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'For the investors' investor . . . compelling reading' – Jonathan Bloom, President of Golden Mean Partnership LLCDiscover how Warren Buffett made his first millions.Buffett's Early Investments investigates ten investments that legendary investor Warren Buffett made in the 1950s and 1960s and uncovers unique insights in the process.Using the same documents Buffett used at the time, investment analyst Brett Gardner reveals the fascinating inside stories of:- How Philadelphia and Reading, Buffett’s largest investment in 1954, transformed from a declining coal company to a diversified conglomerate whose stock went up twentyfold due to the intervention of Buffett’s mentor, Ben Graham.- How Buffett and Charlie Munger made their first formal investment together in Hochschild-Kohn.- How corporate governance issues actually presented serious risk to Buffett’s 1966 investment in Walt Disney.Other investments covered include American Express, British Columbia Power, Cleveland Worsted Mills, Greif Bros, Marshall-Wells, Studebaker, and Union Street Railway. Not all of these investments worked out – this book shows why.Buffett’s Early Investments helps readers understand how history’s greatest ever investor really made his first returns. Thoroughly researched and engaging, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to master financial analysis and stock picking.

'Teaches you the truth about trading and an understanding of difference between winners and losers' – Jack Schwager, author of the Market Wizards seriesWhat if the secret to trading success isn't better analysis – but a radically different mindset?Best Loser Wins is an intimate insight into one of the most prolific high-stake retail traders in the world. Tom Hougaard is the winner of multiple trading competitions and on one occasion traded £25,000 into more than £1 million over the course of a year.While the average retail trader risks £10 per point in the underlying asset, Tom frequently risks up to £3,500 per point. This risk exposure requires a mindset that is out of the ordinary.A unique and refreshingly personal account of how Tom elevated his trading game to incredible heights, Best Loser Wins will guide and inspire you in ways no other finance book has before. It is not about technical analysis strategies and money management – it is about mind management. You'll learn:- How to elevate your game from mediocre and sporadic, to excellent and consistent- How to overcome conventional and flawed thinking in trading- A blueprint for a new belief systemBest Loser Wins is an antidote to outdated trading advice.Normal thinking leads to normal results. For exceptional results, traders must think differently.'People don't fail because they don't know enough about technical analysis. They fail because they don't understand what the markets are doing to their minds.' – Tom Hougaard

'Every serious investor – established or aspiring – should read this' – Annie Duke, author of Thinking in Bets and Quit'For anyone striving to win in today’s complex global capital markets' – Brian Portnoy, author of The Geometry of WealthWhat if investment success isn’t about ideas, but execution – and anyone can copy the best investors?In this hotly anticipated follow up to his bestselling book, The Art of Execution, Lee Freeman-Shor and experienced fintech CEO Clare Flynn Levy delve into what the most skilled investors do differently from the rest of us – and offer practical steps for professional and personal investors alike.Drawing on exclusive access to detailed trade data, sophisticated analytics tools and hours of in-depth interviews, Lee and Clare reveal how the best professional investors in the world achieve extraordinary results – not by getting it right all the time, but by making good decisions, both when they’re winning and when they’re losing.From surprising habits to rules based on hard experience, you’ll learn strategies and techniques you can adapt into your own investing today. Including:Why execution – timing, sizing, and managing positions – matters more than stock picking alone.How elite investors know when to cut their losers and ride their winners to make 1,000%+ returns.The habits and disciplines of the 'Assassins,' 'Hunters,' and 'Connoisseurs' who consistently outperform.Practical frameworks to refine your own decision-making process.Stock Market Maestros blends data-driven insights with real-life case studies to provide a rare glimpse into the minds, strategies and behaviours of top fund managers from around the world – it’s a treasure trove of ideas for continuous improvement of investment skill.

'The ideal combination of thoughtful and actionable' – James Clear, bestselling author of Atomic Habits'A must read' – Morgan Housel, bestselling author of The Psychology of MoneyEveryone 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 evidence – until 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 Nick's clear and practical strategies, 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.

