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Develop a sound investment philosophy based on lessons from history

Trailblazers, Heroes, and Crooks: Stories to Make You a Smarter Investor is a highly entertaining and insightful look into key stories from history, teaching lessons about sound principles of investing, and controlling emotions and bias when managing your investment portfolio to help you become a stronger, more intelligent investor. Written by author and finance professor Stephen R. Foerster, this book spans from before the Middle Ages to the 2020s.

Some of the stories in this book include:

  • Cristiano Ronaldo taking two bottles of Coke off a table at a press conference, and ostensibly causing Coca-Cola''s stock value to plunge $4 billion
  • Harry Markopolos trying to develop a strategy similar to Bernie Madoff''s, realizing his strategy was bogus, and spending a decade proving his case
  • A hostage crisis in twelfth century Venice involving trumped-up charges, conf

Trailblazers Heroes and Crooks

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 9/16/2024
      ISBN-13 9781394275922
      978-1394275922
      ISBN-10 1394275927
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      Finance and accounting

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Develop a sound investment philosophy based on lessons from history

      Trailblazers, Heroes, and Crooks: Stories to Make You a Smarter Investor is a highly entertaining and insightful look into key stories from history, teaching lessons about sound principles of investing, and controlling emotions and bias when managing your investment portfolio to help you become a stronger, more intelligent investor. Written by author and finance professor Stephen R. Foerster, this book spans from before the Middle Ages to the 2020s.

      Some of the stories in this book include:

      • Cristiano Ronaldo taking two bottles of Coke off a table at a press conference, and ostensibly causing Coca-Cola''s stock value to plunge $4 billion
      • Harry Markopolos trying to develop a strategy similar to Bernie Madoff''s, realizing his strategy was bogus, and spending a decade proving his case
      • A hostage crisis in twelfth century Venice involving trumped-up charges, conf

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