LHV Raamatukogu

Võla impeerium: Eepilise finantskriisi tekkimine
William Bonner, Addison Wiggin

"Bonner ja Wiggin pakuvad oma raamatus välja teooria, et poliitika ja turud järgivad sarnaseid tsüklilisi mustreid - õitseng, varisemine, mullitamine ja tüssamine. Autor käsitlevad Ameerika enesekesksust ning ennustavad, et selle purustab finantskriiside kombinatsioon."

China's Stockmarket: A Guide to its Progress, Players and Prospects
Stephen Green

"China's stock market is the third largest in Asia. Western banks and investment firms have a strong presence in Shanghai. Now that China has become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the growth of the Chinese stock market is eagerly watched. This informative guide explains the development of the market, examines key policies, and recounts major scandals. It analyzes the different types of investors--institutional and individuals--and maps out the likely development of China's stock market over the next ten years. "

The Measurement Nightmare: How the Theory of Constraints Can Resolve Conflicting Strategies, Policies and Measures
Debra Smith

"See raamatu tutvustab, kuidas lahendada konflikte ja kõrvaldada takistusi raamatupidamis-, finants- ja motivatsioonisüsteemide eest seoses Piirangute Teooria kasutuselevõtuga. Selle tulemusena saadakse paranenud tulemusi, ja võimalus arendada välja pikaajaline konkurentsieelis. Autor kirjeldab põhjalikult mitmete ettevõtete “efektiivsuse mõõtmise õudusunenägusid”.

Investeerimise teejuht
Äripäeva raamat

"Raamat on mõeldud algajale investeerimishuvilisele, kelle eelnevad teadmised väärtpaberitest on kesised või puuduvad üldse. Eesmärk on juhatada nad säästmis- ja investeerimismaailma selle artiklikogumiku kaudu, kus iga peatüki autor on oma ala asjatundja."

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown
Charles R. Morris

"Easy money, high rollers, and the great credit crash. In fewer than 200 pages, Morris provides a comprehensive and jargon-free description of the hideously complex financial securities that have brought the credit system to collapse. "

The Snowball. Warren Buffet and the Business of Life
Alice Schroeder

"In this startlingly frank account of Buffett’s life, Schroeder, a former managing director at Morgan Stanley–and hand picked by Buffett to be his biographer–strips away the mystery that has long cloaked the word’s richest man to reveal a life and fortune erected around lucid and inspired business vision and unimaginable personal complexity."

Invest Like a Shark
James "RevShark" DePorre

"How a deaf guy with no job and limited capital made a fortune investing in the stock market. In this book, James “RevShark” DePorre reveals how to maximize your powerful and unique advantages as a small investor: speed and flexibility. You’ll develop a completely new way of looking at the stock market, learn when to attack, how to move aggressively, how to stay flexible…and when to swim away in the face of danger. You’ll learn why “buy and hold” is today’s riskiest strategy…and exactly what to do instead. In short, you’ll learn the same disciplined investment techniques that helped DePorre build a tiny nest egg into a huge fortune and transformed his life."

The Great Cash
Selwyn Parker

"How the stock market crash of 1929 plunged the world into depression. This is the story of the financial cataclysm that started with the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929, and set in motion a series of economic, political and social events that affected many millions of people in America, Britain, Europe and Australia. The Crash rolled across the world like a tidal wave, toppling governments, spreading the wave of dictatorships in Italy and Germany, infecting entire industries and plunging millions into unemployment and poverty. By the time it began to lift in 1935, the lives of people in scores of countries had changed forever. Selwyn Parker's book also poses the question: could it happen again?"

Anatomy of the Bear
Russel Napier

"Lesson from Wall Street's four great bottoms. Looking at the four occasions when US equities were particularly cheap - 1921, 1932, 1949 and 1982, Russell Napier sets to answers these questions by analysing every article in the Wall Street Journal of either side of the market bottom. "

Corporate Actions. A Guide to Securities Event Management
Michael Simmons, Elaine Dalgleish

"Corporate Actions is essential reading for all those involved in the securities industry, from new recruits to those involved in both the day-to-day operations process and those within executive management. It will also prove invaluable to those providing consultancy and software solutions to the securities industry."

Hedge Hogging
Barton Biggs

"Rare is the opportunity to chat with a legendary financial figure and hear the unvarnished truth about what really goes on behind the scenes. Hedgehogging represents just such an opportunity, allowing you to step inside the world of Wall Street with Barton Biggs as he discusses investing in general, hedge funds in particular, and how he has learned to find and profit from the best moneymaking opportunities in an eat-what-you-kill, cutthroat investment world."

