
Munis or municipal bonds are not the darlings of the world of investing. Who would talk about munis when you can discuss fancier investments such as options, futures, commodities and even stocks? But, thats where a lot of people miss the boat. Municipal bond investing doesn’t promise the stellar returns that some of the other investments may yield but munis are also a lot less riskier. A lot of folks saw their investment accounts get wiped out in the financial crisis of 2008-09 and finally thought about buying municipal bonds.
Now, that we have your attention, lets take a look at munis. These bonds are basically debt obligations issued by a local government entity like a municipality where the money collected is used to finance public works projects. The bond holder or the person who buys the bond gets payments on the fixed interest rate at fixed time intervales (e.g. 6 months, 12 months or more) till the bond matures. The date of maturity is when the bond issuer (the borrower) will return the principal back to you (the lender in this case). In a nutshell, you get fixed interest payments from a government back entity for an extended period of time. You must’ve noticed that the only risk involved here is the risk of default by the local government entity. The chances of that are fairly low so the returns that you get in the process are understandably conservative.
Being the smart investor that you are, you must be thinking are all municipal bonds the same? The answer is no. Now, you must be thinking that if they aren’t the same which ones give you the best return? Good question. Here are a few pointers for choosing amongst the rest of the bonds:
Credit quality: There are different rating agencies for bonds and various other financial instruments. Standard & Poors is one of the more popular agencies. An important point to remember is that don’t blindly go for the bonds with the highest ratings. These are the ones with the least risk involved but that’s also why they give the lowest return. Do some due diligence (fancy phrase for research) and take a look at different bonds before making your decision.
Bond evaluation: Its also important to have the securities that you are considering be evaluated by TRACE. This server is offered online and its purpose is to give reliable pricing information and price trends. In simpler terms, they will help you determine whether the bonds are a good buy right now or not. Also, if you want to figure out the best point to enter the investment or exit it, TRACE will help you.
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Gaming the Market: Applying Game Theory to Create Winning Trading Strategies $48.28 New – Gaming the Market is the first book to show investors how game theory is applicable to decisions about buying and selling stocks, bonds, mutual funds, futures, and options. As a practical trading guide, it will help investors master this revolutionary approach, and employ it to their advantage. Also, the author provides a model that enables traders to predict profitability and, as a result, make effective buy and sell decisions. |
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Gaming the Market: Applying Game Theory to Create Winning Trading Strategies $70 Gaming the Market: Applying Game Theory to Create Winning Trading Strategies is the first book to show investors how game theory is applicable to decisions about buying and selling stocks, bonds, mutual funds, futures, and options. As a practical trading guide, Gaming the Market will help investors master this revolutionary approach, and employ it to their advantage. Although game theory has been studied since the 1940s, it has only recently been applied to the world of finance. Game theory champions garnered the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics, and, today, this theory is used to analyze everything from the baseball strike to FCC auctions. Increasingly, game theory is making its mark as a potent tool for traders. In Gaming the Market, economist Ronald B. Shelton provides a model that enables traders to predict profitability and, as a result, make effective buy and sell decisions. Stated simply, game theory is the study of conflict based on a formal approach to decision making that views decisions as choices made in a game. Whether playing individually or in a group, each player in a conflict has more than one course of action available to him, and the outcome of the game depends on the interaction of the strategies pursued by each. Shelton offers real-world examples that reveal how the principles of game theory drive financial markets and how these same principles can be used to develop winning investment strategies. Through Shelton’s organized and precise explanations he uses familiar games such as chess and checkers to illustrate his points readers gain a solid understanding of the key principles of game theory before applying them to actual financial marketsituations. Gaming the Market examines the interaction between price fluctuations and risk acceptance levels and gradually constructs a game theory model which proves that there are probability-based formulas for determining the profitability of any given trade. With appendixe |
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High-Performance Managed Futures: The New Way to Diversify Your Portfolio $22.35 Used – A provocative and insightful look at using managed futures to diversify investment portfolios Financial advisors have long ignored managed futures. Yet, in the past thirty years, managed futures have significantly outperformed traditional stock and bond investments. In High-Performance Managed Futures: The New Way to Diversity Your Portfolio, author Mark H. Melin advises investors to question the commonly held belief of stocks and bonds, buy and hold. The first book of its kind, Melin adv |
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Higher Bond Yields: The Triple-A Advantage of Insured Municipal Bonds $1 Used – Today, 40 percent of the nearly $300 billion of new-issue bonds sell with an insurance policy which gives them a Triple-A rating from all major rating agencies. Yet, “natural” Triple-A bonds–those that don’t carry this added protection–are valued higher in the marketplace. Godfrey investigates this anomaly and proves to investors that insured Triple-A bonds are actually the best buy. |
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How to Buy Individual Bonds $1.99 Marvin Appel,NOOKbook (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Pearson Education |
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How to Buy Individual Bonds $1.59 This Element is an excerpt from Higher Returns from Safe Investments: Using Bonds, Stocks, and Options to Generate Lifetime Income (9780137003358) by Marvin Appel. Available in print and digital formats. How to safely buy individual bonds-and why the process can uncomfortably resemble buying a used car! Several things about buying bonds are not readily apparent on review of brokers’ Web sites. First, unlike stocks, there is usually no specified commission per trade for buying bonds. |
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How to Buy Individual Bonds $1.59 This Element is an excerpt from Higher Returns from Safe Investments: Using Bonds, Stocks, and Options to Generate Lifetime Income (9780137003358) by Marvin Appel. Available in print and digital formats. How to safely buy individual bonds-and why the process can uncomfortably resemble buying a used car! Several things about buying bonds are not readily apparent on review of brokers’ Web sites. First, unlike stocks, there is usually no specified commission per trade for buying bonds. |
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How to Make Money in Foreign Exchange and Foreign Bonds $20 Publisher: New York, Financial books company Publication date: 1920 Subjects: Investments Foreign exchange Bonds Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. |
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Income Investing Today $31.5 Expert advice on the full range of options associated with income investing Income Investing Today reviews a full range of fixed income options, including bonds, Canadian energy trusts, convertibles, REITs, and closed end funds. It also zeroes in on what to buy and what to avoid. Written by a long-time expert in fixed income investing, this book offers all the introductory information readers need on fixed income fundamentals and covers the strategies and types of securities best suited for individual investors. It shows investors how to achieve a high level of income without inordinate amounts of risk and explains the best way to diversify portfolios into nontraditional income securities across a range of sectors so that interest rates alone won t overly affect a portfolio. This is the ideal guide for individual investors saving for retirement and needing more certainty for their portfolios. Richard Lehmann (Miami Lake, FL) is President of Income Securities Advisors, Inc. and pulishes the Forbes/Lehmann Income Securities Investor newsletter, as well as the ETF Investor Newsletter and Distressed Debt Securities Newsletter. He is a columnist with Forbes magazine and has been actively involved in fixed income advising and bond defaults since 1976. Learn more at www.incomesecurities.com. |
