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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWhen I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail, they're the first thing I open and read. I always learn something, and that goes double for his book. -- Praise for The Most Important Thing, Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway If you take an exceptional talent and have them obsess about value investing for several decades-including deep thinking about its very essence with written analysis along the way- you may come up with a book as useful to value investors as this one. But don't count on it. -- Praise for The Most Important Thing, Jeremy Grantham, Cofounder and Chief Investment Strategist, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo A clear and expert resource for all investors. -- Praise for The Most Important Thing Kirkus Reviews Veteran value-investing manager Howard Marks draws on pithy memos he wrote to clients over the years to dispense insightful advice on everything from risk taking to the role of luck. -- Praise for The Most Important Thing Money Magazine The original is great, but if you're willing to spend a bit more money (eBook is $9.99), this new version does have a little more meat to it. My Money Blog I recommend this book to all who aspire after value investing. Aleph Blog / Money Science This new edition does the nearly impossible; it takes an already classic text and makes it an even more indispensable tool for investors! FocusInvestor.com Ultimately The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor is an outstanding read. I'll be referring back to it often. I'd say it's a must-have for every value investor. Seeking Alpha Enlightening and well detailed. Midwest Book Review This is a book I recommend you keep on your desk -- Charles Sizemore Forbes.com Moneybuilder Marks' The Most Important Thing distilled the investing insight of his celebrated client memos into a single volume and, for the first time, made his time-tested philosophy available to general readers. In this edition, Marks's wisdome is joined by the comments, insights, and counterpoints of four renowned investors. Value Walk BlogTable of ContentsIntroduction The Most Important Thing Is... 1. Second-Level Thinking 2. Understanding Market Efficiency (and Its Limitations) 3. Value 4. The Relationship Between Price and Value 5. Understanding Risk 6. Recognizing Risk 7. Controlling Risk 8. Being Attentive to Cycles 9. Awareness of the Pendulum 10. Combating Negative Influences 11. Contrarianism 12. Finding Bargains 13. Patient Opportunism 14. Knowing What You Don't Know 15. Having a Sense for Where We Stand 16. Appreciating the Role of Luck 17. Investing Defensively 18. Avoiding Pitfalls 19. Adding Value 20. Pulling It All Together

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Book SynopsisDo you want to make money while making the world a better place? Then this is the book for you.After the bestselling success of Girls Just Wanna Have Funds, the founders of Female Invest are back, and this time they''re focusing on impact investing. Cutting through the noise and ditching the jargon, this book teaches you how to build wealth while creating positive change.From understanding investment basics to identifying the ethics behind different assets, you''ll learn how to make money while supporting the issues you really care about. By introducing you to important concepts and strategies, and combining them with simple, actionable steps, aligning your investments with your values has never been easier. The good news? You don''t need to be rich or an expert to get started.

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Book SynopsisBest books of 2021, Financial Times''Grab some popcorn and take a front row seat, because Robin Wigglesworth has an astonishing story to tell you'' Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up''A fascinating account of an investment revolution'' Ian Fraser, Literary Review''A magisterial, delightfully written history offering up portraits of the academic scribblers and entrepreneurial practitioners who created the index-fund revolution'' The Wall Street Journal''Wigglesworth has written an important book'' Patrick Hosking, Financial Editor, The Times''A terrific read'' Gregory Zuckerman, author of The Man Who Solved the Market''A fascinating journey and a crucial book for anyone trying to understand the financial markets'' Bradley Hope, author of Billion Dollar Whale--------------------------------------------------------------Trade ReviewThe simplest, humblest ideas are sometimes the ones that turn the world upside down. Grab some popcorn and take a front row seat, because Robin Wigglesworth has an astonishing story to tell you * Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up *Trillions is both entertaining and educational. Wigglesworth explores one of the most important modern-day financial innovations and explains its broad impact on financial markets, investors, global economies and even capitalism. A terrific read and a topic that will become more important as passive investments increasingly dominate markets. Wigglesworth brings what could be a dull topic to full life * Gregory Zuckerman, special writer at the Wall Street Journal and author of The Man Who Solved the Market *As only the incomparable Robin Wigglesworth could do, in Trillions he turns the often obscured history of the investment industry into a rollicking great yarn, replete with admirable heroes, political infighting, fascinating diversions and unexpected triumphs * William Cohan, special correspondent at Vanity Fair and author of The Last Tycoons *Very few writers can tell a great story and help us understand a big idea. Robin Wigglesworth is one of those rare journalists who can. His history of the index fund is required reading for anyone who wants to know where the financial markets have come, and where they are going. It's also just a wonderfully engaging romp through the last half century of market news * Rana Foroohar, global business columnist at the Financial Times and author of Don't Be Evil *This is a tour de force. Passive investing has become a bedrock of finance but very few investors understand where and how this practice emerged from and how it is changing markets in a way that impacts us all. Wigglesworth has turned this arcane tale into an easy-to-understand and fun read, full of lively characters and little known details of how finance really works today. Anyone who wants to understand modern investing should read it * Gillian Tett, chair of the editorial board and US editor-at-large at the Financial Times and author of Fool's Gold *A real tour de force, this engaging and thought-provoking book brings together several historical threads - from Warren Buffett's famous hedge fund bet to the 'Manhattan Project of financial economics' - to show how passive investing and index funds have evolved into an ETF phenomenon that has 'humble[d] the investment industry ... reshape[d] finance forever,' and now poses risks for future financial stability and economic wellbeing * Mohamed El Erian, Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz and author of When Markets Collide *The greatest change in investing in the last 100 years is brought to life like never before. A page turner! * Fred Grauer, former CEO of Wells Fargo Investment Advisors *Robin Wigglesworth is one of the most lucid and exciting journalists writing about finance today. Trillions tackles the enormous changes that have swept the investing world through the stories of its charismatic innovators. It's a fascinating journey and a crucial book for anyone trying to understand the financial markets * Bradley Hope, writer at Project Brazen and author of Billion Dollar Whale *A fascinating account of an investment revolution. Trillions should be read not just by millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires, but by anyone who has a pension plan, individual savings account or money invested, directly or indirectly, in the stock market * Ian Fraser, Literary Review *A magisterial, delightfully written history offering up portraits of the academic scribblers and entrepreneurial practitioners who created the index-fund revolution. It also contains common-sense wisdom that will benefit all investors. * The Wall Street Journal *Wigglesworth has written an important book. Passive has mostly been a boon, but its impact in future may not be so benevolent. Investors, companies and regulators need to apprehend the water they are swimming in * Patrick Hosking, Financial Editor of The Times *Paul Volcker once quipped that the greatest innovation in finance in recent decades was the humble ATM. Not so, argues the FT global finance correspondent who makes the case for the index fund as the instrument that democratised investing, upended established structures and changed capitalism. Told through the stories of the group of radical nerds who made it all happen * Best books of 2021, Financial Times *

