01.31.09
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WSJ Guide to the End of Wall Street
We’re in the midst of the greatest financial crisis of our time. Do you know what really happened? Are you prepared for what’s to come?
When every headline delivers bad news, and each morning market bell seems to usher in yet another bank debacle, stock market plunge or dire warning about the end of access to credit; threats to our savings and security; and the collapse of the entire financial system as we know it. . . . It’s hard to keep up.
But we can’t afford to be in the dark just because we can no longer bear to turn on the news.
Written by seasoned financial writer Dave Kansas, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It makes sense of the madness, revealing how the crisis is affecting our financial lives and what steps we should take to inform and protect ourselves. This comprehensive, practical and accessible book delivers:
An inside look at the financial wizardry, easy money and overconfidence that drove the subprime crisis, credit crunch and market meltdown
An analysis of the New World Order—the banking behemoths, the government’s role—and how it will affect Main Street
A look at what’s safe: a rundown of which investments are protected and which aren’t and how fund protection has changed
Individual investor strategies: stocks, bonds, retirement and real estate (and whether you should think seriously about “the mattress”)
From the most authoritative source for business and economic news and written by one of the most trusted voices in financial reporting, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It is the only book you’ll need to navigate the storm ahead.
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Unravel the Mysteries of the Financial Markets—the Language, the Players, and the Strategies for Success
Understanding money and investing has never been more important than it is today, as many of us are called upon to manage our own retirement planning, college savings funds, and health-care costs. Up-to-date and expertly written, The Wall Street Journal Complete Money and Investing Guidebook provides investors with a simple—but not simplistic—grounding in the world of finance. It breaks down the basics of how money and investing work, explaining:
• What must-have information you need to invest in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds
• How to see through the inscrutable theories and arcane jargon of financial insiders and advisers
• What market players, investing strategies, and money and investing history you should know
• Why individual investors should pay attention to the economy
Written in a clear, engaging style by Dave Kansas, one of America’s top business journalists and editor of The Wall Street Journal Money & Investing section, this straightforward book is full of helpful charts, graphs, and illustrations and is an essential source for novice and experienced investors alike.
Get your financial life in order with help from The Wall Street Journal.
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The Wall Street Journal Complete Money and Investing Guidebook
If you had fallen asleep in 1995 and awoke on the dawn of the new millennium, you would have missed much more than a worldwide fireworks melody. In that half decade, a revolution swept through the investment firmament, with online brokers, online news outlets, and online data providers paving the way for a new chapter in the do-it-yourself world pioneered by outfits like The Home Depot.
That investing revolution coincided with the emergence of all sorts of strange companies that swiftly became enormously valuable. Yahoo! leapfrogged General Motors, and America Online set out to gobble up venerable media giant Time Warner. Wireless outfit Qualcomm defied the loftiest expectations, and optical networking firm JDS Uniphase made a name for itself in the span of a quarter. It all occurred at lightning speed. And it still does. Funky companies pop up, grab our attention, and soar into the stratosphere. Sometimes they come crashing and burning to earth just as quickly.
The way we invest has been radically transformed as well. Trades can be placed from our desks, at work, for less than the price of lunch. And where it once was a huge leap to get a delayed quote online, now investors insist on real-time portfolio tracker updates, real-time news, and after-hours trading to boot.
Unlike the old-time, smoke-filled country club world of investing, the new arena sparkles with increased access, opportunities, and risks for the small investor. Individuals get rich, 20-something entrepreneurs become famous, and the rest of us search desperately for a game plan that will work in this topsy-turvy world.
If the late 1990s marked the early part of the revolution, we are now in the teeth of the transformation. Each day more people venture online, taking a stab at controlling their financial destinies. Wall Street and the keepers of the institutional flames scramble to maintain an advantage. But the people keep coming. They continue expecting more, and they devour new learning at a ferocious pace.
Despite all the fancy electronic footwork and online stock market research, books that can synthesize and make sense of the cacophony remain an essential tool in gaining confidence in the investing process.
But most investment books offer either not enough or too much. On the dummy end of the spectrum, guides are so basic as to be useless for anyone except, well, dummies. Our book aims to be understandable and usable for newbies without skirting the meatier material that really anyone can grasp if it’s explained right. As for the books aimed at more sophisticated readers, you’ll find blather so incomprehensible that even the wizened professionals are left scratching their heads. Or at the very least, they’re put to sleep.
TheStreet.com Guide to Smart Investing in the Internet Era aims to walk the untrod middle ground. We know from our experience at TheStreet.com Web site that millions of investors have picked up some learning and at least a patchwork sense of the market. What they are looking for is some guidance that will give them a firm footing, take them to the next level when they’re ready, and help them put it all together. Written in the spunky, shoot-straight style of our online news operation, TheStreet.com Guide to Smart Investing in the Internet Era provides just that information and help. We take you on a journey of learning that will help you cast off understandable fear. Wall Street may be jammed with big institutions promising you sage advice. But Wall Street’s size–and the conventional thinking that can tend to accompany it–is as much a liability as a strength. We help you figure out how to pick the spots where the giants might stumble, so you can go toe-to-toe into the investing marketplace with confidence.
When you’ve finished reading this book, you will understand the market in the same manner that a pro understands the market–or better. You will understand how to decipher the wild mood swings that have become a regular feature of the investing world. You will be able to arm yourself with the information that will help you enrich yourself and your family.
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01.30.09
Posted in Books, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street at 10:25 pm by Administrator
WSJ Guide to the End of Wall Street
We’re in the midst of the greatest financial crisis of our time. Do you know what really happened? Are you prepared for what’s to come?
When every headline delivers bad news, and each morning market bell seems to usher in yet another bank debacle, stock market plunge or dire warning about the end of access to credit; threats to our savings and security; and the collapse of the entire financial system as we know it. . . . It’s hard to keep up.
But we can’t afford to be in the dark just because we can no longer bear to turn on the news.
Written by seasoned financial writer Dave Kansas, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It makes sense of the madness, revealing how the crisis is affecting our financial lives and what steps we should take to inform and protect ourselves. This comprehensive, practical and accessible book delivers:
An inside look at the financial wizardry, easy money and overconfidence that drove the subprime crisis, credit crunch and market meltdown
An analysis of the New World Order—the banking behemoths, the government’s role—and how it will affect Main Street
A look at what’s safe: a rundown of which investments are protected and which aren’t and how fund protection has changed
Individual investor strategies: stocks, bonds, retirement and real estate (and whether you should think seriously about “the mattress”)
From the most authoritative source for business and economic news and written by one of the most trusted voices in financial reporting, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It is the only book you’ll need to navigate the storm ahead.
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Dave Kansas
Dave Kansas is Editor at Large of
FiLife.com, a new online personal finance joint venture between Dow Jones and IAC Corp. Prior to that, Kansas spent four years as editor of The Wall Street Journal’s Money & Investing section and was editor in chief of TheStreet.com during its formative years, and he is the author of two previous books, The Wall Street Journal’s Complete Money & Investing Guidebook and TheStreet.com Guide to Investing in the Internet Era. He and his wife, Monica, live in New York City.
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01.22.09
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