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Investing Online $0.99 Research, trade, and track investments online Take control of your investments, maximize investment knowledge, and build a profitable portfolio The Internet brings a world of investment resources to your desktop, but how do you find your way through a dizzying array of investment possibilities? The Dummies Way, of course! This book helps you set reasonable expectations, assess your risk tolerance, choose an asset allocation, analyze and select investments, and maximize financial success. Discover how to: Determine how much you can afford to invest Choose an online broker Enter and execute trades Measure the potential return of a stock Buy bonds online Understand options, commodities, and IPOs |
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Investing Online for Dummies $1.01 Research, trade, and track investments online Take control of your investments, maximize investment knowledge, and build a profitable portfolio The Internet brings a world of investment resources to your desktop, but how do you find your way through a dizzying array of investment possibilities? The Dummies Way, of course! This book helps you set reasonable expectations, assess your risk tolerance, choose an asset allocation, analyze and select investments, and maximize financial success. Discover how to: Determine how much you can afford to invest Choose an online broker Enter and execute trades Measure the potential return of a stock Buy bonds online Understand options, commodities, and IPOs |
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Investing in Mortgage Securities $68.48 Providing the expertise of an internal business consultant to one of the largest issuers of mortgage securities, Investing in Mortgage Securities serves as a high-level introduction to mortgage securities presented within the framework of fixed income securities. It presents institutional investors, portfolio managers, traders, and sophisticated individual investors with a clear, concise, and unified approach to valuing, pricing, and investing in mortgage securities. The author supplies a complete explanation of all types of mortgages and fixed income securities and highlights the differences between bonds, mortgages, and mortgage derivatives. The text walks you through all the necessary steps, including worked out mathematical examples, to ensure that you make the best buy and sell decisions possible. It also contains exercises to help you test your knowledge before making significant investment decisions. |
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Investment Charts and Concepts $1.59 This Element is an excerpt from Technical Analysis Plain and Simple: Charting the Markets in Your Language (9780137042012), by Michael N. Kahn, CMT. Available in print and digital formats. Technical charts demystified: why they work, how they work, and how to get started with them. Patterns on charts are not random apparitions. They are formed when real people, acting in their self interests, buy and sell stocks, bonds, currencies, or commodities in pursuit of financial gain. |
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Investment Charts and Concepts $1.59 This Element is an excerpt from Technical Analysis Plain and Simple: Charting the Markets in Your Language (9780137042012), by Michael N. Kahn, CMT. Available in print and digital formats. Technical charts demystified: why they work, how they work, and how to get started with them. Patterns on charts are not random apparitions. They are formed when real people, acting in their self interests, buy and sell stocks, bonds, currencies, or commodities in pursuit of financial gain. |
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Investment Fables $27.01 The truth about 13 of today’s most widely touted investment strategies.10 powerful lessons for every investorOvercoming the enduring myths about marketsHigh dividend stocks: better and safer than bonds–or not?Cheap stocks: cheap for a reason?Should you invest in quality? Momentum? The next big thing? Or what?You’ve heard ‘em. (Maybe even from your broker!) They’re the can’t lose investment stories that promise you a no-risk path to profits Buy companies trading below book value. Follow the momentum. Buy stocks with low P/Es. Stick with quality. Buy after bad news. Buy after good news. Follow the insiders. Do whatever Warren Buffett’s doing. And on, and on, and on They sound good. But do they really work? You’re about to find out.In Investment Fables, one of the world’s leading investment researchers runs the numbers on 13 of today’s most widely touted strategies, objectively answering the questions your broker can’t answer. Has it worked over the long term? Over the short term? If it made sense once, does it still make sense? Are the promised benefits a statistical mirage? Could it work, as one part of your investment strategy? What are the downsides and how can you mitigate them?If you want to make smarter investment decisions, you’ll find this book utterly indispensable. From the Publisher: Most investors make their decisions based on stories that sound logical…stories backed by anecdotes claiming enormous success. Value investing sounds great. So does momentum investing. So does choosing high-dividend or low P/E stocks. So do many other strategies…even strategies that flatly contradict each other. They can’t all work, no matter how good they sound. But some work better than others. And it’s possible t |
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Investment Policies That Pay $24.23 1929. The problem of investment has two sides; human beings on the one side, and stocks, bonds or other investments on the other. The author hopes he is justified in making this book essentially a study of the men and women who buy the securities. Contents: what do I need to invest profitably; getting my capital from inheritance; getting my capital from saving and borrowing; what is the best investment policy for me; what investment opportunities exist for me; what makes security prices change; should I buy common stocks; should I buy second hand day dreams; should I buy merger stocks; should I buy investment trust stocks; should I speculate; should I buy on margin; what attention should I give my investments; what shall I do to invest profitably; my philosophy of investment. |
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Investment Policies That Pay $31.69 Used – 1929. The problem of investment has two sides; human beings on the one side, and stocks, bonds or other investments on the other. The author hopes he is justified in making this book essentially a study of the men and women who buy the securities. Contents: what do I need to invest profitably; getting my capital from inheritance; getting my capital from saving and borrowing; what is the best investment policy for me; what investment opportunities exist for me; what makes security prices c |
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Investment Policies That Pay $28.95 1929. The problem of investment has two sides; human beings on the one side, and stocks, bonds or other investments on the other. The author hopes he is justified in making this book essentially a study of the men and women who buy the securities. Contents: what do I need to invest profitably; getting my capital from inheritance; getting my capital from saving and borrowing; what is the best investment policy for me; what investment opportunities exist for me; what makes security prices change; should I buy common stocks; should I buy second hand day dreams; should I buy merger stocks; should I buy investment trust stocks; should I speculate; should I buy on margin; what attention should I give my investments; what shall I do to invest profitably; my philosophy of investment. |
