Four Reasons Why Currencies Also Beat Out Stocks in My Book

By Sean Hyman, Currency Analyst
Even some of the biggest industry players in Wall Street overlook a few simple truths that make currency trading infinitely superior to stock trading. For example…
Trading Day Lasts All Day: Currencies Trade 24 hours, nearly six days a week: That means there’s an opportunity for tradable hours no matter where you live. You can even trade after you’ve put in a full day at the office. You can’t always do that Read the rest of this entry »

The Little Book Of Value Investing: Step 1

I recently had an opportunity to read Christopher Browne and Roger Lowenstein’s The Little Book of Value Investing. I am a big fan of the Little Book series, and this book continues the trend of superb introductions to finance topics. In this post, I will highlight the key points from the book, derived from the notes I took while reading it.
•Earnings: Look for low Price-to-Earnings (P/E) multiples, as these tend to perform better over Read the rest of this entry »

Obama turns out to be perfect fit for Ifill book

Barack Obama wasn't an easy sell for journalist Gwen Ifill.
Approached by publishers to write a book about the then-presidential candidate, she initially rejected the idea, thinking the senator from Illinois would lose the race. Besides, she thought, there was little left to say considering how much was being written about him already.
But Ifill, moderator of PBS' "Washington Week,'' had been interested in exploring a new generation of political Read the rest of this entry »

New Book Helps Laid-Off White-Collar Workers Launch An Online

Janice Jacobs is the author of the newly released book/audio book, "Legitimate Online Freelance Businesses You Can Start for Under $20," published by Payday Publishing.
With the U.S.
unemployment rate on the rise, many laid-off white-collar workers are scrambling to find new jobs or trying to figure out what to do next to pay their overdue bills. Freelance writer and home-based business entrepreneur Janice Jacobs has some good news: many laid-off Read the rest of this entry »

Book on McNerney comes amid 787 delays

WHAT IS IT about Boeing executives and the timing of books by and about them?
Five years ago, a preview copy of Boeing Chief Financial Officer Mike Sears' book "Soaring Through Turbulence" arrived in our newsroom about the same time he was fired in a defense contracting scandal.
Last week brought a review copy of a new book, to be published in early January, by management consultant Peter Cohan, "You Can't Order Change: Lessons From Jim McNerney's Read the rest of this entry »

New Book Features Emerging Trends for Online Businesses

New Book Features Emerging Trends for Online Businesses -- Relationships, New Technology and Building a Conscious Businesses Are a Common Thread for Internet Marketing in 2009
"The Official AWE Guide 2009 -- Emerging Trends Every Entrepreneur Must Know" highlights trends to build and grow your online business. Experts were selected based on real-world knowledge and excellence in their respective fields. The top three reoccurring trends for 2009 Read the rest of this entry »

Book Review: The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing by Pat

February 17, 2009

Not long ago, MagicDiligence
and concluded that, while possibly useful for beginners, experienced stock investors would dismiss the book as simplistic and adding nothing new. The review also mentioned that a good alternative for more experienced investors looking to add to their knowledge is Pat Dorsey's
. Today we'll take a look at that book.
The author, Pat Dorsey, is currently the Director of Equity Research Read the rest of this entry »

New Book Release “Investment Catch-Phrase Fallacy: The New Risks

Andrew Dean Hyder, CEO of Subjex
Corporation (OTCBB: SBJX), proudly announces the release of his new book,
"Investment Catch-Phrase Fallacy: The New Risks of Traditional Investing,"
offered in paperback, web download and available anywhere books are sold
worldwide (ISBN 978-0-578-00894-3).
Mr. Hyder is one of today's top hedge fund managers as well as the CEO of a
publicly traded Artificial Intelligence Research and Development company.
In 2008, Read the rest of this entry »

Bibo: Book puts bad times in perspective

Things could be worse.
Yes, there have been layoffs. Yes, the stock market is hacking up another hairball, and companies are closing, and we're billions more in debt. This has been a long, hard winter.
But it could be and has been worse. There have also been long, hard, bloody winters.
If you want to put these days in perspective, page through former Peorian Don C. White's recently published labor of love. He's been compiling this perpetual Read the rest of this entry »

Investing By the Book

COMMODITY FUNDS ARE NOW among the investment products avail- able in versions tailored specifically for the Islamic market.
Despite prices that have been halved in recent months, commodity-focused companies and hedge funds are introducing special products that comply with Islamic law, or Sharia, and thus allow observant Muslim investors to buy commodity exchange-traded funds, or shares in companies that deal in goods like wheat and gold.
In Islamic Read the rest of this entry »