culture. This is never easy, he writes, because they talk different languages and rely on different benchmarks. But winning companies have learned how to merge them, and then surgically select the best from each. Words: 451
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By (author) Arun Motianey
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Motianey is an engaging writer and “Supercycles” should be considered a must read for economic junkies. His ideas are fresh and innovative and he attempts to avoid the dogma that frequently leads those in the profession astray. Words: 700
While the average amateur investor may be excellent in their own career field, it doesn’t mean they know what to invest in, or how to pick stocks. In fact being very good at your field can give you the false sense that whatever stocks you pick or your broker picks for you must be good, because after all, you picked them and you picked your broker — and you’re smart so, no doubt, those stock prices will go up. Unfortunately, the smart and talented stock-picking neophyte is not investing at all but speculating. Words: 924
By (author) Jr. Joseph Calandro
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By (author) Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff
Highly leveraged economies, particularly those in which continual rollover of short-term debt is sustained only by confidence in relatively illiquid underlying assets, seldom survive forever, particularly if leverage continues to grow unchecked. Words: 1264
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Jason Zweig’s book begins with these three biblical-style commandments which he returns to throughout the chapters that follow: 1.) Thou shalt take no risk that thou needs not take. 2.) Thou shalt take no risk that is not most certain to reward thee for taking it. 3.) Thou shalt put no money at risk that thou canst not afford to lose. Words: 560
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By (author) William J. Bernstein
Bernstein’s attitude regarding the financial services industry is downright hostile: he suggests more than once that retail investors won’t go too far wrong by considering any stock broker, financial advisor or insurance salesperson a “hardened criminal.” That’s with respect to evaluating whether their interests are more aligned with their own retirements or that of their clients. Words: 576
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By (author) Andrew Smithers
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The book’s crucial assumption is that “the market” does have a central value and that the world of stock markets is a “mean reverting” world. As a consequence, the market can be over-valued or under-valued but will, over time, return to its central value. Words: 1271
Filed under Book Reviews · Tagged with "Q" Ratio, asset bubbles, CAPE, cyclically adjusted price/earnings ratio, Efficient Market Hypothesis, Federal Reserve, Imperfectly Efficient Market Hypothesis, James Tobin, mean revert, monetary policy, Random Walk Hypothesis, Robert Shiller
By (author) Joanna Barsh, Susie Cranston, Geoffrey Lewis
Encapsulating the way notable women rise to success is the stated goal of How Remarkable Women Lead and the book is structured around examples, anecdotes, and tips for achieving Centered Leadership and, as such, is best suited to female managers looking for lessons from others’ routes to the top. Words: 737
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By (author) Stephen Roach
Roach opines on everything from the North Korean nuclear threat to soft-headed Washington lawmakers but the dominant theme is that the global economy is seriously out of whack and needs a complete rebalancing. American consumers need to stop spending, and Asians need to start. Words: 755
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Wessel has put together a defining and vivid look at policymakers’ unprecedented response to the crisis. Wessel’s disconcerting conclusion: Out of necessity Bernanke is playing most of this by ear, loosely interpreting and appropriating arcane laws and creating new powers just to keep the system on its hinges. In Fed We Trust is persuasively told and richly reported. It is an absorbing read and will win awards and inspire copycats. Words: 618
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Release date August 4, 2009.
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