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Investment Policies That Pay $31.69 New – 1929. The problem of investment has two sides; human beings on the one side, and stocks, bonds or other investments on the other. The author hopes he is justified in making this book essentially a study of the men and women who buy the securities. Contents: what do I need to invest profitably; getting my capital from inheritance; getting my capital from saving and borrowing; what is the best investment policy for me; what investment opportunities exist for me; what makes security prices ch |
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Investment Policies That Pay $31.38 New – 1929. The problem of investment has two sides; human beings on the one side, and stocks, bonds or other investments on the other. The author hopes he is justified in making this book essentially a study of the men and women who buy the securities. Contents: what do I need to invest profitably; getting my capital from inheritance; getting my capital from saving and borrowing; what is the best investment policy for me; what investment opportunities exist for me; what makes security prices ch |
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Investment Policies That Pay Investment Policies That Pay $31.38 Used – 1929. The problem of investment has two sides; human beings on the one side, and stocks, bonds or other investments on the other. The author hopes he is justified in making this book essentially a study of the men and women who buy the securities. Contents: what do I need to invest profitably; getting my capital from inheritance; getting my capital from saving and borrowing; what is the best investment policy for me; what investment opportunities exist for me; what makes security prices c |
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Investment Valuation: Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset $129.19 New – “Investment Valuation Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset Valuation” is at the heart of every investment decision, whether that decision is to buy, sell, or hold. But the pricing of any financial asset has become a more complex task in modern financial markets. Now completely revised and fully updated to reflect changing market conditions, “Investment Valuation, Second Edition”, provides expert instruction on how to value virtually any type of asset-stocks, bonds, o |
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Investment Valuation: Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset $43.57 Used – “Investment Valuation Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset Valuation” is at the heart of every investment decision, whether that decision is to buy, sell, or hold. But the pricing of any financial asset has become a more complex task in modern financial markets. Now completely revised and fully updated to reflect changing market conditions, “Investment Valuation, Second Edition”, provides expert instruction on how to value virtually any type of asset-stocks, bonds, |
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Investor’s Business Daily Guide to the Markets $29.95 From the Foreword by Charles Schwab The Investor’s Business Daily Guide to the Markets is. . .clear, concise, innovative, and authoritative, giving you the information you need to make important investment decisions with confidence. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, you’ll learn a great deal from this book. What a pleasure it is to discover a book that tells it like it is with no hidden agendas. It’s sure to pay you dividends and capital gains again and again in the years ahead. Before investing in the markets, you should invest in this book. Alice Kane Executive Vice President, New York Life Insurance Company Investor’s Business Daily Guide to the Markets is the quintessential guide for anyone interested in gaining insight and helpful information about the financial markets. Louis G. Navellier, President, Navellier & Associates Inc., Editor, MPT Review. A great book for people who want to understand the markets. Don’t miss this comprehensive roundup the mutual funds chapter alone is worth the price of the book. James M. Benham, Chairman of the Board, Benham Funds. Developing an investment portfolio is like building a house: you must start with a solid foundation. This book gives you the investment foundation you need. Buy it before you put another dollar in stocks, bonds, or mutual funds. Ted Allrich. author, The Online Investor The On-line Investor (America Online). Bill O’Neil, for years the unheralded hero of institutional investors worldwide, began offering his expertise to the individual investor over ten years ago through Investor’s Business Daily newspaper. Now his Investor’s Business Daily Guide to theMarkets takes the next step for investors by putting basic financial information into meaningful terms and useful strategies. This is a ‘must read’ for all investors big and small. Richard W. Perkins, CFA, President and Portfolio Manager, Perkins Capital Management, Inc |
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Keys to Investing in Municipal Bonds $3 Used – How do you know that buying municipal bonds is the right decision for you? Are you aware of the tax benefits associated with municipal bonds? Do you know how to reduce your risk when you buy? Do you know how and where to buy municipal bonds? This easy-to-follow guide will tell you. Master this book’s key concepts and you’ll master the art of sound investment in municipal bonds. |
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Learn to Earn $42.5 Public companies are everywhere, and they surround you from morning to night. . . . Nearly everything you eat, wear, read, listen to, ride in, lie on, or gargle with is made by one. Perfume to penknives, hot tubs to hot dogs, nuts to nail polish are made by businesses that you can own. from the Introduction. McDonald’s, The Gap, Circuit City, Gillette, CBS, and thousands more . . . anybody can own part of big and small companies. As companies grow and prosper, you can too. Whenever burgers are eaten, sweaters are purchased, batteries are used, and faces are shaved, you’ve got a piece of the action. From Alexander Hamilton to Warren Buffett, people have been making big money by investing in the corporations and institutions around them. Mutual-fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild explain what’s not normally taught in high school how the stock market helps you and how it helps the country. By understanding how and why the stock market works when you buy a share of a company or purchase a mutual fund, you can make informed and profitable decisions. Whether you’re saving for college, a house, a trip, or retirement, there is no better method to secure a sound financial future than to invest. Young or old, there is no better time to start investing than now. Investing is fun. It’s interesting. It can put you on the road to prosperity for the rest of your life. . . . Learn to Earn gives you the expert guidance you need to make the right start. Lynch and Rothchild cover the gamut on investment fundamentals and principles, from choosing stocks, to picking a broker, to reading an annual report. Learn to Earn reveals how to decipherthe stock pages and how to evaluate the pros and cons of the five basic investment vehicles savings accounts, collectibles, houses or apartments, stocks, and bonds. Yet, there is much more to investing than just the principles, and there is much more to Learn to Earn than jus |
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Loan and valuation tables for the use of building societies, brokers and others, requiring to buy or sell mortgages, bonds or debentures $39.87 New |
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Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer) $17.95 Losing our Cool shows how indoor climate control is colliding with an out-of-control outdoor climate. In America, energy consumed by home air-conditioning, and the resulting greenhouse emissions, have doubled in just over a decade, and energy to cool retail stores has risen by two-thirds. Now the entire affluent world is adopting the technology. As the biggest economic crisis in eighty years rolls across the globe, financial concerns threaten to shove ecological crises into the background. Reporting from some of the world’s hot zones—from Phoenix, Arizona, and Naples, Florida, to southern India—Cox documents the surprising ways in which air-conditioning changes human experience: giving a boost to the global warming that it is designed to help us endure, providing a potent commercial stimulant, making possible an impossible commuter economy, and altering migration patterns (air-conditioning has helped alter the political hue of the United States by enabling a population boom in the red-state Sun Belt). While the book proves that the planet’s atmosphere cannot sustain even our current use of air-conditioning, it also makes a much more positive argument that loosening our attachment to refrigerated air could bring benefits to humans and the planet that go well beyond averting a climate crisis. Though it saves lives in heat waves, air-conditioning may also be altering our bodies’ sensitivity to heat; our rates of infection, allergy, asthma, and obesity; and even our sex drive. Air-conditioning has eroded social bonds and thwarted childhood adventure; it has transformed the ways we eat, sleep, travel, work, buy, relax, vote, and make both love and war. The final chapter surveys the many alternatives to conventional central air-conditioning. By reintroducing some traditional cooling methods, putting newly emerging technologies into practice, and getting beyond industrial definitions of comfort, we can make ourselves |