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Book Synopsis"Entertainingly indiscreet... Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use. "--Financial Times Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper.Trade Review"…"warts and all" account of the boom and bust of the late 1990s up until the start of this century." (The Wharf, Thursday 16th August 2007) "...a Wall Street soap opera in the vein of Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker about Knee's time at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs." (Financial Times, Saturday 25th August 2007) “an unusually candid view” (Reuters, Wednesday 5th September 2007) "…this is a compelling read for both navel-gazing corporate financiers and voyeurs of the City and Wall Street." (CPO Agenda, Autumn 2007) "really a great read...will go down as one of the great books on investment banking, just like Liar's Poker" (City AM Podcast, Wednesday 19th December 2007) "Easy enough to understand for even someone outside the industry" (Gulf Business, March 2008) “…candid view of some of the big Wall Street firms, especially Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.” (Breakingviews.com , Wednesday 16th April 2008)Table of Contents1 A Chicken in Every Pot 2 The Accidental Investment Banker 3 An Empire on It's Own 4 "Let's Ask Sidney Weinberg" 5 What Investment Bankers Really Do 6 The Culture of M&A 7 The Rise of John Thornton 8 The House of Morgan 9 Cracks in the Façade 10 Drama of the Gifted Banker 11 Take a Walk on the Buy-Side 12 "Save the Red Carpet for the talent" 13 View from the Top 14 The Myth of Meritocracy 15 King of the SLC's 16 The Long Goodbye

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Book SynopsisIn The Little Book of Behavioral Investing , expert James Montier takes you through some of the most important behavioral challenges faced by investors. Montier reveals the most common psychological barriers, clearly showing how emotion, overconfidence, and a multitude of other behavioral traits, can affect investment decision-making.Table of ContentsForeword xi Introduction This Is a Book About You 1 Chapter One In the Heat of the Moment 15 Chapter Two Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Market? 21 Chapter Three Always Look on the Bright Side of Life 31 Chapter Four Why Does Anyone Listen to These Guys? 41 Chapter Five The Folly of Forecasting 57 Chapter Six Information Overload 73 Chapter Seven Turn off That Bubblevision! 87 Chapter Eight See No Evil, Hear No Evil 93 Chapter Nine In the Land of the Perma-Bear and the Perma-Bull 103 Chapter Ten The Siren Song of Stories 117 Chapter Eleven This Time Is Different 129 Chapter Twelve Right for the Wrong Reason, or Wrong for the Right Reason 145 Chapter Thirteen The Perils of ADHD Investing 153 Chapter Fourteen Inside the Mind of a Lemming 167 Chapter Fifteen You Gotta Know When to Fold Them 181 Chapter Sixteen Process, Process, Process 199 Conclusion The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions 213

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Book SynopsisQuality. We all make judgments about it every day. Yet articulating a clear definition of quality in an investing context is challenging. This book addresses the challenge, and distills years of practical investing experience into a definitive account of this under-explored investment philosophy.Finance theory has it that abnormal outcomes do not persist, that exceptional performance will soon enough become average performance. Quality investing involves seeking companies with the right attributes to overcome these forces of mean reversion and, crucially, owning these outstanding companies for the long term. This book pinpoints and explains the characteristics that increase the probability of a company prospering over time - as well as those that hinder such chances. Throughout, a series of fascinating real-life case studies illustrate the traits that signify quality, as well as some that flatter to deceive.The authors'' firm, AKO Capital, has a strong track record of finding and investing in quality companies - helping it deliver a compound annual growth rate more than double that of the market since inception. Quality Investing sheds light on the investment philosophy, processes and tough lessons that have contributed to this consistent outperformance.

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Book SynopsisThe year 2020 marks the twelfth anniversary of the 2008 global recession. In the last decade, economies were seen to have weathered the global recession relatively well. From each financial crisis experienced, there is always something to be learned. However, one of the hardest parts of investing is to have control over one’s emotions. The ups and downs in the stock market are perfectly normal and it is how an investor reacts to each of them that makes a difference in their investment strategy. Following on the success of the first edition, veteran financial adviser Dr Ben Fok offers rational, well-documented insights and tips on ways to maximise your returns for your hard earned money. The 36 articles featured here, previously published in The Sunday Times and The Business Times, were written during the times of bull and bear markets. It serves as a timely reminder of the importance of managing your money, and in particular financial planning, understanding the investment world and devising strategies to protect your investments.