Introduction to Derivative Financial Instruments. Options, Futures, Forwards, Swaps and Hedging
Dimitris N. Chorafas

"Written by a renowned corporate financial advisor, this timely guide offers a comprehensive treatment of derivative financial instruments, fully covering bonds, interest swaps, options, futures, Forex, and more. The author explains the strategic use of derivatives, their place in portfolio management, hedging, and the importance of managing risk."

Financial Instruments and Markets. A Casebook
George C. Chacko, Vincent Dessain, Peter A. Hecht, Anders Sjöman

"With this unique casebook, you’ll have the opportunity to gain the analytical, institutional, and functional knowledge you need to use these instruments to solve new problems. Featuring cases from the authors’ MBA and Executive Education level courses at Harvard Business School, the book covers the basics of financial instruments, from terminology to pricing, and the markets in which these instruments trade. Throughout, the emphasis is on how these securities accomplish risk transfer from actors who do not want risk to those who are willing to take it on—for a fee of course."

Structured Finance and Collateralized Debt Obligations
Janet M. Tavakoli

"This valuable guide comprehensively covers one of the fastest growing markets on Wall Street, predicting where new bank regulations and other developments may lead to product growth or product extinction. While providing an overview of the market and its dynamic growth, Collateralized Debt Obligations and Structured Finance also explores the types of products offered, hedging techniques, and valuation and risk/return issues associated with investing in CDOs and synthetic CDOs."

The Handbook of Corporate Debt Instruments
Frank J. Fabozzi

"The Handbook of Corporate Debt Instrument provides a practical overview of the wide range of corporate debt products available for enhancing returns over government securities. Contributions from dozens of highly respected analysts and portfolio managers give financial professionals and individual investors alike an incredible opportunity to learn about and use corporate debt products to their fullest."

The Great Depression. An International Disaster of Perverse Economic Policies
Thomas E. Hall, J. David Ferguson

"The Great Depression was the worst economic catastrophe in modern history. Not only did it cause massive worldwide unemployment, but it also led to the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany, World War II in Europe, and the tragic deaths of tens of millions of people. This book describes the sequence of policy errors committed by powerful, well-meaning people in several countries, which, in combination with the gold standard in place at the time, caused the disaster. In addition, it details attempts to reduce unemployment in the United States by Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, and in Germany by Hitler's National Socialist economic policies."

The Bank Analyst's Handbook. Money, risk and conjuring tricks
Stephen M. Frost

"The Bank Analyst′s Handbook provides a modern introduction to financial markets and intermediation.  Individual subject areas are covered in a thorough but clear and succinct manner.  The breadth of the author′s experience as a sell–side bank analyst is exploited to good effect to pull together these threads and create a coherent framework for the analysis of financial markets, whether these are in advanced economies or developing markets."

The Economist Pocket World in Figures 2007 Edition

If you want to know: 
- the fastest-growing economies;
- cities with the highest qualiti of life;
- where inflation is lowest/highest ect.

The Economist Pocket World in Figures 2008 Edition

If you want to know:
 - who consumes most energy;
- the most innovative countries;
- the fastest-growing stockmarkets etc.

100 Igihaljast börsivihjet
Seppo Saario

"Kokku on kogutud 100 igihaljast börsivihjet ja kuldset reeglit, milles sisalduv sõnum on püütud väljendada mõistetavas ja tihendatud vormis. Raamatu alguses vaagitakse investeerimisstrateegia kujundamisega seotud seisukohti. Raamatu teine osa on pühendatud tehingute ajastamisele ja konkreetsemalt turutehnikale ehk sellistele asjaoludele, millel on kombeks korduda."

Fast Second. How smart companies bypass radical innovation to enter and dominate new market
Constantinos C.Markides; Paul A. Geroski

If your organization aspires to “create” or conquer the new markets of the twenty-first century, Fast Second offers concrete advice on how to go about achieving this. Internationally acclaimed strategy experts Constantinos Markides and Paul Geroski explore:
- How radical innovation creates new-to-the-world markets
- What the structural characteristics of early markets are and the implications for prospective new entrants
- How established firms can enter these markets and when is the right time to make their move
- What smart successful firms do to scale up new markets
-How to position one’s company in markets that are being consolidated

The Panic of 1907
Robert F. Bruner, Sean D. Carr

"Lessons learned from the Market's perfect storm. It details the fear that gripped the market during that time a century ago. Fear bred mistrust, and mistrust bred repeated runs on the bank. Only when J. Pierpont Morgan himself stepped in to assert authority in the crisis was confidence restored and the downward slide and expanding wave of panic halted. The events of that time are remarkably similar to what is occurring today." 