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Mission Feral Fig 6 Bars $40 Mission Feral Fig: Hello mission figs, cranberries and almonds! This chewy-crunchy combo is a flavor experience with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and fleur de sel, to boot!With Mission Feral Fig, Rescue Chocolate brings awareness to feral cat colonies.What is a feral cat? Feral cats are those who live outdoors, avoid human company, and tend to congregate in colonies where they often form deep bonds with other cats. What can you do? If there is a feral cat colony in your neighborhood, you can contact your local cat rescue group to find out about Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) programs for reducing the population humanely. The beauty of TNR is that cats who are not suffering acutely can live out their lives in peace. And, they can perform a vital ecological function: they act as a natural brake on rodents. There is no need for city animal control to round up and euthanize the ferals, which leaves more space and money for cats and kittens coming into the shelters from other avenues.When all communities move towards a policy of TNR, we will call that Mission Accomplished! |
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Mobilizing the Home Front: War Bonds and Domestic Propaganda $35 During World War II, the home front offered unprecedented levels of moral, financial, and labor support for the war effort. This was no accident. Through the U.S. Treasury Department’s war bond drives, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration strategically cultivated national morale by creating the largest single domestic propaganda campaign known to that time.Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny joined Judy Garland, Dorothy Lamour, and Lana Turner to urge Americans to buy war bonds, helping to create a virtual army of home front soldiers. Dr. Seuss drew cartoons, Irving Berlin wrote songs, and Norman Rockwell designed posters to help raise over $185 billion for the struggle, most of it coming from average citizens who well remembered the poverty of the Depression.In Mobilizing the Home Front, James J. Kimble marshals archival documents, public appeals, and a wealth of internal memoranda, reports, and surveys to offer a new understanding of the government’s eight war bond drives and the psyche of the nation at war.With roots in propaganda studies, military history, rhetorical criticism, and peace studies, this book adds new dimensions to our understanding of the waging of war by the “Greatest Generation.”Author Biography: JAMES J. KIMBLE, an assistant professor of communication at Seton Hall University, received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. He is also a Distinguished Honor Graduate of the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School. |
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Mobilizing the Home Front: War Bonds and Domestic Propaganda $38.4 New – During World War II, the home front offered unprecedented levels of moral, financial, and labor support for the war effort. This was no accident. Through the U.S. Treasury Department’s war bond drives, Franklin. D. Roosevelt’s administration strategically cultivated national morale by creating the largest single domestic propaganda campaign known to that time. Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny joined Judy Garland, Dorothy Lamour, and Lana Turner to urge Americans to buy war bonds, helping to crea |
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Paying for a World War; The United States Financing of World War II $34.44 Used – Publisher: [Washington: U.S. Savings Bonds Division] Publication date: 1971 Subjects: Bonds Debts, Public World War, 1939-1945 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. |
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Paying for a World War; The United States Financing of World War II $34.44 New – Publisher: [Washington: U.S. Savings Bonds Division] Publication date: 1971 Subjects: Bonds Debts, Public World War, 1939-1945 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. |
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Posters of World Wars I and II $4 Used – Outstanding selection of nearly 120 American posters that helped fight the battles at home and abroad. Full-color works by James Montgomery Flagg, Howard Chandler Christy, Anton Otto Fischer, and more than 60 other artists exhorted Americans to enlist, buy Liberty bonds, increase production, and contribute to the war effort. |
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Putnam’s Investment Handbook: A Stimulus and a Guide to Financial Independence $25.41 Used – General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1919 Original Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s sons Subjects: Investments Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III MORTGAGES AND BONDS First mortgages on real estate are |
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R.O.D: Read or Dream: Volume 4 $0.99 Used – For love of books or love of money (to buy books), the Paper Sisters will take on any job. But as bodyguards for Hisami, a child-prodigy author, they may have bitten off more than they can chew. To protect Hisami from a shady stalker, Michelle, Maggie, and Anita will have to call upon all their paper powers–and the bonds of their sisterhood. Older teens. |
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R.O.D: Read or Dream: Volume 4 $17.61 New – For love of books or love of money (to buy books), the Paper Sisters will take on any job. But as bodyguards for Hisami, a child-prodigy author, they may have bitten off more than they can chew. To protect Hisami from a shady stalker, Michelle, Maggie, and Anita will have to call upon all their paper powers–and the bonds of their sisterhood. Older teens. |
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Rare Coin Investing $24.99 Invest in Affordable Rare Coins Want to broaden your retirement portfolio beyond stocks and bonds? Studies show that the same amount of money invested in the stock market and in rare coins can result in a better return by investing in rare coins. Consider adding rare coins to your investment portfolio. But don?t think you have to spend thousands of dollars on a one-of-a-kind coin to see a portfolio return on your investment. For as little as $100 a coin, you can start building a portfolio that can bring solid gains. Learn how great coin collections were built with low-cost coins. See how a portfolio of coins gained in value over 10 years, 20 years, 30 years and more. Study the author’’s recommendations for affordable coins you can buy now. |
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Retire Rich with Your Self-Directed IRA: What Your Broker & Banker Don’t Want You to Know about Managing Your Own Retirement Investments $21.95 Recently investors have exited the stock market because they have lost control. They relied on the advice of brokers and financial advisors and retirement accounts have dwindled or not increased. There is a great alternative: the self-directed IRA. Learn how to turn your IRA into a wealth-building tool that you control! Find out how to benefit from new IRS rules and stay away from problems. With a self-directed IRA you can purchase real estate, buy a business, invest in tax liens, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or any investment allowed by IRS regulations. This book shows you how to set up your account with a custodian to deal with the day-to-day activities, such as depositing contributions and settling transactions. It’s easy and puts you back in control of your retirement. |
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Safety 1st Investing $3.76 New – Nationally bestselling author and investment expert Wade B. Cook challenges the convenient wisdom of the establishment’s “buy and hold” investment strategy. Cook gives simple yet effective investment strategies that readers can use to beat the returns on mutual funds and bonds. |