Revised edition with exclusive interviews and new material in every chapter covering the unprecendented pandemic bear market, an abrupt reversal to new highs, and rising inflation.Unknown Market Wizards continues in the three-decade tradition of the hugely popular Market Wizards series, interviewing exceptionally successful traders to learn how they achieved their extraordinary performance results. The twist here is that the featured traders are individuals trading their own accounts – unknown to the investment world, yet achieving performance records that rival, if not surpass, the best professional managers.Some of the stories include:- A trader who turned $2,500 into $50 million.- A trader who achieved an average annual return of 337% over 13 years.- A trader who made tens of millions using a unique approach that employed neither fundamental nor technical analysis.- A former advertising executive who used classical chart analysis to achieve 58% average annual returns over 27 years.- A UK junior tennis player who abandoned sport for trading, generating nearly 300% average annual returns over nine years.World-renowned author and trading expert Jack D. Schwager is our guide. His trademark knowledgeable and sensitive interview style encourages the Wizards to reveal the fascinating details of their training, experience, tactics, strategies, and their best and worst trades.With dashes of humour and revelations about the human side of trading throughout, this is an engrossing collection of wisdom, brimming with insights that can help all traders improve their outcomes.'Jack Schwager has done it again . . . fascinating and insightful' – Edward O. Thorp, bestselling author of A Man for All Markets

Creativity is all around us. Not in art galleries. But on the train, at work, in the street outside, and in schools, hospitals and restaurants. Creative vision exists wherever people are.In this entertaining collection of real-life stories, Dave Trott applies his crystal clear lens to define what genuine creative vision looks like. It is problem solving, clarity of thought, seeing what others do not see, and removing complexity to make things as simple as you can.The timeless lessons revealed here can be applied in advertising, business and throughout everyday life. By seeing things differently, you can think differently, and change the world around you.Dave Trott shows you how.

Uncover the psychological shortcuts that shape every decision you make – and learn how to use them in business.Voted #1 in the BBH World Cup of Advertising BooksWinner of the Sales and Marketing Category at the Business Book AwardsBefore you can influence decisions, you need to understand what drives them. The Choice Factory is an essential read for anyone who wants to learn.By observing a typical day of decision-making, from trivial food choices to significant work-place moves, behavioural science expert Richard Shotton investigates how our behaviour is shaped by psychological shortcuts. With a clear focus on the marketing potential of knowing what makes us tick, he draws on evidence from academia, real-life ad campaigns and his own original research.Entertaining and highly accessible, The Choice Factory is made up of 25 short chapters, each addressing a cognitive bias and outlining simple ways to apply it to your own marketing challenges. Shotton interviews some of the smartest and most influential thinkers in advertising, including Rory Sutherland, Lucy Jameson and Mark Earls.Covering everything from priming to the pratfall effect, charm pricing to the curse of knowledge, with The Choice Factory as your guide it has never been easier to apply the science of behavioural economics to marketing.'Actionable, memorable and powerful' – Seth Godin, bestselling author of This is Marketing

“The Trader’s Handbook is a comprehensive encyclopedia for investors interested in learning the ins and outs of technical analysis and stock trading in general. Packed with explanations, practical insights, and real-world examples, it also features a model book section showcasing historical stock market winners—highlighting their breakout points, key patterns, and notable price behavior. A great addition to any trader's library.” — Mark Minervini, U.S. Investing Champion and author of Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard“The Trader’s Handbook is a clear, no-nonsense resource for anyone serious about improving their trading. It’s rooted in common sense, sound technical principles, and most importantly, discipline. The authors focus on price action, trends, risk management, and teach you how to build a real process, not just chase opinions. It’s a practical book that respects and emphasizes the core truth that ‘the tape tells all.” — Stan Weinstein, author of Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets“Regardless of your trading style or timeframe, The Trader’s Handbook is a foundational guide to help you navigate the learning curve more efficiently. It offers a clear roadmap to become a professional trader.” — Lance Breitstein, former proprietary trader at SMB Capital. To be Featured in the Market Wizards Series“The Trader’s Handbook is a comprehensive guide that covers essential topics that are critical to success such as price and volume analysis, the importance of following key moving averages, risk management, and staying in sync with the market. The book illustrates several hundred charts of past big winners—as William O’Neil stated, ‘study past big winners and you’ll buy future ones.” — John Boik, author of How Legendary Traders Made MillionsThe Trader’s Handbook is your definitive guide to what it actually takes to trade like a professional.The authors provide a road map, a guide, and a resource that will allow you to progress as quickly as possible on your trading journey.They present multiple edges and frameworks that are precisely relevant to the current markets. These edges come from their collective studies of setups and analysis of the best performing stocks over the past few decades.