Buffett. The Making of an American Capitalist
Roger Lowenstein

"By picking the right stocks and businesses to invest
 in, plainspoken Nebraskan Warren Buffett became the richest man in the U.S. In this excellent biography, Wall Street Journal reporter Lowenstein details the billionaire stock market wizard's strategy of betting on the long-term growth of a handful of successful companies such as American Express and Berkshire Hathaway. Providing personal glimpses of a very private man, Lowenstein unearths childhood traumas such as the tormenting rages of Buffett's mother and his forced relocation to Washington, D.C., in 1943, where, at 13, he ran away from home (he was found by the police the next day). Buffett's wife, Susan Thompson, a nightclub singer, walked out on him in 1977 and was quickly replaced by his mistress, Latvian-born Astrid Menks. Lowenstein profiles an emotionally guarded, "strangely stunted" Midas obsessed with work and secrecy, who seemingly derives little pleasure from his fabulous wealth. Photos not seen by PW. Author tour."

VÄÄRTPABERITE TEEJUHT

Kuigi praegustes tormituultes on tekkimas uus finantssüsteem, mille kontuure me veel ennustada ei oska, jäävad mitmed põhitõed muutumatuks. Pangalaen ja otseinvesteeringud ei ole ainus, millega ettevõttele raha kaasata. Börsid ja võlakirjaturud taastuvad ühel päeval ja vabalt turult raha kaasamine muutub taas nii võimalikuks kui ka mõttekaks. Ent nagu praegused tormid näitavad, tuleb seda teha targalt – riskid maandatud, ülevõimendamine välditud.

Ja teiselt poolt: väärtpaberitesse investeerimine võib olla ettevõtte raha paigutamiseks hea ja vahel ka parim viis, eriti pärast seda, kui turud on läbi käinud tugevast langusest. Maailma edukaim investor Warren Buffett on enamiku oma rikkusest loonud õigel ajal ja rahulikult aktsaid otstes, osates neid analüüsida ja pikaajalisi visioone võttes. Siingi on võtmesõnaks tarkus: oma firma rahaga lühikeseks ajaks börsile spekuleerima minna ei tasu, varasid pikaajaliselt ja hajutatud riskiga paigutades võib aga võit olla märgatav.

Allan Martinson

No logo : sihikule on võetud brändihiiglased
Klein, Naomi

Raamat, milles brändiskeptikuks nimetatud kanadalanna Naomi Klein paljastab ja dokumenteerib ülemaailmse korporatiivse kultuuri tagamaid ja mõjusid.

Investori aastaraamat
Tõnis Oja, Raivo Sormunen

* Viiekümne Eesti, Euroopa ja USA börsiettevõtte arengulugu ning finantsnäitajad.

* Mis juhtus eelmisel aastal ja selle aasta alguses aktsia-turgudel?

* Investeerimise põhitõed: kuidas viiakse ettevõtted börsile, mis on IPO ja fondiemissioon, kuidas osta aktsiaid, kas panustada suurtele dividendidele või aktsia hinnatõusule, kuidas aktsiatest saadud kasumit ja dividende maksustatakse.

Eesti tippjuhid 2008

Äripäev on koostanud selle raamatu Eesti ettevõtete ja riigiasutuste võtmeisikutest, kelle otsustest sõltub nii nende juhtimise all olevate ettevõtete-asutuste kui ka kogu Eesti majanduskeskkonna üldine käekäik. Väljaanne on järg 2002. aastal ilmuma hakanud Eesti majanduse leksikoni sarjale.
Raamatusse pääsemise valimiks on võetud Eesti ettevõtted, kelle 2006.aasta müügitulu või 2007.aasta prognoositav müügitulu oli 100 miljonit krooni või rohkem või 2006.aasta kasum enne makse oli 20 miljonit krooni või rohkem.