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Book SynopsisEveryone faces big questions when it comes to money: questions about saving, investing, and whether you're getting it right with your finances.Unfortunately, many of the answers provided by the financial industry have been based on belief and conjecture rather than data and evidenceuntil now.In Just Keep Buying, hugely popular finance blogger Nick Maggiulli crunches the numbers to answer the biggest questions in personal finance and investing, while providing you with proven ways to build your wealth right away.You will learn why you need to save less than you think; why saving up cash to buy market dips isn't a good idea; how to survive (and thrive) during a market crash; and much more. By following the strategies revealed here, you can act smarter and live richer each and every day. It's time to take the next step in your wealth-building journey. It's time to Just Keep Buying.

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Book SynopsisOffers the investing principles as the author originally laid them out - principles that continue to stand more than half a century since the book was first published. This book tells about making the right decisions to protect your investments and make them a success.Trade Review"By far the best book on investing ever written." -- Warren Buffett "If you read just one book on investing during your lifetime, make it this one" -- Fortune "The wider Mr. Graham's gospel spreads, the more fairly the market will deal with its public." -- Barron's

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive value investing framework for the individual investor In a straightforward and accessible manner, The Dhandho Investor lays out the powerful framework of value investing.Trade Review"Today's greatest rising investor"--Motley Fool "How to invest the way an Indian migrant with little money would do - by looking for companies with little downside…" (Financial Times, Tues 26th February)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. 1. Patel Motel Dhandho. 2. Manilal Dhandho. 3. Virgin Dhandho. 4. Mittal Dhandho. 5. The Dhandho Framework. 6. Dhandho 101: Invest in Existing Businesses. 7. Dhandho 102: Invest in Simple Businesses. 8. Dhandho 201: Invest in Distressed Businesses in Distressed Industries. 9. Dhandho 202: Invest in Businesses with Durable Moats. 10. Dhandho 301: Few Bets, Big Bets, Infrequent Bets. 11. Dhandho 302: Fixate on Arbitrage. 12. Dhandho 401: Margin of Safety—Always! 13. Dhandho 402: Invest in Low-Risk, High-Uncertainty Businesses. 14. Dhandho 403: Invest in the Copycats rather than the Innovators. 15. Abhimanyu’s Dilemma—The Art of Selling. 16. To Index or Not to Index—That Is the Question. 17. Arjuna’s Focus: Investing Lessons from a Great Warrior. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn The Little Book That Builds Wealth, author Pat Dorsey-the Director of Equity Research for leading independent investment research provider Morningstar, Inc.Trade Review"A detailed exploration of Warren Buffet's "wide economic moat" concept - how to find companies with a true in-built competitive advantage." (Financial Times, Tues 26th February) "Pat Dorsey...discusses in an easy to read style why economic moats are such great indicators of long term performance." (Pensions World, October 2008)Table of ContentsForeword xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction The Game Plan 1 Chapter One Economic Moats 7 Chapter Two Mistaken Moats 15 Chapter Three Intangible Assets 29 Chapter Four Switching Costs 43 Chapter Five The Network Effect 57 Chapter Six Cost Advantages 75 Chapter Seven The Size Advantage 91 Chapter Eight Eroding Moats 103 Chapter Nine Finding Moats 115 Chapter Ten The Big Boss 133 Chapter Eleven Where the Rubber Meets the Road 143 Chapter Twelve What’s a Moat Worth? 159 Chapter Thirteen Tools for Valuation 171 Chapter Fourteen When to Sell 187 Conclusion More than Numbers 197

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Book SynopsisThe Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing "By resisting both the popular tendency to use gimmicks that oversimplify securities analysis and the academic tendency to use jargon that obfuscates common sense, Pat Dorsey has written a substantial and useful book. His methodology is sound, his examples clear, and his approach timeless.Table of ContentsForeword. Introduction: Picking Great Stocks Is Tough. Chapter 1. The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing. Chapter 2. Seven Mistakes to Avoid. Chapter 3. Economic Moats. Chapter 4. The Language of Investing. Chapter 5. Financial Statements Explained. Chapter 6. Analyzing a Company- The Basics. Chapter 7. Analyzing a Company-Management. Chapter 8. Avoiding Financial Fakery. Chapter 9. Valuation- The Basics. Chapter 10. Valuation-Intrinsic Value. Chapter 11. Putting It All Together. Chapter 12. The 10-Minute Test. Chapter 13. A Guided Tour of the Market. Chapter 14. Health Care. Chapter 15. Consumer Services. Chapter 16. Business Services. Chapter 17. Banks. Chapter 18. Asset Management and Insurance. Chapter 19. Software. Chapter 20. Hardware. Chapter 21. Media. Chapter 22. Telecom. Chapter 23. Consumer Goods. Chapter 24. Industrial Materials. Chapter 25. Energy. Chapter 26. Utilities. Appendix. Recommended Readings. Morningstar Resources. Index.