Described by the author as "a slightly autobiographical and heavily biased book about investing", Simple But Not Easy won fans among both professional and private investors alike when first released in 2007.The theme of the book is that investment is simpler than non-professionals think it is, in that the rudiments can be expressed in ordinary English and picked up by anybody. It is not a science. But investment is also difficult. People on the outside tend to think that anyone on the inside should be able to do better than the market indices. This is not so. Picking the managers who are likely to do better is a challenge.Richard Oldfield begins with a detailed confession of some of his worst mistakes and what they have taught him. He discusses the different types of investment, why fees matter, and the importance of measuring performance properly. He also outlines what to look for (and what not to look for) in an investment manager, when to fire a manager, and how to be a successful client.A cult classic for its candid confessions and sparkling wit, this extended edition of Simple But Not Easy – featuring a new author's preface and a substantial afterword – remains an indispensable companion for all those interested in the rewarding but enigmatic pursuit of investing.

For 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 Morris—an equities analyst and financial writer—watched 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 recommendations—and 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.

Everyone 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 evidence – until 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.

'One of the greatest financial writers of this era' – Downtown Josh Brown, star of CNBC's The Halftime Report'If you want to get better at managing your money, Risk & Reward is a must-read' – Nick Maggiulli, author, Just Keep Buying***********Let me tell you the secret to investing. There is no secret...When investing your hard-earned money, risk and reward are attached at the hip. There are no shortcuts. Getting rich overnight is a pipe dream.Author, podcast host, and Director of Institutional Asset Management at Ritholtz Wealth Management Ben Carlson CFA, offers a modern guide to surviving and thriving in the markets by taking a wrecking ball to his own investment philosophy to truly examine the good, the bad and the ugly.Carlson contextualises the biggest risks of long-term investing by analysing key moments in global financial history. He examines everything from the Great Depression and its aftermath in the 1930s to the Japanese financial bubble of the 1980s, to the bursting of the dot-com bubble in the 2000s, and considers what modern investors can learn from these events to apply to their future trading strategies.Part practical manual, part economic history, Risk & Reward will give you a better grasp of the biggest risks in investing and teach you how to protect yourself against them so you can survive the short-term, and thrive in the long-term.Whether you’re a first-time saver or a lifelong investor, this book will change how you see risk – not as something to fear, but as the very reason reward exists.

When faced with new challenges, it's easy to feel our solutions need to be equally unprecedented. We think we need a revolution. But what if this is a big mistake? In Evolutionary Ideas, Sam Tatam shows how behavioural science and evolutionary psychology can help us solve tomorrow's challenges, not by divining something the world has never seen, but by borrowing from yesterday's solutions – often in the most unexpected ways. Just as millions of years of evolution have helped craft the wing and dorsal fin, thousands of engineers, designers, marketers and advertisers have toiled to solve many of the problems you face today. Over time, through intent, design, social learning and sheer luck, we have found what works. Armed with an enhanced ability to see these patterns in human innovation, we can now systematically approach the creative process to develop more effective ideas more readily and rapidly. In the same way Japanese engineers reduced bullet train noise by studying the evolved biology of the owl and kingfisher, today we can see how Disney improved the queueing experience in the same way Houston airport made arrivals feel faster (while making people walk further). We'll learn how the chocolate at the bottom of a Cornetto ice cream can improve an Error 404 message, and what a bowl of M&Ms has in common with a canary in a coal mine. These are Evolutionary Ideas. Exploring five of the most critical challenges we face today, we learn how to 'breed' more effective solutions from those that have survived. The result is a dynamic and exciting way of solving problems and supercharging creativity – for anyone in any endeavour.