Eesti kapitali ausammas

Peeter Raidla

1991.aastal viis saatus kokku üheksa meest, kelle ühiste jõupingutuste tulemusena sündis Hansapank, mis 2007.aasta sügisel jõudis ärimaailma unistustepiirini, tootes igas tunnis miljon krooni puhaskasumit. Kui mälestused ja kontod välja arvata, ei seo ühtegi asutajat Hansapangaga enam midagi. Üks meestest, Rein Kaarepere, rändab juba ligi ükeksa aastat toonelateedel. Ja ehkki panga jaoks olulised otsused sünnivad juba pikemat aega Tallinnast mitmesaja kilomeetri kaugusel asuvas Stockholmis, võib üheksa mehe loodut täie õigusega nimetada Eesti kapitali püstitatud ausambaks.
See raamat ongi nende üheksa mehe lugu. Jutustus sellest, kuidas nad kokku said, mida nad panka üles ehitades mõtlesid ja miks ikkagi Hansapanga valvureiks rootslased on saanud. Aga sellestki, kuhu teenitud miljonid on läinud ja millega ausamba kaheksa loojat - Hannes Tamjärv, Jüri Mõis, Rain Lõhmus, Heldur Meerits, Olari Taal, Toomas Sildmäe, Andres Saame ja Tõnu Laak - praegu tegelevad.

Lilla lehm

Godin Seth

Kuidas müüa oma tooteid olukorras, kus inimesed on reklaamist küllastunud ega pööra neile enam tähelepanu? Seth Godin vastab, et reklaamile kulutatud raha ongi üsna peatselt raisatud raha. Mitte reklaam ei müü toodet, vaid toode peab olema niivõrd eriline, et ta end ise müüb. Eriline toode on nagu Lilla lehm karjamaal, mis juba kaugelt silma paistab. Kõigest sellest ja enamastki räägib Ameerika turundusguru Seth Godin oma raamatus "Lilla lehm"

 Eesti Vabariik 90 Sündmused ja arengud
Koostaja Küllo Arjakas

Eesti Vabariigi 90. sünnipäeva tähistamiseks annab Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus välja suureformaadilise kogumiku meie kodumaa üheksast aastakümnest – "Eesti Vabariik 90. Sündmused ja arengud".

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Charles Mackay

First published in 1841. The book chronicles its targets in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philosophical Delusions".

The subjects of Mackay's debunking include alchemy, beards (influence of politics and religion on), witch-hunts, crusades and duels. Present day writers on economics, such as Andrew Tobias and Michael Lewis, laud the three chapters on economic bubbles.

Trader's Guide to Key Economic Indicators

Richard Yamarone

An updated and expanded edition, this work bridges the gap between textbook economics and the real world of Wall Street. With clear and concise analysis, Yamarone shows readers what to look for in new economic data reports, how to react, and how to use or avoid the popular tricks of Wall Street.

Dynamic Hedging : (Wiley Financial Engineering Series) Managing Vanilla and Exotic Options

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Dynamic Hedging is the definitive source on derivatives risk. It provides a real-world methodology for managing portfolios containing any nonlinear security. It presents risks from the vantage point of the option market maker and arbitrage operator. The only book about derivatives risk written by an experienced trader with theoretical training, it remolds option theory to fit the practitioner's environment. As a larger share of market exposure cannot be properly captured by mathematical models, noted option arbitrageur Nassim Taleb uniquely covers both on-model and off-model derivatives risks.

Trade What You See: How To Profit from Pattern Recognition 

Larry Pesavento, Leslie Jouflas

Trading the financial markets is extremely difficult, but with the right approach, traders can achieve success. Nobody knows this better than authors Larry Pesavento and Leslie Jouflas, both traders and educators of traders, who have consistently used pattern recognition to capture profits from the markets. In Trade What You See, Pesavento and Jouflas show traders how to identify patterns as they are developing and exactly where to place entry and exit orders. While some patterns derive from the techniques of Wall Street’s earliest traders and other patterns reflect Pesavento’s emphasis on the geometry of market movements and Fibonacci numbers.. Filled with hard-won knowledge gained through years of market experience, Trade What You Seeoutlines both a practical and sophisticated approach to trading that will be of interest to both novice and seasoned traders alike.

Enhancing Trader Performance : Proven Strategies From the Cutting Edge of Trading Psychology

Brett N. Steenbarger

Through his own trading experiences and those of individuals he has mentored, Dr. Brett Steenbarger is familiar with the challenges that traders face and the performance and psychological strategies that can meet those challenges. In Enhancing Trader Performance, Steenbarger shows you how to transform talent into trading skill through a structured process of expertise development and reveals how this approach can help you achieve market mastery.

Trading Option Greeks : How Time, Volatility, and Other Pricing Factors Drive Profit

Dan Passarelli, William J Brodsky

Passarelli shows how to apply the unique characteristics of options to unlock the power of the greeks--the factors that can have the greatest influence on the price of an option

Mastering the Trade: Proven Techniques for Profiting from Intraday and Swing Trading Setups 

John Carter

The bestselling Mastering the Trade presents you with a step-by-step approach for becoming a successful trader. Written with authority by fulltime trader and fund manager, John F. Carter, this straightforward, all-you-need-to-know resource combines an insightful market overview with specific trading strategies and concepts.