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Book SynopsisTrend trading lets the market do the work for you Is your portfolio doing all it should? Are you looking for a market-focused way to increase returns? Try your hand at trend trading. Instead of analyzing the performance of a company, analyze the performance of the market as a whole.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Trend Trading 5 Chapter 1: What Is Trend Trading? 7 Chapter 2: Gathering What You Need to Get Started 15 Chapter 3: Considering the Risks of Trading 25 Chapter 4: Understanding the Advantages and Disadvantages of Trend Trading 37 Part II: Essential Trend Trading Strategies 47 Chapter 5: Price Waves You Can Surf to Profits 49 Chapter 6: Looking at Chart Indicator Tools 61 Chapter 7: Understanding Broad-Based Market Indicators 73 Chapter 8: Knowing What Time You Want to Trade 87 Chapter 9: How to Make Money When the Market Goes Up or Down 97 Part III: Becoming a Top Trader with the Five-Energy Method 103 Chapter 10: Cycle Timing Tools: Finding the Best Time to Enter a Trend 105 Chapter 11: Support and Resistance: Figuring Out the Best Price to Enter a Trend 115 Chapter 12: Using Momentum Indicators to Test the Strength of a Trend 131 Chapter 13: Scale: Confirming the Trade on a Longer Time Interval 143 Chapter 14: Putting It All Together: The Five-Energy Trading Methodology 153 Chapter 15: Seeing the Five Energies in Action 167 Part IV: Determining Where, When, Why, What, and How to Trade 191 Chapter 16: Understanding Leverage 193 Chapter 17: Choosing a Trading Time That Works for You 201 Chapter 18: Creating Watch Lists to Find the Best Opportunities 211 Chapter 19: Using Relative Strength to Make More Money 223 Chapter 20: Scanning Markets with Technology 233 Part V: Managing Risk and Following the Keys to Success 243 Chapter 21: Practicing Diversification 245 Chapter 22: Hedging Your Position to Protect You from Losing All Your Money 253 Chapter 23: Using Stop Signs to Keep You Safe 263 Chapter 24: Documenting Your Trades and Printing Your Charts 279 Chapter 25: Reviewing Your Trades — Always! 291 Part VI: The Part of Tens 299 Chapter 26: Ten Habits of Highly Effective Trend Traders 301 Chapter 27: Ten Common Misconceptions about Trend Trading 307 Index 313

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xiii Foreword by John C. Bogle xv Introduction xxiii Part I Essentials Of Successful Investing Chapter 1 Choose A Sound Financial Lifestyle 3 Chapter 2 Start Early And Invest Regularly 13 Chapter 3 Know What You're Buying: Part One 25 Chapter 4 Know What You're Buying: Part Two 39 Chapter 5 Preserve Your Buying Power With Inflation-Protected Bonds 49 Chapter 6 How Much Do You Need To Save? 63 Chapter 7 Keep It Simple 75 Chapter 8 Asset Allocation 89 Chapter 9 Costs Matter 109 Chapter 10 Taxes: Part One 119 Chapter 11 Taxes: Part Two 131 Chapter 12 Diversification 143 Chapter 13 Performance Chasing And Market Timing Are Hazardous To Your Wealth 153 Chapter 14 Savvy Ways To Invest For College 169 Chapter 15 How To Manage A Windfall Successfully 179 Chapter 16 Do You Need An Advisor? 187 Part II Follow-Through Strategies To Keep You On Target Chapter 17 Track Your Progress And Rebalance When Necessary 199 Chapter 18 Tune Out The "Noise" 211 Chapter 19 Mastering Your Investments Means Mastering Your Emotions 223 Chapter 20 Making Your Money Last Longer Than You Do 235 Chapter 21 Protect Your Assets By Being Well-Insured 243 Chapter 22 Passing It On When You Pass On 257 Chapter 23 You Can Do It 265 Appendices Appendix I: Glossary Of Financial Terms 273 Appendix II: Books We Recommend 279 Appendix III: Financial Websites We Recommend 283 Appendix IV: Vanguard Asset Allocation Questionnaire And Pie Charts 287 About The Authors 293 Index 295

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Book SynopsisFrom aluminium and platinum to zinc and gold, oil and gas to cocoa and wheat, our lives are full of products derived or made from commodities - the world's natural resources. We often take them for granted - but at our peril, given the pivotal role these resources play in what we consume and produce. Price volatility, changing patterns of global demand and geopolitical instability regularly expose how unpredictable availability of and trade in commodities can be. This revised edition offers a concise and indispensable guide to commodities, including the latest trends in consumption, production, trade, markets and prices, as well as invaluable insights into future developments. Whether as raw materials or financial assets to be traded, commodities matter. This book shows us why.

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Book SynopsisThis book was designed to reduce mistakes.Your mistakes with money.Tiny errors, epic fails and everything in between.You can do thousands of things right, but make just a few of the errors we discuss, and you destroy much of your portfolio.If you could learn how to avoid the unforced errors investors make all the time, you would make your life so much richer and less stressful.The counterintuitive truth is avoiding errors is much more important than scoring wins.How Not To Invest shows you a few simple tools and models that will help you avoid the most common mistakes people make with their money. Learn these, and you are ahead of 98% of your peers.Make fewer errors, end up with more money.We all make mistakes. The goal with this book is to help you make fewer of them, and to have the mistakes you do make be less expensive.

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Book SynopsisFor decades, thousands of people have gathered in Omaha, Nebraska for the Berkshire Hathaway AGM, and quizzed Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger on everything from the psychology of successful investors to the future of Coca-Cola and Apple. But unless you attended, for manyyears you only had access to what people could remember and report back from the meetings.In 2018, Berkshire released the archives of the annual meetings going back to 1994. Alex Morrisan equities analyst and financial writerwatched hundreds of hours of video from these annual meetings (as well as the six AGMs held since 2018), covering more than 1,700 questions asked by Berkshire Hathaway shareholders over the past 31 years. He then gathered, organized and edited the most interesting material into a comprehensive and accessible form. Buffett and Munger Unscripted is the result.From the art of intelligent capital allocation to the best ways to judge and compensate management, from understanding the nature of markets to embracing the power of long-term time horizons, this is a book with compelling insights on every page. In addition to collecting many famous quotes in their original context, it is a deep treasure trove of profound insights on all aspects of investing and business.Discover the importance of avoiding difficult decisions, the first question you should ask on a potential new investment, how to recover from unsuccessful investments, the importance of finding the right owners to partner with, Buffett and Munger's book recommendationsand much more.The perfect companion to The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America and Poor Charlie's Almanack, Buffett and Munger Unscripted belongs on the bookshelf of everyone interested in the keys to long-term success in business and investing.