'I can count on one hand the number of people whose views on the economy and portfolio construction I pay attention to. Cullen Roche is one of them' – Morgan Housel, bestselling author of The Psychology of Money Finding the right investment portfolio is a lot like finding true love – what works for someone else might not work for you. And that’s okay.It’s not about the 'best' portfolio; it’s about the one that’s best for you.In Your Perfect Portfolio, renowned financial strategist Cullen Roche draws on two decades of experience building investment firms and advising clients to help you discover the strategy that fits your goals, temperament, and life.Blending timeless investing wisdom with modern research, Roche outlines ten essential principles of portfolio construction and dissects more than twenty of the world’s most influential investment strategies – from Warren Buffett’s classic approach to the momentum-driven tactics of trend followers, and even innovative frameworks you’ve likely never seen before.You will learn how to:Identify the key principles needed to construct a secure portfolioAssess the strengths of different portfolio-building strategiesImplement these different techniques into your own investing portfolioWhether you’re a hands-on investor or prefer to keep things simple and automated, Your Perfect Portfolio gives you the tools to build a portfolio that fits you – and achieve financial independence.

In Advanced Futures Trading Strategies , Robert Carver provides a complete practical guide to 30 trading strategies for the futures markets.The strategies cover more than 100 tradable instruments and draw on over 50 years of historic data, and are suitable for both discretionary and systematic traders.The strategies begin with the most basic, and progress to more advanced strategies, including trading calendar spreads, breakouts, trend following, fast mean reversion, and many more.For each strategy, Robert describes:- How and why it works.- Detailed rules for putting the strategy into practice.- Past performance from historical data.- Historic strategy behaviour and risk.And throughout the book, building up step by step, Robert explains other essential aspects of effective futures trading, including:- How to properly calculate profits and assess performance.- How to measure and forecast risk.- How to calculate trading costs.- The trading capital you need for specific futures instruments.- How to decide which instrument to trade.- Diversifying by using multiple strategies together.And much, much more.Advanced Futures Trading Strategies is the definitive practical guide to futures trading strategies. No one who intends to seriously trade futures can afford to be without it.

'I devour everything Schwager writes' – Barry Ritholtz, Bestselling author, How Not to Invest'This new chapter may be the most compelling yet' – Chris Camillo, Investor and co-host, Dumb Money Live'I expected to like it. I ended up loving it' – Tom Hougaard, author, Best Loser Wins************Market Wizards: The Next Generation continues in the three-decade tradition of the hugely popular Market Wizards series, interviewing exceptionally successful traders to learn how they achieved their extraordinary performance results.The twist in this latest instalment is that the featured traders have the youngest average age of any book in the series. Despite their relative youth, these traders have achieved performance records that rank among the very best Market Wizards of all time.The stories include:A musician who dropped out of school to pursue a trading career and whose current cumulative profits total nearly $500 million.A security guard turned trader who parlayed $5,000 into over $100 million in under 12 years.A volunteer firefighter who has not had a single losing month in over 10 years of trading.World-renowned author and trading expert Jack D. Schwager joins forces with seasoned money manager and trading historian George F. Coyle to uncover the secrets of today’s top traders. Their knowledgeable and incisive interview style encourages the Wizards to reveal the fascinating details of their training, experience, tactics, and strategies, as well as their best and worst trades. There are dashes of humour and revelations about the human side of trading throughout.The result is an engrossing new collection of trading wisdom, brimming with insights that can help all traders improve their trading process.

A brand new edition of the classic bestsellerThe goal of all investors is to make the maximum possible profit from their investments. Beyond The Zulu Principle shows you how to do this by focusing on growth shares. Jim Slater believes he has discovered a major market anomaly that should enable both private and institutional investors to enjoy exceptional returns in the stockmarket.A number of important factors are crucial to successful investment. Jim Slater explains how to choose a company operating in the right sector with an advantage over its competitors. He also highlights the importance of directors' dealings, CEO changes, relative strength, cash flow accelerating earnings, and the capacity of some companies to clone their activities.Simple but enormously effective, the guidance offered here should help readers to make stockmarket profits well beyond the market averages.

John McCarthy MBE, of McCarthy & Stone, is a self-made multimillionaire. He and his family have been long-term members of The Times Rich List. One of the best examples of the self-made man, John started working life at fifteen as a "chippy". Every venture he has embarked on, he has achieved with drive and success. His legendary reputation is as the most successful builder of retirement homes across Europe. He has also built and skippered winning ocean-racing yachts. He has owned and run a top polo team. He became a big game hunter and avid game bird shooter, underwater diver, skier and squash player. He makes other septuagenarians look really old.In this book John McCarthy recounts his fascinating life story so far. But these are not just the interesting memoirs of a successful man. John's tussles with bankers and lawyers, planners and politicians, Government red tape and political autocracy, competitors and recalcitrant employees tell a story that has real relevance to all aspiring entrepreneurs in whatever field of endeavour. John McCarthy's rules of engagement and how to build a billion pound company are as topical now as they were when he did it.