Trading in the Zone : Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline and a Winning Attitude

Mark Douglas, Thom Hartle

Maximizing the trader's state of mind is the key to successful results.

Conflicts, contradictions and paradoxes in thinking can spell disaster for even a highly motivated, astute and well grounded trader. Mark Douglas, a commodities trader and one who has been around traders for over fifteen years, sends the message that thinking strategy will profoundly influence a trader's success rate. Douglas addresses five very specific issues to give traders the insight and understanding about themselves that will make them consistent winners in the market.

The Disciplined Trader : Developing Winning Attitudes

Mark Douglas

In The Disciplined Trader, Mark Douglas, and expert on the dynamics of trading, shows why most traders are unprepared for the different - often alien - strategies required for success in the trading environment.

Saario investeerimisraamat Kuidas ma investeerin börsiaktsiatessse 

Seppo Saario

Raamatu eesmärk on näidata, kuidas toimib börsiturg, millised on võimalused ja mida peab arvestama oma vara paigutamisel börsiaktsiatesse. Lugeja saab praktilist abi investeerimiseks.

Autor käsitleb investeerimisküsimusi järjekindlalt väikeinvestori seisukohast ja huvides.
Iga investeerimishuviline leiab mõtlemisainet oma rahaga tulutoovalt ümberkäimiseks, seda ka majanduse madalseisu tingimustes.

Hedge Fund Wives

Tatiana Boncompagni

In this amazingly timely story about what the wealthy do when Wall Street lays an egg, the author of Gilding Lily once again delivers a witty and insightful treatment of today's woman, as she explores the sacrifices they make, the bargains they strike, the rules they follow, and what happens when it all starts to fall apart.

This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

Carmen M. Reinhart  
Kenneth Rogoff

Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism

George A. Akerlof

Robert J. Shiller

The Law

Frederic Bastiat

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

Lawrence G. McDonald

Patrick Robinson

Essays on Political Economy

Frederic Bastiat

That Which Is Seen and That Which Is Not Seen: The Unintended Consequences of Government Spending

Frederic Bastiat

Stephen Roach on the Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization

Stephen Roach

Snap Judgment: When to Trust Your Instincts, When to Ignore Them, and How to Avoid Making Big Mistakes with Your Money

David E. Adler

High Probability Trading Strategies: Entry to Exit Tactics for the Forex, Futures, and Stock Markets

Robert C. Miner

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Michale Lewis

Lords of Finance: 1929, The Great Depression, and the Bankers who Broke the World

Liaquat Ahamed

The Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers

Vicky Ward

Currency Trading For Dummies

Mark Galant

It's Your Money: The E*TRADE Step-by-Step Guide to Online Investing

Christos M. Cotsakos

Keynes: The Return of the Master (Robert Skidelsky, 2009).

Keynes's preeminent biographer, Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick, brilliantly synthesizes from Keynes's career and life the aspects of his thinking that apply most directly to the world we currently live in. In so doing, Skidelsky shows that Keynes's mixture of pragmatism and realism – which distinguished his thinking from the neo-classical or Chicago school of economics that has been the dominant influence since the Thatcher-Reagan era and which made possible the raw market capitalism that created the current global financial crisis – is more pertinent and applicable than ever. Crucially Keynes offers nervous capitalists – and Keynes never wavered in his belief in the capitalist system – a positive answer to the question we now face: When unbridled capitalism falters, is there an alternative?

Trading Futures For Dummies (Joe Duarte MD, 2008)

Want to take advantage of the futures market? This plain-English guide gives you the surefire strategies you need to be a successful trader, with up-to-the-minute advice on the various types of futures, conducting research, finding a broker, entering and exiting positions, and minimizing your losses. You also get bearish and bullish strategies and tips for trading online.

Elliott Wave Principle: Key To Market Behavior (A.J. Frost, Robert R. Prechter, 2005).

A Great Classic for Three Decades: Now In Its 10th Edition, Consider What This "Definitive Text" Offers You Take a moment to look over your books about investing. Have any of them given you a successful method for making profits and reducing risks? Is there even one such book that has proven reliable over the years? Alas, most investors would say "no." That's because so few investment books are "classic" in the true sense: For years investors keep buying the book, and they keep using the method to make the most of their opportunities.