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Simple Principles Of Investment $15.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III WHAT NOT TO BUY THERE are in existence billions of dollars (par value) of untried and questionable securities not listed on any reputable stock exchange. In addition to this, hundreds of millions of the bonds and stocks of new enterprises are offered to the public each year. The list of obsolete securities has been compiled in two large volumes, and the total capitalization of these worthless issues is probably ten times the amount of the living “outside stocks.” Yet all these dead securities were at one time sold to a credulous and deluded public at some price. Each one of them has, in the course of exploitation and marketing, been presented in a convincing manner. In some cases, possibly in a majority of cases, the promoters of the enterprises have been sincere, but mistaken. In others the whole proposition has been a swindle. One of the principal reasons why people hazard their funds in these so-called securities is that there are a few instances where such ventures have proved highly profitable from the start, and the promoters are adept in stressing and emphasizing these exceptional cases. Most of the fake oil or motor corporations load their prospectuses with figures showing the great profits that could have been made by buying Standard Oil or General Motors at ground-floor prices, concluding with confident predictions that their particular ventures will duplicate these performances—which they never do. It is obviously the case that the word “investment” as it is frequently and glibly applied to new securities of this kind is a misnomer. They are, at their best, speculations, and usually very hazardous speculations. They are patronized by the public because of greed—a desire to get rich quick, or to obtain inordinate returns on surplus funds. |
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Simple Principles of Investment $16.82 Used – Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III WHAT NOT TO BUY THERE are in existence billions of dollars (par value) of untried and questionable securities not listed on any reputable stock exchange. In addition to this, hundreds of millions of the bonds and stocks of new enterprises are offered to the public each year. The list of obsolete securities has been compiled in two large volumes, and the total capitalization of these worthless issues is probably ten times the amount of the living “outside sto |
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Simple Principles of Investment $16.82 New – Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III WHAT NOT TO BUY THERE are in existence billions of dollars (par value) of untried and questionable securities not listed on any reputable stock exchange. In addition to this, hundreds of millions of the bonds and stocks of new enterprises are offered to the public each year. The list of obsolete securities has been compiled in two large volumes, and the total capitalization of these worthless issues is probably ten times the amount of the living “outside stoc |
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Smart Guide 401(K) $0.99 An all-you-need-to-know introduction to the employer-sponsored retirement plan that has revolutionized the way we save Smart Ways to save with automatic payroll deductions and pretax contributions that let you earn more money and pay less taxes NOW and when you retire Smart Advice on how much to contribute and what you need to know about your investment options, including advice on stocks, mutual funds, and bonds Smart Insights into retirement alternatives with the traditional IRA and the new Roth IRA Smart Tips on borrowing and withdrawing money from your 401(k) and IRA to buy a home or pay for college Quick reading and easy referencing with a comprehensive index and loads of sidebars and tablesSmart Guides take readers seriously. They satisfy even the most curious person’s desire to know the essentials about any of a wide range of topics—from vitamins to mutual funds to stress relief. It’s all about good reading and expert information. The choice is yours. |
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Socially Responsible Investing For Dummies $24.99 Generate a good return as well as goodwill with this guide to ethical investmentsWant to make money while you make a difference in the world? This practical, hands-on guide to smart social investing shows you how to maximize your profits while remaining true to your values. You get expert advice in targeting an issue you’re passionate about, researching potential investments, and putting your socially responsible choices into action.Get started with social investing basics — understand what it is, why it works, and how investors define social responsibilityNavigate the socially responsible enterprise — discover the business principles that help ethical organizations thrive Conduct your research — determine whether an investment has financial potential and also serves your personal needs Evaluate your investment choices — from stocks and bonds to mutual funds and ETFs to real estate and high finance, select the best investments and adjust your portfolio over time Get help from the pros — find brokers, financial planners, and mutual fund companies that can help you with your decisionsEnsure your success — see how to diversify, monitor your investments, join forces with others, vote your proxies, keep your perspective, and moreKeep up with investment trends — discover how to take advantage of new investment products and stay on top of industry changesRecognize truly socially responsible investments — understand how to tell socially responsible investment opportunities from “feel good” opportunitiesOpen the book and find:A clear introduction to social investingIssues to invest in, from environmental to international The different types of investmentsHow to buy and sellFiduciary responsibilities for the social investor How to use your investment clout to influence a |
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Sterling Fixed Income for the Private Investor $27.99 Fixed Income for the Private Investor aims to fill the knowledge gap for sterling-base investors and their advisors. Whilst investors in the equity markets can rely on numerous resources to select stocks and build portfolios, there is little information available for those who wish to buy bonds. The book takes the reader through the key features of gilts and sterling corporate bonds and offers a practical guide to putting money to work in this important and profitable asset class. |
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The Bear Book: Survive & Profit in Ferocious Markets $43.5 The Bear Book focuses on protecting assets and minimizing losses during a bear market and on taking advantage of unique opportunities for profit. John Rothchild chronicles the long history of bear markets, exploring in detail exactly what constitutes a bear market and how it affects us. Along with his own expertise, the author draws on respected and knowledgeable names such as Jim Rogers, Jim Grant, and Martin Zweig, among a host of prominent investment advisors, strategists, and fund managers. The result is a comprehensive chronicle that deftly and definitively fills the bearish information gap . Rothchild distinguishes the characteristics of past bear markets, examining what triggered them, how long they lasted – and why. He probes the unique psychology of bearish investing, concentrating on which types of investments generally do well during a downturn in the market. His answers to some questions clarify, among other key issues, what can happen to mutual funds in a bear market, and exactly what the dangers are of selling short. Of critical importance is Rothchild’s overview of the alternatives to stocks, including gold, bonds, and money market funds, as well as tips on what stocks to buy when the market starts to turn bullish again. For historical perspective, The Bear Book also includes a unique and eye-opening account of the Crash of ‘29 and its survivors. Profiles of prominent bearish investors – Roy Neuberger and Philip Carret, among them – contain illuminating long-term perspectives on the ups and downs of the stock market over the past fifty to seventy-five years. |