You have spent a few decades working, earning a salary, and saving into company and personal pensions along the way. Now, retirement is approaching.How will you turn your savings into a salary to pay for essentials and – and non-essentials – in retirement? How will you make sure that you don't run out of money in retirement? What do the UK pension freedoms mean for you?In this one-of-a-kind book, personal finance experts Richard Dyson and Richard Evans answer these questions and equip you with everything you need to know to turn your pension savings into an income that will last throughout your retirement.You will learn:- How to take control of your pension savings by tracking down all of your pension pots and combining them.- When you can afford to retire.- Steps to take to avoid running out of money.- How to build an income-paying portfolio of fund investments from scratch.- How to withdraw a sustainable income from your portfolio.- How annuities work and whether they have a role for you.- How to make the most of the tax rules.- The importance of the state pension and how to maximise it.- When to seek professional advice.This is your complete, step-by-step guide to organising your pension money and making the most out of it to pay yourself a retirement salary. Don't enter retirement without it.

Everyone wants to be a contrarian investor.From the hedge funds who bet against the US housing market in the run up to 2008, to George Soros's billion-dollar bet against the Bank of England in 1992, some of the most famous and most profitable trades in history have been contrarian calls.And with the relentless growth of passive investing – investors blindly following the market – the opportunities for a smart investor to profit by betting against the crowd should be greater than ever.Yet being a contrarian is hard work.It takes patience, the conviction to stand by an unpopular viewpoint, and the mental toughness to endure being 'wrong' for prolonged periods of time. Standing out from the crowd goes against our every natural instinct.Which is, of course, why it works.So how do you go about it? There is no single, mechanical investment approach that marks an investor out as a contrarian. Instead, you need to adopt a sceptical mindset: a flexible mode of thinking that allows you to stand back and spot when the market's view of the world is badly out of touch with reality – and the best way to profit when reality eventually reasserts itself.In The Sceptical Investor, John Stepek, executive editor of MoneyWeek, pulls together the latest research on behavioural finance, and examples from well-known contrarian investors, to offer practical techniques to help you to spot opportunities in common investment situations, from turnaround plays to bubbles and busts, that others in the market miss.It won't make you popular and it won't make you famous. But it will make you money.

In this engaging collection of stories, 43 veterans of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting explain why throngs attend year after year. Beyond the famous Q&A with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, these experts reveal the Berkshire Meeting as a community gathering of fun, fellowship and learning.The contributors whisk readers through the exciting schedule of surrounding events – book signings, panel discussions and social gatherings – and share the pulse of this distinctive corporate culture. Spanning decades, the book offers glimpses of the past and ideas of what lies ahead. To learn about what makes Buffett's shareholders tick and all the happenings at the Berkshire Meeting, and to reminisce about past Meetings, make this delightful book your companion.Includes work by these bestselling authors:- Robert Hagstrom- Robert Miles- Jason Zweig- Joel Greenblatt- Vitaliy Katsenelson- Jeff Matthews- Charlie Tian- Whitney Tilson- Prem Jain- Karen Linder

REVISED AND UPDATED 2ND EDITION OF THE NO.1 BESTSELLER!Have you dabbled in shares or the stock market? And wondered what spread betting was all about and whether you should be doing it? Perhaps you thought it all looked a bit complex or was just for City boys? The no. 1 bestselling beginner's guide that explains – in plain English – how to do it, and how to make money from it, is back and better than ever!Spread betting shares can be dangerous: most people lose – some even lose their shirts. But it's not a world populated by pinstriped men waiting to rob you, steal your savings and do nasty things to small kittens. You can win. (And you never have to pay a penny in tax!) This book shows you how.Robbie Burns, bestselling author of The Naked Trader and Trade Like a Shark, has been spread betting for years. He explains why it's an indispensable tool to use alongside normal investing or trading. Especially as you can make money even if the market goes down.Robbie takes you through everything from how it works, to managing your risk, working out exposure, and how, often, doing nothing is the best move!He explains the ins and outs of successfully betting on shares in his trademark down-to-earth style, covering all you need to know. From the simple stuff through to proven strategies, including those that can be used in different markets – it's all here. There are also tons of real-life trading examples from his own account.But it's a big, bad old world out there, and there are a whole heap of mistakes you can make, an awful lot of money you can lose. Rounding up spine-chilling traders' tales of spread bets gone wrong, and using all he has learnt from making silly mistakes himself, Robbie also helps you learn what NOT to do.This is the ultimate guide to spread betting – how to do it, have fun and hopefully make a few quid. You can't afford to spread bet without it!