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Book SynopsisDark Pools is the pacy, revealing, and profoundly chilling tale of how global markets have been hijacked by trading robots – many so self-directed that humans can’t predict what they’ll do next.It’s the story of the blisteringly intelligent computer programmers behind the rise of these ‘bots’. And it’s a timely warning that as artificial intelligence gradually takes over, we could be on the verge of global meltdown.‘Scott Patterson has the ability to see things you and I don’t notice.’ Nassim Nicholas Taleb, New York Times bestselling author of Antifragile, Fooled by Randomness and The Black SwanTrade ReviewAn invaluable piece of timely journalism that should be read by regulators and anyone with a cent in the stock market. * Financial Times *[A] gripping, excellent expose * PQ Magazine *A great read … and raises an important question: could the trading machines destroy the capital markets? * Reuters UK *As an exposition of Wall Street nerdcraft, Dark Pools truly delivers ... Patterson's tales of ingenuity and cunning read like a spy novel * Sunday Business Post *Financial journalist Scott Patterson looks at the real world of AI trading machines and crafts a story equally as riveting * British Airways Life Magazine *

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Book SynopsisDevelop a Winning Investment Strategy-with Expert Advice from The Nation''s #1 Money Manager. Peter Lynch''s invest in what you know strategy has made him a household name with investors both big and small. An important key to investing, Lynch says, is to remember that stocks are not lottery tickets. There''s a company behind every stock and a reason companies-and their stocks-perform the way they do. In this book, Peter Lynch shows you how you can become an expert in a company and how you can build a profitable investment portfolio, based on your own experience and insights and on straightforward do-it-yourself research. In Beating the Street,Lynch for the first time explains how to devise a mutual fund strategy, shows his step-by-step strategies for picking stock, and describes how the individual investor can improve his or her investment performance to rival that of the experts. There''s no reason the individual investor can''t match wits with the experts, and this book will show you how.Table of ContentsCONTENTSPrefacePreface to the Trade Paperback EditionIntroduction: Escape from BondageOne: The Miracle of St. AgnesTwo: The Weekend WorrierThree: A Tour of the Fund HouseFour: Managing Magellan: The Early YearsFive: Magellan: The Middle YearsSix: Magellan: The Later YearsSeven: Art, Science, and LegworkEight: Shopping for Stocks: The Retail SectorNine: Prospecting in Bad News: How the "Collapse" in Real Estate Led Me to Pier 1, Sunbelt Nursery, and General HostTen: My Close Shave at SupercutsEleven: Blossoms in the Desert: Great Companies in Lousy IndustriesTwelve: It's a Wonderful BuyThirteen: A Closer Look at the S&LsFourteen: Master Limited Partnerships: A Deal with a YieldFifteen: The Cyclicals: What Goes Around Comes AroundSixteen: Nukes in Distress: CMS EnergySeventeen: Uncle Sam'a Garage Sale: Allied Capital IIEighteen: My Fannie Mae DiaryNineteen: Treasure in the Backyard: The Colonial Group of Mutual FundsTwenty: The Restaurant Stocks: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth IsTwenty-One: The Six-Month Checkup25 Golden RulesPostscriptIndex

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Book SynopsisDiscover the ins and outs of Wall Street with the 2nd edition to the engaging, informative, and easy-to-navigate guide to investing with all-new entries and updates throughout.Investing for the first time can be intimidating. In easy-to-understand language, Stock Market 101, 2nd Edition provides the groundwork needed to begin building knowledge on the stock market. It cuts out the boring explanations of basic investing, and instead provides hands-on lessons that keep you engaged as you learn how to build a portfolio and expand your wealth. Full of basic definitions and real-life examples, Stock Market 101, 2nd Edition alleviates any uneasy or overwhelmed feelings during your first steps toward your investment goals. From bull markets to bear markets to sideways markets, this primer is packed with hundreds of entertaining tidbits and concepts that you won’t be able to get anywhere else. So whether you’re looking to master the major princi

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Book SynopsisWritten by one of the leading authorities in market microstructure research, this book provides a comprehensive guide to the theoretical work in this important area of finance.Table of ContentsAbout the Author v Foreword ix 1. Markets and Market-Making 1 2. Inventory Models 15 3. Information-Based Models 53 4. Strategic Trader Models I: Informed Traders 89 5. Strategic Trader Models II: Uninformed Traders 129 6. Information and the Price Process 153 7. Market Viability and Stability 179 8. Liquidity and the Relationships between Markets 215 9. Issues in Market Performance 251 References 273 Index 283

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Book SynopsisOver thirty trading strategies specifically designed for trading futures from experienced and successful professional trader Robert Carver.