 The FX Bootcamp Guide to Strategic and Tactical Forex Trading (Wayne McDonell, 2008)

Written by Wayne McDonell, the Chief Currency Coach at FX Bootcamp, this book shows readers how to successfully trade the Forex market on their own. FX Bootcamp's Guide to Strategic and Tactical Forex Trading skillfully explains how to combine popular technical indicators to formulate a comprehensive market strategy. Readers will then learn how to focus on using this information to create a tactical trading plan--one that will help them pull the trigger to get in and out of a trade. Along the way, McDonell takes the time to discuss the various challenges a Forex trader faces, such as greed, fear, loss, and isolation. As a Forex trader and educator of traders, Wayne McDonell knows what it takes to make it in the competitive world of Forex. And with FX Bootcamp's Guide to Strategic and Tactical Forex Trading he shows readers how.

The Little Book of Value Investing (Little Books. Big Profits) (Christopher H. Browne, 2006)

Browne's experience as managing director of investment firm Tweedy, Browne provides examples to support his lessons on value investing, a method of buying stocks that have fallen in price to earn the best return over the long term. Browne uses examples from successful investors (such as Benjamin Graham, Walter Schloss and Warren Buffet) to illustrate that value investing is the best way to make the most of one's investments. The zingy chapters titles ("Buy Stocks like Steaks...On Sale," "Around the World with 80 Stocks" and "Sifting out the Fool's Gold") are demonstrative of his penchant for metaphors, parables and anecdotes, which make this book as entertaining as it is informative. Browne's short chapters detail useful and time-tested concepts, including the significance of book value, which foreign economies are worth investing in, and who to watch for investment ideas.

Sentiment in the Forex Market: Indicators and Strategies To Profit from Crowd Behavior and Market Extremes (Jamie Saettele, 2008)

Crowds move markets and at major market turning points, the crowds are almost always wrong. When crowd sentiment is overwhelmingly positive or overwhelmingly negative ? it's a signal that the trend is exhausted and the market is ready to move powerfully in the opposite direction. Sentiment has long been a tool used by equity, futures, and options traders.

 Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System (Robert Pozen, 2009)

The recent credit crisis and the resulting bailout program are unprecedented events in the financial industry. While it's important to understand what got us here, it's even more important to consider how we should get out. While there is little question that immediate action was required to stabilize the situation, it is now time to look for a long-term plan to reform the United States financial industry. That is where Bob Pozen comes in. Perhaps more than anyone in the industry, Pozen commands the respect and attention of the public and private sector. In this timely guide, he outlines his vision for the new financial future and provides actionable advice along the way.

No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller (Harry Markopolos, 2010)

No One Would Listen is the exclusive story of the Harry Markopolos-lead investigation into Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme. While a lot has been written about Madoff's scam, few actually know how Markopolos and his team-affectionately called "The Fox Hounds" by Markopolos himself, uncovered what Madoff was doing years before this financial disaster reached its pinnacle. Unfortunately, no one listened, until the damage of the world's largest financial fraud ever was irreversible. Throughout the book, Markopolos and his Fox Hounds tell their first-hand story of investigating Madoff-with the help of bestselling author David Fisher. They explain how they discovered the fraud, and then how they provided credible and detailed evidence to major newspapers and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) many times between 2000 and 2008, only to have his warnings ignored repeatedly by the SEC.

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes (Peter D Schiff, Andrew J. Schiff, 2010)

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes uses illustration, humor, and accessible storytelling to explain complex topics of economic growth and monetary systems. In it, economic expert and bestselling author of Crash Proof, Peter Schiff teams up with his brother Andrew to apply their signature "take no prisoners" logic to expose the glaring fallacies that have become so ingrained in our country’s economic conversation.

The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called DreamWorks (Nicole LaPorte, 2010)

The rise and then the crash and burn of DreamWorks, created by three of the biggest egos in Hollywood—Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen—is a gripping saga of changing economic times. Wary of corporate inroads and catalyzed by Katzenberg’s troubled departure from Disney, the three had independently come to a point where they wanted to run their own show. In 1994, without even a name for their venture, they announced the formation of a company that would break the mold on corporate ownership of entertainment-making, respecting creativity above all else. Spielberg was coddled and cosseted as the ultimate artiste. Katzenberg, who headed the animation division at Disney, was motivated as much by vengeance against CEO Michael Eisner when he set about luring away Disney’s animators. Billionaire Geffen was looked on as the businessman who would bring together disparate parts of the company. What followed was a clash of multiple cultures and visions, within and outside of DreamWorks.