Forget the hype and the sexy headlines, this is where you'll make your fortune.In this revealing new book Jamie Waller, entrepreneur and self-made multimillionaire, shows how you don't need to come up with some amazing new invention or app, or raise millions, to be a business success. What you need is hard work and determination. And you need to be looking for a business idea that is pretty unsexy if you really want to make it big.We're talking about businesses that collect debts, sell sofas or ship goods Рreal, solid businesses that you probably use all the time. They won't grab the headlines, but they can make you very, very rich. And that's what makes unsexy so attractive.These are ordinary businesses made extraordinary by the people behind them and their commitment to taking their businesses to the top.Jamie has spoken to 11 amazing entrepreneurs who have created just this type of business and in face-to-face interviews he uncovers the secrets to their successes and gets firsthand accounts of their compelling, and sometimes dramatic, business stories.Jamie also tells his own inspirational story, of how he took his debt collection business from nothing to £33 million, facing stabbings and having a gun pointed at him along the way.Discover how you too can make it really big by ignoring the glitz and glamour and building your own unsexy business.Unsexy Business features:Mike Clare, Dreams | Matt Storey, M&M Supplies | Lara Morgan, Pacific Direct | Reginald Larry-Cole, Buy2Let Cars | Rami Ranger, Sun Mark | Thomas Delgado, WeBuyCarsToday.com | Harry Clarke, RingGo | Kate Lester, Diamond Logistics | Nick Broom, PVL | Charlie Mullins, Pimlico Plumbers | Martyn Dawes, Coffee Nation"A real insight into what it takes to make your fortune in business"Duncan Bannatyne"Unsexy Business is brilliant. I read every word, took pages of notes and felt inspired to ingest what I learned and apply it into my life. Jamie Waller has assembled an amazing group of entrepreneurs who share their roller coaster stories of how they made it and how you can do the same."Michael Heppell, Best Selling Author, Speaker and Coach"What Jamie and the business leaders in this book have achieved is incredible and a real inspiration to the next generation of entrepreneurs"Ian Collins, LBC Radio Presenter"This collection of stories is a testament to the entrepreneurial spirit, that with hard work and determination, people can achieve the extraordinary. Read this book to learn how great businesses and ubiquitous brands were established against all odds".Lord Karan Bilimoria, entrepreneur and Founder of Cobra Beer"A fantastic book which will inspire many people to start a business and also give huge insights into what will make it a success . A must read book for every potential entrepreneur."Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, former CEO of Mitie Group PLC"Jamie has told his own remarkable story and that of a dozen others in order to distil lessons from everyday businesses that we take for granted. While we get drawn like moths to a flame of the so called Unicorn businesses or other businesses that make the headlines, this book pulls out lessons that are personal as well as practical from entrepreneurs who have made fortunes quietly by meeting our needs."Shailendra Vyakarnam; Director of Entrepreneurship at Cranfield University."A really thought provoking and interesting angle on business success, a book we should all read! it's impossible not to learn something from this book Рgreat insight."Sarah Willingham, BBC Dragon and Entrepreneur

The question of 'what happens when I want to step away from all this?' is one that keeps many business owners awake at night. 'How does my entrepreneur story end in a way that preserves the good I've built up, and looks after the employees and clients?'For the owner who has spent a big chunk of their working life building up a business they passionately believe in, and nurturing staff they care about, traditional succession planning doesn't work.Employee ownership is the new and better way of preserving your achievement. Done the right way, you can release value, preserve your legacy and pass on control without employees having to raise finance.Financial expert, podcaster and author Chris Budd recently sold his own business to its employees through the UK's Employee Ownership Trust. But the movement for employee ownership is global – and interest in this alternative succession route is growing fast.Employee ownership is about more than the ownership, however. It is about creating sustainable businesses. A focus on long-term sustainable profits; happy customers; happy employees. The Eternal Business lays out a system for a business – and its employees – to transition to employee ownership. It provides a model and pathway to follow so that the business continues – maybe forever!It will help anyone running or working in a business with a real purpose, and who is wrestling with the 'what next?' question.