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Book SynopsisA fully revised second edition of the best guide to high-frequency trading High-frequency trading is a difficult, but profitable, endeavor that can generate stable profits in various market conditions. But solid footing in both the theory and practice of this discipline are essential to success. Whether you''re an institutional investor seeking a better understanding of high-frequency operations or an individual investor looking for a new way to trade, this book has what you need to make the most of your time in today''s dynamic markets. Building on the success of the original edition, the Second Edition of High-Frequency Trading incorporates the latest research and questions that have come to light since the publication of the first edition. It skillfully covers everything from new portfolio management techniques for high-frequency trading and the latest technological developments enabling HFT to updated risk management strategies and how to safeguard iTable of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1 How Modern Markets Differ from Those Past 1 Media, Modern Markets, and HFT 6 HFT as Evolution of Trading Methodology 7 What Is High-Frequency Trading? 13 What Do High-Frequency Traders Do? 15 How Many High-Frequency Traders Are There? 17 Major Players in the HFT Space 17 Organization of This Book 18 Summary 18 End-of-Chapter Questions 19 Chapter 2 Technological Innovations, Systems, and HFT 21 A Brief History of Hardware 21 Messaging 25 Software 33 Summary 35 End-of-Chapter Questions 35 Chapter 3 Market Microstructure, Orders, and Limit Order Books 37 Types of Markets 37 Limit Order Books 39 Aggressive versus Passive Execution 43 Complex Orders 44 Trading Hours 45 Modern Microstructure: Market Convergence and Divergence 46 Fragmentation in Equities 46 Fragmentation in Futures 50 Fragmentation in Options 51 Fragmentation in Forex 51 Fragmentation in Fixed Income 51 Fragmentation in Swaps 51 Summary 52 End-of-Chapter Questions 52 Chapter 4 High-Frequency Data 53 What Is High-Frequency Data? 53 How Is High-Frequency Data Recorded? 54 Properties of High-Frequency Data 56 High-Frequency Data Are Voluminous 57 High-Frequency Data Are Subject to the Bid-Ask Bounce 59 High-Frequency Data Are Not Normal or Lognormal 62 High-Frequency Data Are Irregularly Spaced in Time 62 Most High-Frequency Data Do Not Contain Buy-and-Sell Identifiers 70 Summary 73 End-of-Chapter Questions 74 Chapter 5 Trading Costs 75 Overview of Execution Costs 75 Transparent Execution Costs 76 Implicit Execution Costs 78 Background and Definitions 82 Estimation of Market Impact 85 Empirical Estimation of Permanent Market Impact 88 Summary 96 End-of-Chapter Questions 96 Chapter 6 Performance and Capacity of High-Frequency Trading Strategies 97 Principles of Performance Measurement 97 Basic Performance Measures 98 Comparative Ratios 106 Performance Attribution 110 Capacity Evaluation 112 Alpha Decay 116 Summary 116 End-of-Chapter Questions 116 Chapter 7 The Business of High-Frequency Trading 117 Key Processes of HFT 117 Financial Markets Suitable for HFT 121 Economics of HFT 122 Market Participants 129 Summary 130 End-of-Chapter Questions 130 Chapter 8 Statistical Arbitrage Strategies 131 Practical Applications of Statistical Arbitrage 133 Summary 144 End-of-Chapter Questions 144 Chapter 9 Directional Trading Around Events 147 Developing Directional Event-Based Strategies 148 What Constitutes an Event? 149 Forecasting Methodologies 150 Tradable News 153 Application of Event Arbitrage 155 Summary 163 End-of-Chapter Questions 163 Chapter 10 Automated Market Making—Naïve Inventory Models 165 Introduction 165 Market Making: Key Principles 167 Simulating a Market-Making Strategy 167 Naïve Market-Making Strategies 168 Market Making as a Service 173 Profitable Market Making 176 Summary 178 End-of-Chapter Questions 178 Chapter 11 Automated Market Making II 179 What’s in the Data? 179 Modeling Information in Order Flow 182 Summary 193 End-of-Chapter Questions 193 Chapter 12 Additional HFT Strategies, Market Manipulation, and Market Crashes 195 Latency Arbitrage 196 Spread Scalping 197 Rebate Capture 198 Quote Matching 199 Layering 200 Ignition 201 Pinging/Sniping/Sniffing/Phishing 201 Quote Stuffing 201 Spoofing 202 Pump-and-Dump 202 Machine Learning 207 Summary 208 End-of-Chapter Questions 208 Chapter 13 Regulation 209 Key Initiatives of Regulators Worldwide 209 Summary 222 End-of-Chapter Questions 223 Chapter 14 Risk Management of HFT 225 Measuring HFT Risk 225 Summary 244 End-of-Chapter Questions 244 Chapter 15 Minimizing Market Impact 245 Why Execution Algorithms? 245 Order-Routing Algorithms 247 Issues with Basic Models 258 Advanced Models 262 Practical Implementation of Optimal Execution Strategies 269 Summary 269 End-of-Chapter Questions 270 Chapter 16 Implementation of HFT Systems 271 Model Development Life Cycle 271 System Implementation 273 Testing Trading Systems 283 Summary 286 End-of-Chapter Questions 287 About the Author 288 About the Web Site 290 References 291 Index 303

