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Book Preview: #1 The tech and investment world was different in the 1990s. It was a great time to be starting out in the tech industry, as there seemed to be no end to the promise of technology and the amount of wealth creation available to everyone involved.
#2 I was completely oblivious to the tech boom around me, as I had spent my time after graduating from Stanford University...
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#1 The first time I tried to build the iPhone was in 1989, when I founded General Magic with two other Apple employees. We designed a beautiful touchscreen mobile computer that combined a cell phone and fax machine.
#2 There is a common assumption that if you find the right job when you're young, you can guarantee some level of success. But that's not always the case....
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#1 Financial education allows you to make more money with less risk, and it also allows you to pay less in taxes. However, you can't follow traditional financial advice or invest in traditional investments.
#2 In 2007, the world woke up to the word subprime. These were mortgages given to people with poor credit who could not afford to pay them back. In 2008, the Lehman...
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#1 The stock market provides incredible opportunity on a daily basis. To take advantage of it, you must have the know-how and the discipline to apply the proper investment techniques.
#2 Superperformance in stocks requires dedication and a desire to succeed. You do not need a college education or conventional wisdom.
#3 I saw the stock market as a way to achieve my...
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#1 The second choice is to invest in a coin toss. You will receive a 30 percent return if you get heads, but a minus 10 percent return if you get tails. This option will be referred to as Uncle Fred's coin toss, or simply, the coin toss.
#2 The coin toss example demonstrates the difference between the average and annualized return of an asset. The average return is the...
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#1 The goal of economic moat analysis is to identify companies with sustainable competitive advantages, or economic moats. These are the keys to outperforming the stock market over time.
#2 There are companies that are able to generate high returns on capital for extended periods of time. These companies are able to withstand the relentless onslaught of competition...
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Book Preview: #1 Everyone invests. From the stockbroker on Wall Street to the assembly line worker who skips breakfast every Friday because he runs out of money before his next paycheck, everyone invests their time, effort, and attention in what they find important.
#2 There are three main reasons people invest: to build wealth, to support a family, and to prepare for retirement....
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Book Preview: #1 The futures market is a place where traders buy and sell standardized contracts for a commodity or a financial instrument. The essence of a futures market is in its name: trading involves a standardized contract for a commodity or a financial instrument for a future delivery date, as opposed to the present time.
#2 The futures markets offer tremendous leverage. Price...
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#1 Volume Price Analysis is a technique that has been around for over 100 years. It was the foundation stone on which huge personal fortunes were created, and iconic institutions were built. It can be applied to every market.
#2 Charles Dow was the founder of technical analysis, and his principle was that volume confirmed trends in price. He believed that if a price...
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#1 The PlayBook will help you understand, archive, and implement what you trade best. The key to your optimal trading is to stick to what you trade best. As traders, we often jump from strategy to strategy that may not be our strength to our PL detriment. Do what you do best and stop trying to make tacos.
#2 The five checks for making trading decisions are the Big Picture,...
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#1 Good investors have a monk-like devotion to their field. They do not live by testosterone or adrenaline, but by study, learn, and practice. They do not make decisions based on urgency, but on a patient incremental approach.
#2 The reversion to the mean framework is a mathematical term for the simple idea that life eventually returns to normal. It states that nothing...
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#1 I was executive producer of NBC–TV's Tomorrow Coast to Coast, starring Tom Snyder and Rona Barrett. I had arranged for Tom to conduct the first network interview with Manson in thirteen years. Manson was housed in a maximum security prison for the criminally insane at Vacaville, California.
#2 We start to make up our minds about other people within seven...
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Book Preview: #1 The Chicago Board of Trade, or CBOT, was created in the mid-1800s by a few grain traders to help farmers and consumers access efficient price discovery. It was the first formalized location for buyers and sellers to conduct business.
#2 The Chicago Board of Trade, or CBOT, is the home of the trading of agricultural products such as corn, soybeans, and wheat. However,...
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#1 Playing politics is like having sex. It's something almost everyone does, but no one is comfortable discussing what they do. We typically use the term playing politics to describe our colleagues' behavior, never our own.
#2 Every office is a playing field for the game of politics. And when you take a job, you're automatically a player. To succeed, you not...
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Book Preview: #1 The goal of Part One is to explain the basics of behavioral finance and its effects on the investment process. By understanding these biases, investors and their advisors can improve economic outcomes and attain stated financial objectives.
#2 The field of behavioral finance seeks to understand and explain the behaviors of investors and markets, both individually...
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#1 The Japanese candlestick chart analysis, so called because the lines resemble candlesticks, has been refined by generations of use in the Far East. Until the publication of Japanese Candle Charting Techniques, the claws of Japanese charting analysis were a secret from the Western world.
#2 Candle charts are easy to understand and provide early indications of market...
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#1 The bond market has had a profound impact on global economic activity, national standards of living, asset prices, and the political landscape. The market is inherently vulnerable to any type of stress, and its effects are still felt today.
#2 The bond market affects the global economy, financial markets, and people's lives. I will show you how to unlock the power...
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#1 The stock market is a place where fortunes are made and lost. It can turn suddenly and destroy everything, crushing dreams in the process.
#2 The stock market is a place where fortunes are made and lost. It can turn suddenly and crush dreams in the process.
#3 The stock market is a place where fortunes are made and lost. It can turn suddenly and destroy everything,...
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#1 Investing is about forecasting returns. It is hard to call yourself an investor if you don't think you have insights about expected returns. There are many ways to estimate expected returns, from fundamental to quantitative approaches and everything in between.
#2 The challenge of combining fundamental and quantitative approaches is how to marry them. I will...
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#1 Investing in gold and silver bullion means buying coins, rounds, and bars. While coins are typically more expensive, they are also more easily sold, since they are legal tender and guaranteed by the government.
#2 The purity of a gold coin is measured in karats. The higher the karat number, the purer your gold. 24 karat gold is the purest gold available, but it is...
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