The shareholder letters of corporate leaders are a rich source of business and investing wisdom. There is no more authoritative resource on subjects ranging from leadership and management to capital allocation and company culture.But with thousands of shareholder letters written every year, how can investors and students of the corporate world sift this vast swathe to unearth the best insights?Dear Shareholder is the solution!In this masterly new collection, Lawrence A. Cunningham, business expert and acclaimed editor of The Essays of Warren Buffett, presents the finest writers in the genre of the shareholder letter, and the most significant excerpts from their total output. Skillfully curated, edited and arranged, these letters showcase the ultimate in business and investment knowledge from an all-star team.Dear Shareholder holds letters by more than 20 different leaders from 16 companies. These leaders include Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway), Tom Gayner (Markel), Kay Graham and Don Graham (The Washington Post and Graham Holdings), Roberto Goizueta (Coca-Cola), Ginni Rometty (IBM), and Prem Watsa (Fairfax).Topics covered in these letters include the long-term focus, corporate culture and commitment to values, capital allocation, buybacks, dividends, acquisitions, management, business strategy, and executive compensation.As we survey the corporate landscape in search of outstanding companies run by first-rate managers, shareholder letters are a valuable resource. The letters also contain a wealth of knowledge on the core topics of effective business management. Let Dear Shareholder be your guide.

The face of financial services has evolved – and, along with it, the very nature of financial advice. In an increasingly complex world where people are starving for someone they can trust, the time has come for financial advisors to rise to the occasion and reinvent the value they provide to better serve their clients. Of course, to make this evolutionary leap, advisors require a proven, time-tested strategy. A methodology established by one of the most successful advisors in the country and backed by decades of real-world application among thousands of advisors across the country. In Proven in the Trenches: 11 Principles to Maximize Advisor Value and Transform Your Firm's Future, advisors will receive an actionable game plan touching on the core dimensions of a highly-functioning financial services firm:- Understanding Investor Behavior- Blueprinting Your Life and Your Business- Attracting Talent by Growing Your Own- Putting Process Behind Your People- Building a Brand that Connects and Converts- Wealth Planning and What It Takes to Revive Advisor Value- Creating a Compelling Client Experience- Evaluating Partnerships- Attracting New Clients and the Art of Ethical Persuasion- Plotting Your Succession- Making the Shift from Advisor to CEO

Trend Following Mindset brings to life the timeless conversations between Tom Basso and Michael Covel originally featured on Michael's renowned Trend Following podcast. In these profound and enlightening exchanges, Tom shares with Michael his deep wisdom on trading, business, life, and the how and why of his mindset.Tom Basso, dubbed Mr. Serenity by Jack Schwager, is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable trend-following traders in the world today Рa trading legend who lives life to the fullest.Tom's most important trend following research papers are presented together for the first time, delivering a treasure trove of trading insights.Michael also pulls from Tom his perspective on: How to get started in trading; What trend following is, and how and why it works so well; Constructing your trading system; Position sizing and account management; The work-life balance of a trader; The transition from independent trader to professional money manager; and so much more.Trend Following Mindset will teach you the mindset of one of the great trend followers. Most important of all, it will show you how to do as Tom does … and enjoy the ride.

Michael Covel's Trend Following podcast has delivered millions of listens across 80+ countries for over a decade.On the podcast, Michael invites you to take a seat next to him as he interviews the world's top traders. Encouraged by Michael's skilled and knowledgeable questions, legendary guests reveal the best of their wisdom, strategies, guidance, and trading stories. It is the ultimate mentorship circle serving one goal: To give everyone the chance to learn how to profit in the markets.This first volume of Trend Following Masters features Michael's conversations with great trend following traders, including:Bill Dreiss, Harold de Boer, Jerry Parker, Tom Basso, Larry Hite, Martin Bergin, Niels Kaastrup-Larsen, Eric Crittenden, Donald Wieczorek, and Robert Carver.If you aspire to be a Trend Following Master, this collection of amazing interviews is an essential addition to your trading library.