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The Blue Mosaic Vase $1.99 Through the sympathetic eyes of an impoverished orphan boy named Mohammad, and in the tradition of Like Water for Chocolate and The Joy Luck Club, The Blue Mosaic Vase explores the role of women bound by thousands of years of tradition in a land where sons are prized. Left with only the beautiful blue mosaic vase, a gift he once gave his mother, Mohammad begins his quest for identity, love and belonging. And just as the fragile and intricate pieces of the vase fit together, so Mohammad’s “coming of age” intertwines with the lives of these women, set against the ancient rhythms of Tehran’s bazaar, the desolate mud-brick villages of turn-of-the-century Persia, the impact of Islam upon their lives. Mohammad first explores his world in the footsteps of his mother, Pargol, victim of the bazaar’s harshness and disease; next through his brother’s child bride, Feredeh, bound by ancient religious tradition; and by the suffering of the harlot, Leila, shackled by hunger into a life that has few options. He experiences life within the dark, liquid eyes of his first love, Sherine, forced by the solemn promise of her father to marry another; through his wife, the beautiful Amira, driven by gold and lust for one she cannot have; and from the pain of the little servant girl, Batool, imprisoned by her society and left with only one choice–to buy her disgrace in the murky waters of the jewb. Although disillusioned by the unfairness and cruelty that reign in his world, Mohammad is determined not to give up. His journey finally leads him to the widowed village weaver, Najmeh, who brings real meaning to his life. Filled with love and compassion, yet free and unbound as the shiftingdesert sands that surround her village, she answers only to herself. But will Mohammad find the strength to break the bonds that bind him? He knows he must. |
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The Bond Book $10.47 In today’’s volatile financial environment, growing numbers of investors are looking to flee the stock market in search of safer ground. While the bond market has often been a safe haven, confusing new bonds and bond funds make it increasingly difficult for unfamiliar investors to choose the correct fixed income investments. The Bond Book provides investors with the information and tools they need to make bonds a comforting, important, and profitable component of their portfolios. Thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded from its bestselling first edition, this all-in-one sourcebook includes: *A new section on using the Internet to research, buy, and sell bonds *A new chapter devoted to increasingly popular foreign bonds *Detailed information on the inflation-linked Treasury bonds *Explanation of the new categories of bond funds *Tips on how to evaluate and buy bond funds |
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The Bond Book $35 The bestselling guide updated to meet the renewed public interest in bonds This new edition of The Bond Book will attract the legions of investors fleeing the stock market in search of safer ground. The financial crisis of 2008 caused major disruptions to every sector of the bond market, but Treasuries have since experienced major rallies. This edition will discuss the lessons of the crisis, as well as the risks and opportunities it created. Providing the most up-to-date information available for making the best bond investing decisions, this third edition explains how to assess risks and opportunities in this sector, buy treasuries without paying a commission, decide whether to purchase bond funds or individual bonds, and choose among the various high-yield savings bonds now available. |
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The Bond’s Revenge: A Guide to Thriving in the Bond Market $19.95 There are many questions concerning buying and selling in the bond market ,and through the affable characters Stewart and Angelo, answers are provided. Traveling to Italy to visit Angelo—an expert in the market who has made a fortune in bonds—Stewart learns about government bonds, offshore bond investing, and the difference between equity and debt securities. He also learns how the corporate bond market operates and how, most importantly, he can profit from that market. Effectively structuring the book around the Socratic method, the author illustrates what a real investor can hope to earn in the securities markets while also explaining the benefits of the buy and hold strategy used by major investing institutions. |
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The Bonds of Africa; Impressions of Travel and Sport from Cape Town to Cairo, 1902-1912 $21.51 Publisher: London: J. Long, limited Publication date: 1913 Subjects: Hunting Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. |
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The Bonds of Africa; Impressions of Travel and Sport from Cape Town to Cairo, 1902-1912 $23.11 New – Publisher: London: J. Long, limited Publication date: 1913 Subjects: Hunting Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. |
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The Bonds of Africa; Impressions of Travel and Sport from Cape Town to Cairo, 1902-1912 $23.11 Used – Publisher: London: J. Long, limited Publication date: 1913 Subjects: Hunting Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. |
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The Federal Reserve Act Of 1913 $19.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:7. Board may regulate discount operations of a reserve bank. Open-market operations. 1. Reserve bank may purchase and sell in open market. (a) Cable transfers. (b) Bankers’ acceptances. (c) Bills of exchange. 2. A reserve bank has power (a) To deal in gold coin and bullion. (b) Buy and sell bonds and notes of certain kinds. (c) Purchase and sell bills of exchange. (d) Establish rates of discount. (e) Establish exchange accounts at home and abroad. Government deposits. 1. Secretary of Treasury may deposit public funds with reserve banks, and use reserve banks as fiscal agents. (a) Excepting five per cent, redemption fund. (b) National banks may still be government depositories. Note issues. 1. Board to issue reserve notes to reserve banks. (a) Notes to be obligations of government. (b) Redeemable in gold at Treasury. (c) Redeemable in gold or lawful money at re- serve bank. 2. Reserve banks to receive these notes upon filing notes and bills accepted for rediscount. (a) Board may call upon reserve’ bank for addi- tional security. 3. Reserve bank to maintain reserve in gold or lawful money of 35 per cent of deposits. (a) Gold reserve against notes in circulation must be 40 per cent. 4. Reserve bank taxed 10 per cent on notes it is- sues of any other reserve bank. 5. Reserve bank to deposit with Treasury a re- demption fund of at least 5 per cent. 6. Reserve bank may reduce outstanding liabilities ./ by depositing with Treasury.notes, gold, certifi- cates, or lawful money. 7. Reserve agent to hold gold, certificates or law- ful money for exchange for reserve notes. 8. Reserve bank may substitute collateral held by agent. 9. Comptroller to have dies prepared for engraving reserve notes. … |
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The Federal Reserve Act Of 1913 $19.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:7. Board may regulate discount operations of a reserve bank. Open-market operations. 1. Reserve bank may purchase and sell in open market. (a) Cable transfers. (b) Bankers’ acceptances. (c) Bills of exchange. 2. A reserve bank has power (a) To deal in gold coin and bullion. (b) Buy and sell bonds and notes of certain kinds. (c) Purchase and sell bills of exchange. (d) Establish rates of discount. (e) Establish exchange accounts at home and abroad. Government deposits. 1. Secretary of Treasury may deposit public funds with reserve banks, and use reserve banks as fiscal agents. (a) Excepting five per cent, redemption fund. (b) National banks may still be government depositories. Note issues. 1. Board to issue reserve notes to reserve banks. (a) Notes to be obligations of government. (b) Redeemable in gold at Treasury. (c) Redeemable in gold or lawful money at re- serve bank. 2. Reserve banks to receive these notes upon filing notes and bills accepted for rediscount. (a) Board may call upon reserve’ bank for addi- tional security. 3. Reserve bank to maintain reserve in gold or lawful money of 35 per cent of deposits. (a) Gold reserve against notes in circulation must be 40 per cent. 4. Reserve bank taxed 10 per cent on notes it is- sues of any other reserve bank. 5. Reserve bank to deposit with Treasury a re- demption fund of at least 5 per cent. 6. Reserve bank may reduce outstanding liabilities ./ by depositing with Treasury.notes, gold, certifi- cates, or lawful money. 7. Reserve agent to hold gold, certificates or law- ful money for exchange for reserve notes. 8. Reserve bank may substitute collateral held by agent. 9. Comptroller to have dies prepared for engraving reserve notes. … |
