High Financier

High Financier
Author: Niall Ferguson
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2012-10-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0141975849

In this groundbreaking biography, based on more than 10,000 hitherto unavailable letters and diary entries, Niall Ferguson returns to his roots as a financial historian to tell the story of the extraordinary Siegmund Warburg. A refugee from Hitler's Germany, Warburg rose to become the dominant figure in the post-war City of London and one of the architects of European financial integration. Seared by events in the 1930s, when the long-established Warburg bank was first almost destroyed by the Depression and then 'Aryanized' by the Nazis, Warburg was determined that his own bank would learn from the past and contribute to the economic recovery of Britain, the unity of Western Europe and the birth of globalization. Siegmund Warburg was a complex and ambivalent man, as much a psychologist, politician and actor-manager as a banker. In High Financier Niall Ferguson reveals Warburg's idiosyncracies but above all he recaptures the meticulous business methods and strict ethical code that set Warburg apart from the mere speculators and traders who inhabit today's financial world.

High Financier

High Financier
Author: Niall Ferguson
Publisher: Tantor Media Incorporated
Total Pages:
Release: 2014-05-10
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 9781400194988

Ferguson presents a treatise about the life and legacy of renowned financier Siegmund Warburg.

Red Notice

Red Notice
Author: Bill Browder
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2015-10-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1476755744

A true story of high finance, murder, and one man's fight for justice.

High Finance

High Finance
Author: Otto H. Kahn
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2019-12-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"High Finance" is a speech about the principles, mistakes, and trends of financial markets given in 1916. The author of this book, Otto H. Kahn, addresses the need for professionals in the Finance Industry to be just that: professional. He urges those in the field to act with morality and in an ethical fashion. He recognizes that the positive transformation of the character of financial professionals will be essential in restoring the image and worth of private finance in the eyes of the public.

High Returns from Low Risk

High Returns from Low Risk
Author: Pim van Vliet
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2017-01-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119351057

Believing "high-risk equals high-reward" is holding your portfolio hostage High Returns from Low Risk proves that low-volatility, low-risk portfolios beat high-volatility portfolios hands down, and shows you how to take advantage of this paradox to dramatically improve your returns. Investors traditionally view low-risk stocks as safe but unprofitable, but this old canard is based on a flawed premise; it fails to see beyond the monthly horizon, and ignores compounding returns. This book updates the thinking and brings reality to modelling to show how low-risk stocks actually outperform high-risk stocks by an order of magnitude. Easy to read and easy to implement, the plan presented here will help you construct a portfolio that delivers higher returns per unit of risk, and explains how to achieve excellent investment results over the long term. Do you still believe that investors are rewarded for bearing risk, and that the higher the risk, the greater the reward? That old axiom is holding you back, and it is time to start seeing the whole picture. This book shows you, through deep historical simulation, how to reap the rewards of smarter investing. Learn how and why low-risk, low-volatility stocks beat the market Discover the formula that outperforms Greenblatt's Construct your own low-risk portfolio Select the right ETF or low-risk fund to manage your money Great returns and lower risk sound like a winning combination — what happens once everyone is doing it? The beauty of the low-risk strategy is that it continues to work even after the paradox is widely known; long-term investment success is possible for anyone who can shake off the entrenched wisdom and go low-risk. High Returns from Low Risk provides the proof, model and strategy to reign in your exposure while raking in the profit.

Morgan

Morgan
Author: Jean Strouse
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages: 850
Release: 2014-09-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0812987047

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The definitive full-scale portrait of J. Pierpont Morgan’s tumultuous life, both in and out of the public eye History has remembered him as a complex and contradictory figure, part robber baron and part patron saint. J. Pierpont Morgan earned his reputation as “the Napoleon of Wall Street” by reorganizing the nation’s railroads and creating industrial giants such as General Electric and U.S. Steel. At a time when the country had no Federal Reserve system, he appointed himself a one-man central bank. He had two wives, three yachts, four children, six houses, mistresses, and one of the finest art collections in America. In this extraordinary book, drawing extensively on new material, award-winning biographer Jean Strouse vividly portrays the financial colossus, the avid patron of the arts, and the entirely human character behind all the myths. Praise for Morgan “Magnificent . . . the fullest and most revealing look at this remarkable, complex man that we are likely to get.”—The Wall Street Journal “A masterpiece . . . No one else has told the tale of Pierpont Morgan in the detail, depth, and understanding of Jean Strouse.”—Robert Heilbroner, Los Angeles Times Book Review “It is hard to imagine a biographer coming any closer to perfection.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Strouse is in full command of Pierpont Morgan’s personal life, his financial operations, his collecting, and his benefactions, and presents a rich, vivid picture of the background against which they took place. . . . A magnificent biography.”—The New York Review of Books “With uncommon intelligence, maturity, and psychological insight, Morgan: American Financier is that rare masterpiece biography that enables us to penetrate the soul of a complex human being.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

High Finance

High Finance
Author: Otto H. Kahn
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2022-11-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"High Finance" is a speech about the principles, mistakes, and trends of financial markets given in 1916. The author of this book, Otto H. Kahn, addresses the need for professionals in the Finance Industry to be just that: professional. He urges those in the field to act with morality and in an ethical fashion. He recognizes that the positive transformation of the character of financial professionals will be essential in restoring the image and worth of private finance in the eyes of the public.

The Financier

The Financier
Author: Theodore Dreiser
Publisher:
Total Pages: 796
Release: 1912
Genre: Capitalists and financiers
ISBN:

Set in 19th century Philadelphia and based on the life of flamboyant financier C.T. Yerkes, Dreiser's portrayal of the unscrupulous magnate Frank Cowperwood embodies the idea that behind every great fortune there is a crime. In Philly the protagonist is eventually imprisoned for embezzlement of public funds. He later leaves prison, departs for Chicago, makes another fortune, and becomes involved in still further shaddy practices. You don't read Dreiser for literary finesse, but his great intensity and keen journalistic eye give this portrait a powerful reality. The author wrote two subsequent novels based on the life of Yerkes: "The Titan" and "The Stoic." --Amazon.com.

The Ascent of Money

The Ascent of Money
Author: Niall Ferguson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2008-11-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1440654026

The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency "[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis." —The Washington Post "Fascinating." —Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed the 2008 crisis, the descent of "Chimerica" into a trade war, and the advent of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, with his signature clarity and expert lens. The Ascent of Money reveals finance as the backbone of history, casting a new light on familiar events: the Renaissance enabled by Italian foreign exchange dealers, the French Revolution traced back to a stock market bubble, the 2008 crisis traced from America's bankruptcy capital, Memphis, to China's boomtown, Chongqing. We may resent the plutocrats of Wall Street but, as Ferguson argues, the evolution of finance has rivaled the importance of any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. Indeed, to study the ascent and descent of money is to study the rise and fall of Western power itself.