Beat the Forex Dealer: An insider's look into trading today's foreign exchange market (Augustin Silvani, 2008) 

The foreign-exchange market is often referred to as the Slaughterhouse where novice traders go to get 'chopped up'. It is one of egos and money, where millions of dollars are won and lost every day and phones are routinely thrown across hectic trading desks. This palpable excitement has led to the explosion of the retail FX market, which has unfortunately spawned a new breed of authors and gurus more than happy to provide misleading and often downright fraudulent information by promising traders riches while making forex trading 'easy'.

 The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (Atul Gawande, 2009)

That humblest of quality-control devices, the checklist, is the key to taming a high-tech economy, argues this stimulating manifesto. Harvard Medical School prof and New Yorker scribe Gawande (Complications) notes that the high-pressure complexities of modern professional occupations overwhelm even their best-trained practitioners; he argues that a disciplined adherence to essential procedures—by ticking them off a list—can prevent potentially fatal mistakes and corner cutting. He examines checklists in aviation, construction, and investing, but focuses on medicine, where checklists mandating simple measures like hand washing have dramatically reduced hospital-caused infections and other complications. Gawande gets slightly intoxicated over checklists, celebrating their most banal manifestations as promethean breakthroughs (First there was the recipe, the most basic checklist of all, he intones in a restaurant kitchen). He's at his best delivering his usual rich, insightful reportage on medical practice, where checklists have the subversive effect of puncturing the cult of physician infallibility and fostering communication and teamwork. (After writing a checklist for his specialty, surgery, he is chagrined when it catches his own disastrous lapses.) Gawande gives a vivid, punchy exposition of an intriguing idea: that by-the-book routine trumps individual prowess

The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World (David Kirkpatrick, 2010)

There's never been a Web site like Facebook: more than 350 million people have accounts, and if the growth rate continues, by 2013 every Internet user worldwide will have his or her own page. And no one's had more access to the inner workings of the phenomenon than Kirkpatrick, a senior tech writer at Fortune magazine. Written with the full cooperation of founder Mark Zuckerberg, the book follows the company from its genesis in a Harvard dorm room through its successes over Friendster and MySpace, the expansion of the user base, and Zuckerberg's refusal to sell. The author is at his best discussing the social implications of the site, from the changing notions of privacy to why and how people use Facebook—increasingly it's to come together around a common interest or cause (the eponymous Facebook Effect).

Super Trader: Make Consistent Profits in Good and Bad Markets (Van Tharp, 2009)

How do you transform yourself from mild-mannered investor to Super Trader? Think clearly. Plan accordingly. Commit completely. In other words, become a trader. And no one is better suited to help you make the transformation than legendary trading educator and author Van K. Tharp.

Applied Value Investing: The Practical Application of Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett's Valuation Principles to Acquisitions, Catastrophe Pricing and Business Execution (Jr. Joseph Calandro, 2009)
Over the years, numerous books have been published on Benjamin Graham’s approach. Most of these books present different interpretations of value investing and are generally introductory based. Until now, there has not been an advanced hands-on guide for investors and executives who may want to apply the powerful value investing discipline outside of stocks and bonds. Applied Value Investing takes the same time-proven approach Graham introduced with David Dodd in their 1934 masterpiece, Security Analysis, and extends it in a variety of unique and practical ways—including mergers and acquisitions, alternative investments, and financial strategy.

The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance (Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes, Catherine McCarthy Ph.D., 2010)

Schwartz, CEO of the Energy Project, stretches an obvious thesis to the breaking point in his plaint on how the American workplace—theoretically where technology has allowed us to reach for more, bigger, faster—has bred an atmosphere in which workers have become disengaged from their work. We fail to take care of ourselves, he points out, and end up undermining our health, happiness, and productivity. Using a series of quadrants describing the emotional workings of both employees and companies, he argues that nothing is gained—and much is lost—by constantly pushing people to achieve more and more in less time and with fewer resources; rejuvenation and rest are necessary for creative breakthroughs and broader perspectives. All well and good, but the bulk of the book is then eaten up exhorting readers to get more sleep, exercise, eat better, and take care of their emotional health. While a reminder to cultivate engagement and mindfulness is always relevant to the modern business reader, the usable content is slim—and fluffed out beyond the point of readability.

How the Economy Works: Confidence, Crashes and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies (Roger E.A. Farmer, 2010)

Farmer explains the differences between classical and Keynesian economics and shows how they influenced the policy debate that developed after the 2007 world financial crisis began and exploded into a global disaster, with the collapse in the U.S. of Lehman Brothers in the fall of 2008. Along with a history of economic thought from 1776 to the present (noting it is incomplete), the author offers his suggestions for preventing future financial crises.