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The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 $12.9 Used – Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 7. Board may regulate discount operations of a reserve bank. Open-market operations. 1. Reserve bank may purchase and sell in open market. (a) Cable transfers. (b) Bankers’ acceptances. (c) Bills of exchange. 2. A reserve bank has power (a) To deal in gold coin and bullion. (b) Buy and sell bonds and notes of |
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The Federal Reserve Act of 1913: History and Digest $24.56 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:7. Board may regulate discount operations of a reserve bank. Open-market operations. 1. Reserve bank may purchase and sell in open market. (a) Cable transfers. (b) Bankers’ acceptances. (c) Bills of exchange. 2. A reserve bank has power (a) To deal in gold coin and bullion. (b) Buy and sell bonds and notes of certain kinds. (c) Purchase and sell bills of exchange. (d) Establish rates of discount. (e) Establish exchange accounts at home and abroad. Government deposits. 1. Secretary of Treasury may deposit public funds with reserve banks, and use reserve banks as fiscal agents. (a) Excepting five per cent, redemption fund. (b) National banks may still be government depositories. Note issues. 1. Board to issue reserve notes to reserve banks. (a) Notes to be obligations of government. (b) Redeemable in gold at Treasury. (c) Redeemable in gold or lawful money at re- serve bank. 2. Reserve banks to receive these notes upon filing notes and bills accepted for rediscount. (a) Board may call upon reserve’ bank for addi- tional security. 3. Reserve bank to maintain reserve in gold or lawful money of 35 per cent of deposits. (a) Gold reserve against notes in circulation must be 40 per cent. 4. Reserve bank taxed 10 per cent on notes it is- sues of any other reserve bank. 5. Reserve bank to deposit with Treasury a re- demption fund of at least 5 per cent. 6. Reserve bank may reduce outstanding liabilities ./ by depositing with Treasury.notes, gold, certifi- cates, or lawful money. 7. Reserve agent to hold gold, certificates or law- ful money for exchange for reserve notes. 8. Reserve bank may substitute collateral held by agent. 9. Comptroller to have dies prepared for engraving reserve notes. … |
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The Hired Baby With Other Stories And Social Sketches $20.31 General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1891Original Publisher: B. Tauchnitz Subjects: Fiction / GeneralFiction / ClassicsFiction / LiteraryFiction / Short StoriesLiterary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: THE GIRL GRADUATE. Shades of fair maidens and matrons of “ye oldene tyme!” If you could once more come among us, and see the changes that have been wrought since your departure to the Land of the Immortals, would not your delicate cheeks flush, and your modest eyes look downward to the earth in very shame at the abasement of your sex? Abasement? What? In this magnificent, miserable, far-searching, much-losing nineteenth century, is there, can there, be such a thing as the abasement of womanhood ? Not possible! Bear witness, oh, Platform Women, who stalk with manly stride across the boards, and give lectures on anatomy and indigestion! Bear witness, oh, triumphant Female Preachers of woman’s rights, who, proudly donning the divided skirt, bid yelling defiance to the tyrant Man! Bear witness, ye strange apparitions, clad in Newmarket coats, masher collars, and deer-stalker hats, who swing your crutch- headed canes airily as you walk down Regent Street, leaving us in doubt as to whether you are men or women! Bear witness all to the progress of the age, marked gloriously by theemancipation of woman fromthe bonds of slavery! Especially let us admire the educational, high-pressure system which produces the Girl Graduate, the patient, hard-working, long-suffering creature in whom all the pretty vanities and fanciful follies of the feminine temperament have been |
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The Hired Baby With Other Stories And Social Sketches $27.75 General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1891Original Publisher: B. Tauchnitz Subjects: Fiction / GeneralFiction / ClassicsFiction / LiteraryFiction / Short StoriesLiterary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: THE GIRL GRADUATE. Shades of fair maidens and matrons of “ye oldene tyme!” If you could once more come among us, and see the changes that have been wrought since your departure to the Land of the Immortals, would not your delicate cheeks flush, and your modest eyes look downward to the earth in very shame at the abasement of your sex? Abasement? What? In this magnificent, miserable, far-searching, much-losing nineteenth century, is there, can there, be such a thing as the abasement of womanhood ? Not possible! Bear witness, oh, Platform Women, who stalk with manly stride across the boards, and give lectures on anatomy and indigestion! Bear witness, oh, triumphant Female Preachers of woman’s rights, who, proudly donning the divided skirt, bid yelling defiance to the tyrant Man! Bear witness, ye strange apparitions, clad in Newmarket coats, masher collars, and deer-stalker hats, who swing your crutch- headed canes airily as you walk down Regent Street, leaving us in doubt as to whether you are men or women! Bear witness all to the progress of the age, marked gloriously by theemancipation of woman fromthe bonds of slavery! Especially let us admire the educational, high-pressure system which produces the Girl Graduate, the patient, hard-working, long-suffering creature in whom all the pretty vanities and fanciful follies of the feminine temperament have been |
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The Investor’s Guide to Active Asset Allocation $49.95 BACK COVER Category: Financing and Investing The Asset Allocation Tools You Need to Capitalize on Every Stage of the Business Cycle In The Investor’s Guide to Active Asset Allocation, Martin Pring, one of today’s most respected technical analysts and top investment authors, shows you how to develop winning active asset allocation strategies by rotating among sectors and major markets as the stages of the business cycle change. Pring starts by describing his unique concept of the Six Business Cycle Stages, explaining why certain assets and market sectors perform better or worse during different phases of the business cycle. He then shows how to use technical and intermarket analysis to recognize what business cycle stage the market is in, focusing on exchange traded funds (ETFs) as the best vehicle for asset allocation rotation. Filled with step-by-step guidelines and easy-access charts, The Investor’s Guide to Active Asset Allocation equips you with: _ Pring’s unique Six Stages of the Business Cycle, which will help you: understand the market better and lead to more effective sector rotation Specific investing recommendations for each stage of the business cycle An explanation of the key intermarket relationships that drive the cycle An understanding of the link between the business cycle and how it influences the performance of stocks, bonds, and commodities Bond, stock, and commodities strategies that have proven profitable over the past fifty years CD-ROM with historical data files and live web site links FLAP COPY Since the stock market fallout of the early 2000s, investors have come to understand that buy-and-hold may not always be the beststrategy. Throughout the investment and finance community, there is now a greater appreciation of the importance of sector rotation within a business cycle. The Investor’s Guide to Active Asset Allocation offers you the background and analytical tools required to take full advantage of |
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The Law of Suretyship $86.11 Used – Subtitle: Covering Personal Suretyship, Commercial Guaranties, Suretyship as Related to Bonds to Secure Private Obligations, Official and Judicial Bonds, Surety Companies General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1922 Original Publisher: W.H. Anderson Subjects: Suretyship and guaranty Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get |
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The Law of Suretyship $86.11 New – Subtitle: Covering Personal Suretyship, Commercial Guaranties, Suretyship as Related to Bonds to Secure Private Obligations, Official and Judicial Bonds, Surety Companies General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1922 Original Publisher: W.H. Anderson Subjects: Suretyship and guaranty Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get |
