500 of the Most Witty, Acerbic and Erudite Things Ever Said about Money

by Philip Jenks

Overview

A collection of the most memorable quotes on money, wealth, investment, and business success, from a wide variety of sources. Including:
- Legendary investors: Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Jim Slater
- Old-time billionaires: John D. Rockefeller, J. Paul Getty, Andrew Carnegie
- Big swinging dicks: Bill Gates, Chris Gent, Allan Leighton
- Entrepreneurs: Sam Walton, Ray Kroc, Jeff Bezos
- Wits: H.L. Mencken, Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker
- Comedians: Woody Allen, Steve Martin and Stephen Fry
- Bankers and economists: Milton Friedman, J.K. Galbraith, John Maynard Keynes
- Statesmen: Napoleon, Churchill, Thatcher
- Rogues: Robert Maxwell, Ivan Boesky, Al Capone
- Philosophers: Hegel, Goethe, Aristotle and many more!
Ordered by subject, with a comprehensive index, this book contains sharp insights, witty one-liners, and thoughtful observations of the highest calibre.
Whether you want something fun to dip into, or you want to pepper your conversation and writing with apercus which will have your audience gasping in admiration, this is the source.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781897597972
Publisher:	Harriman House Publishing
Publication date:	05/01/2006
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	181
Product dimensions:	5.76(w) x 4.76(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Philip Jenks is one of the founders of Harriman House. After qualifying as a barrister in 1987, he set up the business to publish a satirical guide about the legal profession, before guiding it into its current specialism in finance.

Table of Contents

1. First principles
The nature of investing
Risk
Time
2. Buying shares
General guidelines
The 'efficiency of markets' theory
The qualities of good companies
The difference between price and value
Value investing
Contrarian investing
Small caps and growth stocks
Technology stocks
3. Researching companies
The necessity for research
Reports and accounts
Quality of management
Inside information and tips
Research from professional analysts
4. Portfolio management
Diversification
Buy-and-hold
Movement of share prices
Bull & bear markets
Timing the markets
When to sell
New issues
5. Fund managers
6. Short-term trading
Key axioms
The emotional aspect of trading
7. Deals and dealmakers
8. Ethics and governance
9. Crime and scams
10. Banking
11. Political economy
Economic policy
Inflation
Currencies and exchange rates
Economists
12. Dotcoms and other manias
13. Oops!
14. Tax
15. Money and life
16. Getting rich
17. Work
18. Spending it
19. Losing it
20. Dying rich
21. Success and failure
Index