The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History (Gregory Zuckerman, 2009)

In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall.  Paulson's background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real estate or how to wager against housing.  He had spent a career as an also-ran on Wall Street. But Paulson was convinced this was his chance to make his mark. He just wasn't sure how to do it.  Colleagues at investment banks scoffed at him and investors dismissed him.  Even pros skeptical about housing shied away from the complicated derivative investments that Paulson was just learning about.  But Paulson and a handful of renegade investors such as Jeffrey Greene and Michael Burry began to bet heavily against risky mortgages and precarious financial companies. Timing is everything, though. Initially, Paulson and the others lost tens of millions of dollars as real estate and stocks continued to soar. Rather than back down, however, Paulson redoubled his bets, putting his hedge fund and his reputation on the line. In the summer of 2007, the markets began to implode, bringing Paulson early profits, but also sparking efforts to rescue real estate and derail him. By year's end, though, John Paulson had pulled off the greatest trade in financial history, earning more than $15 billion for his firm--a figure that dwarfed George Soros's billion-dollar currency trade in 1992.  Paulson made billions more in 2008 by transforming his gutsy move.  Some of the underdog investors who attempted the daring trade also reaped fortunes. But others who got the timing wrong met devastating failure, discovering that being early and right wasn't nearly enough

The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge Content (Timothy Ferriss, 2009)

Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan–there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, The 4-Hour Workweek is the blueprint.

The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg (Robert P. Crease, 2010)

Although most people can recite Einstein's famous little equation, even if we don't know quite what it means, who has heard of the 18th-century mathematician Leonhard Euler, let alone know anything at all about his famous equation? Crease, a Stony Brook philosophy professor and popular science writer, has already taken on the ten most beautiful experiments in science in The Prism and the Pendulum, and in this enjoyable book he explores 10 rather beautiful equations. He begins with the beguiling simplicity of the equation that bears Pythogoras' name (although he says the Greek wasn't the first to discover it) and moves on to Newton's second law of motion and law of universal gravitation, the second law of thermodynamics, Maxwell's celebrated equations, discoveries by Einstein and Schrödinger and, finally, Heisenberg's famous uncertainty principle. Crease explains the significance of each of these formulas for science and, in brief interludes between chapters, explores the journeys these scientists took from ignorance to knowledge, and the social lives of their theories—their impact on the larger culture. Any reader who aspires to be scientifically literate will find this a good starting place.

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose (Tony Hsieh, 2010)

Zappos CEO Hsieh offers a compelling account of his transformation from callow Harvard student entrepreneur through his years as a dot-com wunderkind to the creator of a formidable brand. Interest might flag as Hsieh, fresh off selling his Internet company LinkExchange to Yahoo in 1999 for $265 million, kvetches about lacking fulfillment. But as the tech boom bursts, and Hsieh confronts his dwindling investments, his story comes alive. As the funding for his incubator companies dries up and one of his most promising startups, Zappos.com, a shoe retailer, seems doomed, Hsieh blossoms into a mature businessperson, slashing expenses and presciently making customer service the essence of the company's brand. The story becomes suspenseful as Hsieh recounts the stress of operating in survival mode, liquidating his assets to fund the company in its darkest days and seeking out an 11th-hour loan. By the time Zappos is acquired by Amazon for more than $1.2 billion in 2009, Hsieh and his team had built a unique corporate culture dedicated to employee empowerment and the promise of delivering happiness though satisfied customers and a valued workforce. An uplifting tale of entrepreneurial success, personal growth, and redemption.

Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy (Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2010)

Written by a Nobel Prize recipient, a graduate of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors, and a stout advocate of Keynesian economics, this inquest into the recession of 2007–09 lashes many designated villains, banks above all. Writing in a spirit Andrew Jackson would have loved, Stiglitz assails financial institutions’ size, their executive compensation, the complexity of their financial instruments, and the taxpayer money that has been poured into them. But unlike Jackson, who didn’t understand a thing about economics, Stiglitz is a little more analytical. He dwells on incentives—perverse, in his argument—for risky financial legerdemain in housing mortgages. The temptations stemmed from deregulation of the financial industry, a Reaganesque policy Stiglitz rebukes: he favors re-regulation and more government involvement in the economy. In fact, Stiglitz waxes unhappily about the Obama administration’s interventions, which thus far have been inadequate in his view. Zinging the Federal Reserve for good measure, Stiglitz insistently and intelligently presses positions that challenge those of rightward-leaning economists upholding the virtues of markets. Amid animated contemporary economic debate, Stiglitz’s book will attract popular and professional attention. --Gilbert Taylor.