The Big Short
This is the amazing story of the individuals who predicted the mortgage crisis and made a ton of money off of it. They were very interesting characters and they went through some surprising challenges. It is just shocking how inefficient the markets can be sometimes. The story makes it clear that independent thinking is still […]
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The Federal Reserve System: Purposes & Functions
Written by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, this is the official book for explaining the FED to the public. It does a fairly good job of explaining what the FED does and how it does it, with the exception of all the interesting stuff that happened since the mortgage crisis. It’s […]
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The Age of Turbulence
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan gives his perspective on the economy in this semi-biographical work. It is interesting to follow his thought processes through some the economic situations that he navigated, and to a large degree directly influenced. I was curious to see whether he would admit to any major errors in judgement, but […]
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The Intelligent Investor
The Intelligent Investor is one of the most popular investing books for good reason. It advocates a time-tested strategy known as value investing. The idea behind value investing is to determine how much a company is worth and buy it only if it is selling at a significant discount. In essence, the book teaches you […]
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