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2.5.2 Event-Based Sampling, 38 Exercises, 40 References, 41 3 Labeling 43 3.1 Motivation, 43 3.2 The Fixed-Time Horizon Method, 43 3.3 Computing Dynamic Thresholds, 44 3.4 The Triple-Barrier Method, 45 3.5 Learning Side and Size, 48 3.6 Meta-Labeling, 50 3.7 How to Use Meta-Labeling, 51 3.8 The Quantamental Way, 53 3.9 Dropping Unnecessary Labels, 54 Exercises, 55 Bibliography, 56 4 Sample Weights 59 4.1 Motivation, 59 4.2 Overlapping Outcomes, 59 4.3 Number of Concurrent Labels, 60 4.4 Average Uniqueness of a Label, 61 4.5 Bagging Classifiers and Uniqueness, 62 4.5.1 Sequential Bootstrap, 63 4.5.2 Implementation of Sequential Bootstrap, 64 4.5.3 A Numerical Example, 65 4.5.4 Monte Carlo Experiments, 66 4.6 Return Attribution, 68 4.7 Time Decay, 70 4.8 Class Weights, 71 Exercises, 72 References, 73 Bibliography, 73 5 Fractionally Differentiated Features 75 5.1 Motivation, 75 5.2 The Stationarity vs. Memory Dilemma, 75 5.3 Literature Review, 76 5.4 The Method, 77 5.4.1 Long Memory, 77 5.4.2 Iterative Estimation, 78 5.4.3 Convergence, 80 5.5 Implementation, 80 5.5.1 Expanding Window, 80 5.5.2 Fixed-Width Window Fracdiff, 82 5.6 Stationarity with Maximum Memory Preservation, 84 5.7 Conclusion, 88 Exercises, 88 References, 89 Bibliography, 89 Part 2 Modelling 91 6 Ensemble Methods 93 6.1 Motivation, 93 6.2 The Three Sources of Errors, 93 6.3 Bootstrap Aggregation, 94 6.3.1 Variance Reduction, 94 6.3.2 Improved Accuracy, 96 6.3.3 Observation Redundancy, 97 6.4 Random Forest, 98 6.5 Boosting, 99 6.6 Bagging vs. Boosting in Finance, 100 6.7 Bagging for Scalability, 101 Exercises, 101 References, 102 Bibliography, 102 7 Cross-Validation in Finance 103 7.1 Motivation, 103 7.2 The Goal of Cross-Validation, 103 7.3 Why K-Fold CV Fails in Finance, 104 7.4 A Solution: Purged K-Fold CV, 105 7.4.1 Purging the Training Set, 105 7.4.2 Embargo, 107 7.4.3 The Purged K-Fold Class, 108 7.5 Bugs in Sklearn’s Cross-Validation, 109 Exercises, 110 Bibliography, 111 8 Feature Importance 113 8.1 Motivation, 113 8.2 The Importance of Feature Importance, 113 8.3 Feature Importance with Substitution Effects, 114 8.3.1 Mean Decrease Impurity, 114 8.3.2 Mean Decrease Accuracy, 116 8.4 Feature Importance without Substitution Effects, 117 8.4.1 Single Feature Importance, 117 8.4.2 Orthogonal Features, 118 8.5 Parallelized vs. Stacked Feature Importance, 121 8.6 Experiments with Synthetic Data, 122 Exercises, 127 References, 127 9 Hyper-Parameter Tuning with Cross-Validation 129 9.1 Motivation, 129 9.2 Grid Search Cross-Validation, 129 9.3 Randomized Search Cross-Validation, 131 9.3.1 Log-Uniform Distribution, 132 9.4 Scoring and Hyper-parameter Tuning, 134 Exercises, 135 References, 136 Bibliography, 137 Part 3 Backtesting 139 10 Bet Sizing 141 10.1 Motivation, 141 10.2 Strategy-Independent Bet Sizing Approaches, 141 10.3 Bet Sizing from Predicted Probabilities, 142 10.4 Averaging Active Bets, 144 10.5 Size Discretization, 144 10.6 Dynamic Bet Sizes and Limit Prices, 145 Exercises, 148 References, 149 Bibliography, 149 11 The Dangers of Backtesting 151 11.1 Motivation, 151 11.2 Mission Impossible: The Flawless Backtest, 151 11.3 Even If Your Backtest Is Flawless, It Is Probably Wrong, 152 11.4 Backtesting Is Not a Research Tool, 153 11.5 A Few General Recommendations, 153 11.6 Strategy Selection, 155 Exercises, 158 References, 158 Bibliography, 159 12 Backtesting through Cross-Validation 161 12.1 Motivation, 161 12.2 The Walk-Forward Method, 161 12.2.1 Pitfalls of the Walk-Forward Method, 162 12.3 The Cross-Validation Method, 162 12.4 The Combinatorial Purged Cross-Validation Method, 163 12.4.1 Combinatorial Splits, 164 12.4.2 The Combinatorial Purged Cross-Validation Backtesting Algorithm, 165 12.4.3 A Few Examples, 165 12.5 How Combinatorial Purged Cross-Validation Addresses Backtest Overfitting, 166 Exercises, 167 References, 168 13 Backtesting on Synthetic Data 169 13.1 Motivation, 169 13.2 Trading Rules, 169 13.3 The Problem, 170 13.4 Our Framework, 172 13.5 Numerical Determination of Optimal Trading Rules, 173 13.5.1 The Algorithm, 173 13.5.2 Implementation, 174 13.6 Experimental Results, 176 13.6.1 Cases with Zero Long-Run Equilibrium, 177 13.6.2 Cases with Positive Long-Run Equilibrium, 180 13.6.3 Cases with Negative Long-Run Equilibrium, 182 13.7 Conclusion, 192 Exercises, 192 References, 193 14 Backtest Statistics 195 14.1 Motivation, 195 14.2 Types of Backtest Statistics, 195 14.3 General Characteristics, 196 14.4 Performance, 198 14.4.1 Time-Weighted Rate of Return, 198 14.5 Runs, 199 14.5.1 Returns Concentration, 199 14.5.2 Drawdown and Time under Water, 201 14.5.3 Runs Statistics for Performance Evaluation, 201 14.6 Implementation Shortfall, 202 14.7 Efficiency, 203 14.7.1 The Sharpe Ratio, 203 14.7.2 The Probabilistic Sharpe Ratio, 203 14.7.3 The Deflated Sharpe Ratio, 204 14.7.4 