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The Physician’s Guide to Investing: A Practical Approach to Building Wealth $193.71 In The Physician’s Guide to Investing: A Practical Approach to Building Wealth, a successful physician/investor and a professor of finance join forces to present an easy-to-read, commonsense guide to investing tailored to the needs of medical students and physicians of all ages and disciplines. Giving simple, practical advice on how health professionals can manage and invest their money, the book covers all general aspects of investing and financial planning, with the ultimate long-term goal of attaining financial security. Physicians will quickly discover what is a reasonable rate of return on an investment, when the return on an investment should immediately cause alarm, and how to recognize when a real opportunity does arise. They will also find profitable suggestions about paying off their mortgage early, the power of thrift, when to buy and when to sell an asset, and whether to invest in stocks, bonds, real estate, collectibles, or art. In addition, the author offers sound advice on setting financial goals, drawing up appropriate documents, saving for retirement and a child’s education, purchasing insurance, and minimizing fees. Dr. Doroghazi’s advice is based on many years of personal financial management and investing, which have allowed him to pay his own way through college and medical school, own his own home and a vacation condominium free of debt, fund his children’s education, and have accumulated sufficient assets to retire at an early age. |
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The Serio-Comic Profession $20.95 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:HUMAN INTEREST REAL But in Defining It, Many Great Authorities Differ. Human Interest! There. That Is the way the editor of LesHefs begins his editorials. I’ve always wanted to try it myself, but the people who buy paragraphs seem to think Sleicher has a vested right in the exclamation point. Having put it over for the first time, let us digress briefly, after the fashion of Uncle Toby’s nephew Tristram. Once upon a time, as the story books say, many years before Alexander Hamilton drew up the articles of the first New Jersey corporation, long before life insurance, copper, and Standard Oil furnished material for muckrakers, or people began devoting themselves to various kinds of “uplift,” a band of forty men who might have become Captains of Industry had their promising careers suddenly terminated by a woman. She found them, one by one, in a tight place, cornered the oil market, brought that necessary commodity to the boiling point, and a few moments later it was all over. They hadn’t even time to endow a few universities. Their misfortune may betraced directly to the fact that a middle- aged business man, whose mind was probably occupied with the latest ticker quotations from the Produce Exchange, could not remember to say “Open Sesame” at the right moment. Corn, wheat, barley, all had been active that day, and there had been practically no trading in sesame, yet that momentary forgetful- ness resulted in his ruin and death, and eventually brought the same fate upon the forty promising young business men he had sought to despoil. All his industrials and certificates, and all the stocks, bonds, and gilt-edged securities of the forty, went to All Baba, who was in no way distinguished above his neighbours, except that he did not forget to say “Open Sesame,” and to say it |
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The Stock Market $64.95 The most popular and respected guide to every facet of the stock market has now been thoroughly updated to reflect the dramatic shifts that have taken place over the past several years. This Wall Street classic continues to provide the most current and comprehensive coverage of the market’s participants, principles, and practices. In easy-to-follow, straightforward terms, The Stock Market, 7th Edition shows you how the market works. Beginning with the basics, it takes you from the market’s history and products to its basic structure and operation, to the actual techniques used by shareholders and traders. Based on the authors’ more than 70 years’ combined experience in the field of finance, it shows you how to buy stocks, transact a buy order, and master the often tricky techniques of money management, pyramiding, options, and much more. Every topic is examined from both a broad top-down perspective and with step-by-step guidance. Packed with clear definitions, cutting-edge strategies, and helpful examples, this new edition provides in-depth information on topics that have changed how stocks perform, as well as how they should be handled. In addition to the globalization of the securities business, regulatory changes, program trading, and advances in online services, you’ll find details on key developments in several important areas, including the derivatives market, index fund investing, and technical and fundamental analysis. Covering everything from municipal securities and maintenance calls to serial bonds and Nasdaq, this exhaustive reference is invaluable for understanding stock market fundamentals. Now more than ever, it is the one guide every market participant-whether individual investor, broker, or financial advisor-should own. |
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The Stock Market $75 A CLASSIC REVISITED AND JUST IN TIME The most popular and respected guide to every facet of the stock market has now been thoroughly updated to reflect the dramatic shifts that have taken place over the past several years. This Wall Street classic continues to provide the most current and comprehensive coverage of the market’s participants, principles, and practices. In easy-to-follow, straightforward terms, The Stock Market, 7th Edition shows you how the market works. Beginning with the basics, it takes you from the market’s history and products to its basic structure and operation, to the actual techniques used by shareholders and traders. Based on the authors’ more than 70 years’ combined experience in the field of finance, it shows you how to buy stocks, transact a buy order, and master the often tricky techniques of money management, pyramiding, options, and much more. Every topic is examined from both a broad top-down perspective and with step-by-step guidance. Packed with clear definitions, cutting-edge strategies, and helpful examples, this new edition provides in-depth information on topics that have changed how stocks perform, as well as how they should be handled. In addition to the globalization of the securities business, regulatory changes, program trading, and advances in online services, you’ll find details on key developments in several important areas, including the derivatives market, index fund investing, and technical and fundamental analysis. Covering everything from municipal securities and maintenance calls to serial bonds and NASDAQ, this exhaustive reference is invaluable for understanding stock market fundamentals. Now more than ever, itis the one guide every market participant whether individual investor, broker, or financial advisor should own. Averages Bearer Bonds Breakpoints Bull and Bear Spreads Common Stock Covered Options Derivatives Dollar Averaging Excess Equity Exempt Securities Flash Pri |
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The Truth About Money $3.05 Explaining difficult concepts in plain English with a breezy style, this third edition has new material covering new tax laws, retirement savings strategies, a chapter on identity theft, and question-and-answer sidebars.From the Publisher:Home Sweet Home: How to buy your first home, your next home and save on taxes when you sell.A-Z of Investments: From annuities to zero-coupon bonds, go from owing money to OWNING money. Get out of debt (and stay that way).Estate Planning & Long-Term Care: Learn how to protect yourself and your family.About the Author:Ric Edelman, CFS, RFC, CMFC, CRC, recently wrote Financial Security in Troubled Times to aid consumers in the aftermath of September 11. He is also the author of three bestsellers, The Truth About Money, The New Rules of Money and the #1 New York Times bestseller, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth. His firm, Edelman Financial Services, Inc., is one of the largest financial planning firms in the nation, handling $2 billion for Americans across the country. Ric lives in Great Falls, Virginia, with his wife, Jean, and their weimaraners, Dojar and Liza. |