Efficiency Statistics, 205 14.8 Classification Scores, 206 14.9 Attribution, 207 Exercises, 208 References, 209 Bibliography, 209 15 Understanding Strategy Risk 211 15.1 Motivation, 211 15.2 Symmetric Payouts, 211 15.3 Asymmetric Payouts, 213 15.4 The Probability of Strategy Failure, 216 15.4.1 Algorithm, 217 15.4.2 Implementation, 217 Exercises, 219 References, 220 16 Machine Learning Asset Allocation 221 16.1 Motivation, 221 16.2 The Problem with Convex Portfolio Optimization, 221 16.3 Markowitz’s Curse, 222 16.4 From Geometric to Hierarchical Relationships, 223 16.4.1 Tree Clustering, 224 16.4.2 Quasi-Diagonalization, 229 16.4.3 Recursive Bisection, 229 16.5 A Numerical Example, 231 16.6 Out-of-Sample Monte Carlo Simulations, 234 16.7 Further Research, 236 16.8 Conclusion, 238 Appendices, 239 16.A.1 Correlation-based Metric, 239 16.A.2 Inverse Variance Allocation, 239 16.A.3 Reproducing the Numerical Example, 240 16.A.4 Reproducing the Monte Carlo Experiment, 242 Exercises, 244 References, 245 Part 4 Useful Financial Features 247 17 Structural Breaks 249 17.1 Motivation, 249 17.2 Types of Structural Break Tests, 249 17.3 CUSUM Tests, 250 17.3.1 Brown-Durbin-Evans CUSUM Test on Recursive Residuals, 250 17.3.2 Chu-Stinchcombe-White CUSUM Test on Levels, 251 17.4 Explosiveness Tests, 251 17.4.1 Chow-Type Dickey-Fuller Test, 251 17.4.2 Supremum Augmented Dickey-Fuller, 252 17.4.3 Sub- and Super-Martingale Tests, 259 Exercises, 261 References, 261 18 Entropy Features 263 18.1 Motivation, 263 18.2 Shannon’s Entropy, 263 18.3 The Plug-in (or Maximum Likelihood) Estimator, 264 18.4 Lempel-Ziv Estimators, 265 18.5 Encoding Schemes, 269 18.5.1 Binary Encoding, 270 18.5.2 Quantile Encoding, 270 18.5.3 Sigma Encoding, 270 18.6 Entropy of a Gaussian Process, 271 18.7 Entropy and the Generalized Mean, 271 18.8 A Few Financial Applications of Entropy, 275 18.8.1 Market Efficiency, 275 18.8.2 Maximum Entropy Generation, 275 18.8.3 Portfolio Concentration, 275 18.8.4 Market Microstructure, 276 Exercises, 277 References, 278 Bibliography, 279 19 Microstructural Features 281 19.1 Motivation, 281 19.2 Review of the Literature, 281 19.3 First Generation: Price Sequences, 282 19.3.1 The Tick Rule, 282 19.3.2 The Roll Model, 282 19.3.3 High-Low Volatility Estimator, 283 19.3.4 Corwin and Schultz, 284 19.4 Second Generation: Strategic Trade Models, 286 19.4.1 Kyle’s Lambda, 286 19.4.2 Amihud’s Lambda, 288 19.4.3 Hasbrouck’s Lambda, 289 19.5 Third Generation: Sequential Trade Models, 290 19.5.1 Probability of Information-based Trading, 290 19.5.2 Volume-Synchronized Probability of Informed Trading, 292 19.6 Additional Features from Microstructural Datasets, 293 19.6.1 Distibution of Order Sizes, 293 19.6.2 Cancellation Rates, Limit Orders, Market Orders, 293 19.6.3 Time-Weighted Average Price Execution Algorithms, 294 19.6.4 Options Markets, 295 19.6.5 Serial Correlation of Signed Order Flow, 295 19.7 What Is Microstructural Information?, 295 Exercises, 296 References, 298 Part 5 High-performance Computing Recipes 301 20 Multiprocessing and Vectorization 303 20.1 Motivation, 303 20.2 Vectorization Example, 303 20.3 Single-Thread vs. Multithreading vs. Multiprocessing, 304 20.4 Atoms and Molecules, 306 20.4.1 Linear Partitions, 306 20.4.2 Two-Nested Loops Partitions, 307 20.5 Multiprocessing Engines, 309 20.5.1 Preparing the Jobs, 309 20.5.2 Asynchronous Calls, 311 20.5.3 Unwrapping the Callback, 312 20.5.4 Pickle/Unpickle Objects, 313 20.5.5 Output Reduction, 313 20.6 Multiprocessing Example, 315 Exercises, 316 Reference, 317 Bibliography, 317 21 Brute Force and Quantum Computers 319 21.1 Motivation, 319 21.2 Combinatorial Optimization, 319 21.3 The Objective Function, 320 21.4 The Problem, 321 21.5 An Integer Optimization Approach, 321 21.5.1 Pigeonhole Partitions, 321 21.5.2 Feasible Static Solutions, 323 21.5.3 Evaluating Trajectories, 323 21.6 A Numerical Example, 325 21.6.1 Random Matrices, 325 21.6.2 Static Solution, 326 21.6.3 Dynamic Solution, 327 Exercises, 327 References, 328 22 High-Performance Computational Intelligence and Forecasting Technologies 329 Kesheng Wu and Horst D. Simon 22.1 Motivation, 329 22.2 Regulatory Response to the Flash Crash of 2010, 329 22.3 Background, 330 22.4 HPC Hardware, 331 22.5 HPC Software, 335 22.5.1 Message Passing Interface, 335 22.5.2 Hierarchical Data Format 5, 336 22.5.3 In Situ Processing, 336 22.5.4 Convergence, 337 22.6 Use Cases, 337 22.6.1 Supernova Hunting, 337 22.6.2 Blobs in Fusion Plasma, 338 22.6.3 Intraday Peak Electricity Usage, 340 22.6.4 The Flash Crash of 2010, 341 22.6.5 Volume-synchronized Probability of Informed Trading Calibration, 346 22.6.6 Revealing High Frequency Events with Non-uniform Fast Fourier Transform, 347 22.7 Summary and Call for Participation, 349 22.8 Acknowledgments, 350 References, 350 Index 353

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